AMERICAN PISH CULTURE. 



CHAPTEE I. 



INTRODUCTORT REMARKS ON FISH CULTURE. 



What it is. — Its advantages over natural propagation. — Time occu- 

 pied in hatching. — Number of ova of different species. — Conse- 

 quences of all the ova producing fish that would come to maturity. 

 — Object of Fish Culture. — Ip antiquity. — Practised by the Chinese 

 and Romans. — Artificial propagation discovered by Dom Pinchon. 

 — Rediscovered by M. Jacobi. — -Subsequent discovery of Joseph 

 Remy. — Alleged discoverers. — Experiments of Shaw and Young. — 

 Patronage of the French government. — Its effects on Scotch and 

 Irish rivers. — Its use as an adjunct in restoring American rivers to 

 their former fecundity. — Commissioners of fisheries appointed by 

 the New England States, and the States of New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania. — Experiment in artificial propagation and hatching at Hol- 

 yoke on the Connecticut. — Experiments in trout breeding by Ste- 

 phen H. Ainsworth. — Progress in trout culture. — Fish culture in 

 France. 



It may be asked, what is Fish Culture. The reply is, 

 that it is the propagation of fish by artificial means, and the 

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