March 3, 1881.]' 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



93 



{crested in the results of 

 j for the protection of 



PACKIN<4 EGGS. 



Grand Lake Stkeam, Maine Jan. 28, 

 ■gftttor Forest and Stream : 



Possibly some of your readers may bi 

 Some experiments I have tried in matei 

 packages of tit- la eegs in transitu. 



Several years ago I pacfied some boxes, holding about ono cubic 

 foot each, with wet and dry sawdust and wet sphagnnxw moss and 

 exposed them to the outer 'air on a cold winter's night, the lom- 

 peratnre ranging from 2 degs. to 8 degs. On opening them it was 

 fpnnd that the frost had penetrated the dry sawdust in the bos 

 through and through, freozinc a bit of wet moss i nil a centre ; that 

 it, had penetrated the wet sawdust one. and five-eighths inches 

 from the sidefl and the wet moss one inch from the Hides. I sup- 

 pose, the theory of latent heat given out by freezing objects ex- 

 plains the superiority of the wet over the dry materials. 



A few days since we packed large cases, such as wo use in ship- 

 ping ogg«, with egg-bux.es full of wot moss, surrounded sevorally 

 with dry sawdust, dry moss and dry forest leaves, and exposed 

 them for thirtv-six hours to a temperature averaging 10'- , degrees 

 Fahrenheit. The envelope of sawdust, nj. ..-.-■ and haves was in 

 each case three inches thick and the other cases made of half-inch 

 pine. At the end of the period ..I exposure (lie ea-e- wore opened 

 and found to be all penetrated bv the frost to the inner boxes, m 

 which the wet moss was frozen to the following depths: in the 

 sawdust case ; three-eights of an inch ; in the drv-nioss ease, one- 

 eighth of an inch, nearly : in the dry-leaves ease, ono-eighth of an 

 inch, nearly -showing the inferiority of the sawdust and the ap- 

 proximate equality of the leaves and moss. Tt rrnnires a very 

 careful test to determine whether the moss is at all superior to the 

 leaves. Tiro leave used were mainly beech. The moss was ,S"o/i,n,;- 

 num from a bog, or " heath." as it is universally called bv tho in- 

 habitants of this region. 



The spagnnra moss I have always used for the inner packages 'if 

 fish eggs. For two years past I have employed it largely for out- 

 Bide packing, for which purpose wo have to pull and dry it in Ali- 

 gn -t- -a vn-'. troublesome operation, elded v.e aaaal ;;!:i'liy avoid. 

 1 am pleased to find that forest leaves stand the test so well, for 

 they are very easily gathered at the proper season. "Wet moss 

 would doubtless bo the. most, complete non-conductor of heat, but 

 it would be bo heavy that, 1 question the economy of using it. 



1 think that tor protection of egg pa.okai.-os against, heat" tho best 

 available means would he an envelope of frozen moss. It could 

 be frozen in the case, or perhaps more expeditiously, in broad. 

 thin plates, which would hold together well enough to be after- 

 ward put in position in the case. This would surely outlast sev- 

 eral packings of ice. Ill warm weather doubtless the moss could 

 be frozen by some easy process. It, occurs to me that this mode 

 of packing might, in many cases, be profitably applied to the trans- 

 portation of fish and meats in hot weather. C. G, 



A NEW TENNESSEE COMMISSli 1.SEB,— The Nashville 

 American says : "Mr. H. H. Sliced, of Chattanooga, has been 

 appointed Fish Commissioner for East Tennessee, lie is a 

 thorough scholar and an earnest advocate of lish culture aud pro- 

 tection in our State. His able lectures have contributed materially 

 to the advancement of this new industry. With such Com- 

 missioners as Mr. H. K. Sliced, for East Tennessee. Col. Geo. F. 

 alters, for Middle Tennessee, and Judge W. W. McDowell, for 

 West Tennessee, we may expect, good results ; and, with the aid of 

 our present (deue!';;] Assembly to give us good and wholesome 

 laws, our streams may soon be tilled with every variety of lien in 

 their primitive abundance." 



GBbvvTQH OF CAEP IN S&IiIFOEHIA.— Snn Francisco, Feb. 

 !).— I have been much interested iu the report of the growth ot 

 carp iu America as collected by Mr. Fred .Mather from the reports 

 in Forest axo Stuea.h and read before the Central Fish Cultural 

 Society, at, Chicago. Wo have also some carp which have grown 

 rapidly aud when wo draw our ponds this coming summer for 

 young tish we will have something to report iu this matter of 

 rapid growth. In the meantime we can say that the carp have 

 grown in our ponds to an average of eight inches in length in ten 

 months from the egg. 



The evidence is beginning to iieeummulate that carp and catfish, 

 Amiurus oMjidvs, do not do well in the same pond. 1 think that 

 the cattish increase at, the expense, of the carp and my suspicion is 

 Hint the catfish eat, the eggs of the carp. I will know more of this 

 in n. tew months, however. B. B. Bemhng. 



Commissioner of Fisheries. 



SMELTS FOE FHF.SH WATEK.-Now is tho time for onr in- 

 land friends who contemplate planting this delicate fish m their 

 spring lakes to make arrangements. The lish lives equally well m 

 salt or fresh water and always comes into the latter to spawn 

 Otsego Lake. JJ, V., has begun it. and Mr, Fairbank is contemplat- 

 ing then- introduction to the waters of Geneva Lake, Wis. The 

 excellent little smelts of the Ilackensac.k and Earitan rivers, N. J., 

 are deservedly the favorites, notwithstanding they seldom grow- 

 over five niches in length. They sell iu tho markets for twenty- 

 five cents per pouud, when the large Eastern smelts of a quarter 

 of a pound only bring five to ten. Tho large striped bass. Boctm 

 linentus; would also be a grand additional large lakes, even to Lake 

 Michigan aud the other great ones. 



A FALSE EEPOBT.— A short time ago we rend in the. Cape 

 Ann Aelcerliscr that Captain J. W. Collins, of the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, was about to proceed lo Lapland in the fishery interests 

 Of the German Government,, and recently saw in the Fischcrei 

 Zeiiimg, of Stettin, Germany, an account of Ihe Captain having re- 

 ceived au order from the Swedish Government to go to Lapland 

 and establish a fish hatchery. Thinking it qneer that we should 

 have to go so far from home to learn the news, we dropped the 

 captain a line, and be replies under date of Washington. 1). 0., 

 Feb. 22d. "Tours of the 19th is before me and contents noted. I 

 hare «...' received any order from the Swedish, or any other govern- 

 ment, to build a hatchery in Lapland, and the statement that I 

 have received such an appointment is as much a surprise to me as 

 to you, aud one that I am iu uo way responsible for. Should such 

 an' unlikely event ever occur T shall certainly give you the facts 

 for the Fouest AHD Stbeah. .1. W. Coixrxs.'' 



CASTRATING ABB.— We have often heard of this mode of 

 producing large carp, hut never had a very clear idea of it, and 

 have not yet, for that matter, but, our attention has just been 

 called to an article in the London Fisliinq Gazette, by Mr. J. Her- 

 nugtonKeene, who says: " For the purpose of accelerating tho 

 growth aud improving the size of carp, a method of castrating 

 carp — a sort of canonising process— was shown Sir Hans Sloane by 

 a Mr. Tnll. Sir Hans subsequently showed it to George IV., and 

 gave a full description to Mr. Geoffrey, of tho Paris Academy of 

 Kcicnce. It, appears from this that, the ovary leads out of the 'part 

 termed the cloaca, and the ex pcriments consists in severing its 

 ligamentarv muscles and the membrane, and after closing the 

 wounds by means of a silk thread. The lish is afterward returned 

 to the wider and the result is said to be an increase of voracious- 

 ness and a decidedly superior flavor when brought to the table. 



CABP IN UTAH.— Prof: Joseph L. Barfoot, Fish Commissioner 

 of Utah, is introducing the carp and notifies all who have ordered 

 them to bo iu readiness to receive them. Frof. Barfoot labors 

 under tho disadvantage of having no funds provided by the 

 Legislature to enable him to work. Still ho is entitled to great 

 credit for perserviug and working up public opinion to the great 

 advantages of fish culture, aud for introducing the carp without 

 funds to meet the transportation bills unless those who wish them 

 for their own waters relieve him of the burden. Utah should give 

 the Professor a helping hand in his good work. 



THE FISH COMMISSION.— Afew days ago, Ma.i. Ferguson, of 



the U. S. F. ()., came to Now York and. with the assistance of State 

 Coin'r. Blackford, chartered a well-smack to take 1.W0 live cod to 

 Hampton Bonds, where they will be kept until ripe and their eggs 

 hatched for deposit iu the Chesapeake, it i is expected to make 

 new fishing grounds for this fish in Southern waters. There have 



i lively times on the "Fish Hawk" and "Lookout" for some 

 time, and they are now in readiness for business. Early this 

 mouth they will begin shad hatching in Albemarle Sound. 



ftfe fennel. 



April 1. at Columbia, T'eiin.— Close of entries, National Arqori- 

 m Kennel Club's second American Field Trial Derby. Joseph II. 

 lew. Secretary. 



A pill M, 27. 'is and ftp til New York t.'lly.— Weslminsicr Kr I rim. 



mil Annual Bench Show, a merit an lustltiue Building. Third avc- 



ic and ftfxlv-Uitrd street. Entrichelose April n. diaries I acorn, 



NEW YOBE BENCH SHOW. 



This Bench Show will be, held under the following rules : 



1. The term dog. where used in these rules, is general in its ap- 

 plication, and includes biM.es and puppies, unless they are other- 

 wise mentioned. The term puppy is restricted to dogs under one 

 year of age. 



2. Every person who enters a dog for exhibition must be the 

 haun-iide owner (or the dulv authorized agent of the owner) at, 

 the time of olpsing the entries, and mn-t identify it in the entry 

 by its name, and, if known, its ago, and also, if known, the names 

 of its sire aud dam. If tho name of a dog which has won a first 

 prize has been changed, its name at the tunc of its winning any 

 and every such prize, and the place thereof, as well as its present 

 name, must be given. If the names of its sire and dam are not 

 known, it must be entered, " pedigree unknown." 



:!. If a. doe shall bo entered n , I. font heme, idenlifn d as diroelod 

 ill Bulo 2, it, may, in the discretion of tho Board of Managers, be 

 disqualified from competition. 



4. Puppies may compete m grown classes, except in classes 

 where they arc specially excluded, aud will be judged as if ma- 

 tured, but cannot compete iu more than one class. 



1). A dog which has, when a puppy, won a first prize in a. puppy 

 class, is not thereby disqualified from competition in a class whoro 

 first-class winners are excluded. 



6. A dog, to compete in a champion class, must have won a 

 first prize in an open class at Springfield, New York. St. Louis, 

 Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, St Paul or Pittsburgh : 

 and a dog, having won a first prize at any sh i ,. 0.1,1 as above, 

 cannot compete in an open class when there is a champion class 

 for its kind, but must compete iu such ehainpi. , 



7. A dog affected w ilh mange or other contagious disease is dis- 

 qualified flow exhibition, and may, hi the discretion of the Board 

 of Managers, be excluded or removed from the show, and forfeit 

 auy prize which may have been awarded to it. 



8. In any class where there is only one dog entered for competi- 

 tion, if ifi pobsesses sufficient excellence to deserve a prize, the 

 judges will award to it the prize which he is deserving of. whether 

 it be first, second or third: and thev are. not to award a, prize in 

 any class where no dog ROBSesses BUfficie'nl excellence to entitle it 

 to 'a prize. In case two dogs in tho same class possess equal 

 merit, the dog with tho better pedigree will be preferred in award- 

 ing the prize. 



9. The decision of the judges will he final in all cases, except 

 where mistake, fraud, misrepresentation or collusion can be shown. 

 Iu any such case tho Board of Appeals must decide all eases, and 

 the dog may be rejudged. 



10. No question involving the merit of a dog to receive a prize 

 can be brought before, or be det, indued by, tho Board of Appeals. 



11. AU protests and' charges must be made to the Board of Ap- 

 peals iu writing, and delivered to the Board of Managers, 



12. Any person who has misconducted himself in any way iu 

 connection with dogs, dog shows, or field trials, may, iu the dis- 

 cretion of the Board of Managers, be disqualified from exhibiting 

 any dog at, this show. 



13. The Board of Managers shall have the right to exclude or 

 remove any dog from the show for any cause appearing to the 

 committee sufficient. 



11. An imported English setter is understood to be one directly 

 imported, or whose sire and dam were both imported. 



IB. Native English setter dogs may be entered iu tho imported 

 Classes, hut no imported dog may he entered in the native classes. 



10. No dog can be entored for competition in more than one reg- 

 ular class. 



In addition to the foregoing, the following regulations will bo 

 strictly enforced : 



1. No dog belonging to the Westminster Iveunel Club will be 

 entered for a premium ; but members have the privilege of enter- 



ii", their own itso. - 



2. It must be distinctly understood by all exhibitors that, ihe. 

 managers will not be responsible for loss or damage to auv dog ex- 

 hibited, whether the retiult of accident or any other cause. 



8, It, is desired that with each entry the exhibitor will state the 

 price at which ho is willing to sell his dog ; a prohibitory price be- 

 ing, of course, permitted. 



4. An entry fee of *2 will be charged for each animal entered, 

 and no additional fee will he charged for entries for special prizes. 

 Tho entry fee nusl in all eases accompany the entry, and includes 

 care and feed for dogs during the exhibition. 



6. All entries must be mad.- on blanks furnished by the superin- 

 tendent, and can be had on application at bis office, IMS Fulton 

 street, 



;'. 'j'fo e, uiles loose on Ifondav. diprd J J . and :,-. soon there;, iter 

 as praetiblecach exhibitor will receive a ticket of identification 

 and a numbered tag corresponding with tho stall number of his 

 dog. When the dog is brought to the exhibition-hall tho tag 

 musl.be attached to the collar, and the pers, si accempanving the dog 

 imi.-t show iiis ticket of idsntdieafnjii lent ov fLe animal wip 1,<- 

 received. Therefore exhibitors arc requested not to lose their tags, 

 nor to put them on the dogs, when practicable, until a few moments 

 before they arc presented at the door : and in case of dogs coming 

 by express", their tags must be firmly nailed to the crates. 



7. Each eidiiljiti-irVvi,! ivceivea separate ticket of identification 

 for every animal entered, which must be carefully preserved, as no 

 dog will be permitted to pass out, of the building at. night until its 

 owner deposits five dollars and surrenders tins ticket, to the check- 

 clerk. 



8. Exhibitors will bo permitted to take home then- dogs every 

 evening alter ten o'clock, upon leaving a deposit of live dollars 

 with the check-clerk and surrendering their identification-tickets, 

 both of which will be returned on the reproducing of the dog in 

 the morning before nine o'clock. If prize-winners should be taken 

 out and not returned) the prizes will be forfeited. 



9. All dogs must be removed and returned by the Sixty-fourth 

 street entra nee. 



10. Exhibitors need not accompany their dogs. They can bo sent 

 direct to the exhibition hall. 



11. The managers will use due diligence for the cure and safety 

 of all dogs exhibited— watchmen will he on duty both night and 

 day. 



12. The members of the committee and managers will be in con- 

 h-tant attendance, and c.-peciaJ alteniion sill be enen to the care 

 Of PBt dogs, commodious boxes with wire netting being provided 

 for the same. Each of these boxes will have a hasp and staple 

 attached, b3 that the ownera may, if they see fit, keep their dogs 

 under padlock and key. 



18. The managers will meet every afternoon to receive com- 

 plaints. Cases for the Committee of Appeal will be submitted 

 through tho managers, All communications must be mad., n, 

 writing and doposited in a box at the office, provided for the same. 



14. No dog will be received unless supplied with a suitable 

 leather collar and chain. 



15 Bitches with pup. and small pups weaned, will be provided 

 Willi suitable pens, if application is made at time of uttri/. 

 16. No dogs, except those from abroad, will be received before 7 



a. m , Monday, April 25. or after 8 A. it., Tuesday, tho 20th, All 

 dogs will be received at the Sixty-fourth street entrance. 



17. Tho show wiU be open from U ,v. -.;. jo tO p Iff, each day. 



18. Tho judging will commence promptly each morning at 101 

 o'clock and continue until 1 o'clock, and also from 2 r. at. until 61 

 F. M. During these hours no dog shall be taken out of its stall, 

 not even by its owner ; and if any dog is not found in its stall when 

 called by "the indites, the judging will proceed witli 



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(anW. Owners axe requested to be near their dogs, and, when 

 the class is called, to bring their animals into the judging-ring. 



Owners who cannot be present should notify Ihe superintendent, 

 that their dogs niav be taken in the ring for them. 



pi. Bihbom' wi'fh- attached to the stalls of the prize-winners 



21. Exhibitor 



furnished with 



22. All dispu 

 connected with 

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 riiiladelpbi 



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 and decided by a 

 of I be Massachusetts, 



28. No dog can be permanently removed from the building until 

 10 o'clock on Fndav night. 



'The judges will be requested to make their decisions ill con- 

 formity with the scales of points given in the. thud edition of the 

 '•Bogs Of Ihe British Islands ;" but exhibifois are reminded that 

 the decisions will not be reconsidered, except, in the cases pro- 

 vided for bv Bule 10. And should a judge fail to comply with the, 

 above request, it, will not be deemed such a mistake as is provided 

 for by the said rule. 



PHEMIUJl LIST. 



In the following list where one prize is named it is for the best ; 

 where two, they are for the first and second ; and where three, for 

 the first, second and third. 



Class I. Champion Mastiffs— Dogs, silver medal. 

 (dass 2. Champion Mastitis -Bitches, silver medal. 

 Class:!. Mastiffs— Dogs, -15. Stlo. silver medal 

 Class 4. Mastiffs— Bitches, t'15, 610, silver medal. 

 Class 5. Mastiff Puppies— Bogs or hitches, SKI, silver medal 

 Class 6. Champion Bough-Coated St. Bernard Bogs, silver medal. 

 Class 7. Champion Rough-Coated St. Bernard Bitches, silvvv 



medal. 

 Class 8. Bough-Coated St. Bernard Dogs, s. 15, $10, silver medal 

 Class II. Bough-Coated St. Bernard Bitches. .-15. Sill, silver medal, 

 i lass 10. Champion Smooth-Cooud St. Be. oardUogs, silver medal. 

 Class 11. Champion Smoolh-Cualed "Sr. B- rm.rd Bitches, silver 



medal. 

 Class 12 Smooth-Coated St. Bernard I'-'-s. -Id. rH', silver medal. 

 Class 18. Smooth-Coated St. Bernard Hitches, S15, 10, silver medal. 

 Class 14. St. Bernard Puppies -Dogs or bitches, SU). silver medal. 

 Class 15. Newfoundland Does, silk" silver medal. 

 Class HI. Newfoundland Bitches, -10, silver medal. 

 Claws 17. Newfoundland Puppies— Dogs or bitches, silver medal. 

 Class 18. Sibe 



Olai 



: 19, 



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uds— 1 



icdal. 



20. Deer-hounds— Dogs or bitches, rlo. silvi 

 Class 21. Champion Pointers, over .".5 lbs.— Dogs, 

 Class 22. Champion Pointers, over 50 lbs.— Bitch* 

 Class 88. Pointers over 65 lbs.— Dog 25 - 5, si 



Class 24. Pointers over 50 lbs.— Bitches. -25. S15, 



Class 25, Champion Pointers, under 55 lbs.— Dogs. 830. 



Class 26. Champion Pointers, under 50 lbs. -Bitches, -do. 



Class 27. Pointers, under 55 Ins.— Dogs, *'_'5. $15. silver medal. 



Class 28. Pointers, under 50 lbs.— Bitches, ?."25. $15. silver medal. 



Class 29. Pointer Puppies, under 12 mos.— Dogs, $10, silvermcdal. 



Class 30. Pointer Puppies, under 3 2 months old— Bitches, $10, sil- 

 ver medal. 



Class til. Champion English Setters -Dogs. $811. 



Class 82. Champion English Setters- Bitches, $80. 



Class 88. Imported Eitgdi-h Setters Docs. $25, $15, silver medal. 



Class 34. Imported English Setters— Bitches, $25. $15, silver 

 medal 



Class 85. Native Enedisl, Setters Dors, $25, $.15, silver medal. 



Class 38. Native English Setters- Bitches. -25. $15, silver medal. 



Class 37. English Setter Puppies, under 12 months- Dogs, $10, 

 silver medal. 



Class 38. English Setter Puppies, under 12 months— Bitches, $10, 

 silver medal 



Class 30. Champion Black and Tan Setters Dogs, -tin. 



Class to. Champion Black and Tun Setters — Bitches. $80. 



Class 41. Black and Tan S. tt.i ■- I ogS, -de 915, Bilvi r medal. 



Class 12. Black aud Tan Setters- Patches, .-d'5. $15, silver medal. 



Class 43. Black and Tan Seller Puppies, under 12 months— Dogs, 



Class -1 



Class I 



Class d 

 Class ■! 

 Class ! 

 Class I 



odal. 



Setter Puppies, under 12 months— Bitches, 



Set tors- Dogs, $80. 

 Bettors Bitches, $30. 



igf - ", id silver medal. 



itches, $25. $15, silver medal. 



.pie-, under 12 months D6gS, tlU, silver 



dal. 



Is-Dogs, under 28 lbs., $10, $5. silyt 



Class 50. Irish Seller Puppies, under 12 months— Bitches, $10, siL- 



ver medal. 

 Class 51. Irish Water Spaniels— Dogs or bitches, $10. silver medal. 

 Class 52, Field Spaniels (large size), dogs over 28 lbs.; bitches ovet 



Class 58. c'oeker' Spank 



Class 54. Cocker Spaniels— Bitches, under 25 lbs., $10, ($<5, silver 



medal. 

 Class 55. Cocker or Field Spaniels, Puppies uuder 12 months — 



Doss or bitches, silver medal. 

 Class 50. Foxhounds. $10. $5. silvermcdal. 

 Class 57. Beagles— Dogs, $111. $5, silver medal. 

 Class 58. Beagles Bitches, $tn, $5. silvermcdal. 

 Class 50. Dachshunds— Dugs or hitches. $10 silvermcdal. 

 Class 60. Champion Fox Terriers -Dogs, .shver medal. 

 Class ill. Champion Fox Terriers-Bitches, silver medal. 

 Class 62. Fox Terriers Dogs. Sin. $5, silver medal. 

 ClassOS. Fox Terriers— Bitches, $t(l, $5, silver medal. 

 Class 64. Fox Terrier Puppies, under 13 mouths- Dogs, silver 



medal. 

 Class 65. Fox Terrier Puppies, under 12 months— Bitches, silver 



icdal. 



Class 60. Champion Coll 

 Class 07. Champion Coll 



Class 68. Collies -Dogs, 

 Class 69, Collies— Bitche 

 Class 70. Bulldogs— Dog 

 Class 71. Bull 'Terriers- 



medal. 



ver medal. 



. lbs., $.10, ft 5, sil- 



lder 25 lbs 



S10, $5, 



• bitch. 



silver medal. 



ics. silvermcdal. 

 ., silver medal. 



Class 72. Bull Tenders- Dog.- 



silver medal. 

 Class 73. Bull Terrier Puppies- 

 Class 74. Champion Skve Terriers— Dogs 

 Class 75. Skve Terriers -Docs or bitches, 

 Class 70. Champion Pugs— Dogs, silver medal. 

 Class 77. Cham) lion Pugs -Bitches, silver medal. 

 Class 78. Pugs— Dogs, silk $5, silver medal. 

 Class 79, Pugs-Bitches, sin. $5, silvermcdal. 

 Class 80. Piles i I'm .pits -Dogs or hitches, silver medal. 

 Class 81. Bough-Haired Terriers— Dogs or bitches, $10, silver 



medal 

 Class 82. Black and Tan Terriers— Dogs or bitches, $10, silver 



medal. 

 Class 83. Dandio Dinmout Terriers— DogB or bitches, $10, silver 



medal. 

 Class 84. Irish Terriers— Dogs or hitches, -10, silver medal. 

 Class, 85. Champion Yorkshire Terriers, Blue and Tan, ovi.r ft lbs, 



—Dogs or bitches, silver medal. 



