Jusis 23, 1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



411 



River, ceased for the season on Friday last. Tbc catch this 

 Jear has been remarkably Itinje and a very profliub e one. 

 About 45,000 fish have been uauubt, 15,00.1 more than in 

 1580. Fishing begaa three, dayfl biter and ended one day 

 later than last year. The greatest number of shad taken in a 

 day (24 hours) was on May 2, when 4,000 fish were caught. 

 During the last ten days ol the season shad became so scarce 

 .thai it barely paid expenses to haul the seine. All the fish 

 taught at the Gloucester fishery were sold to ibd Delaware 

 «ud Potomac Fish Preserving Company, of Philadelphia, at 

 ■f 1 5 i e.r hundred, which ou the average was about nun kei 

 price. We are speaking now of seiue fishing Many more 

 shad were caught by gitliug mts in Howell's Cove for a lay 

 our, the drift being up or down the river from a half to 

 three quarters of a mile. Bass-fishing has begun with us. 

 Jut the Schuylkill has been so muddy since the season 

 opened, owiog to heavy rains, that but few, if any, fish have 

 been taken. — Homo. 



Pishing at Oswego— Oswego, N. Y., Juno 10.— Trout 

 ■rise freely to the fly m our outlying streams, and within the 

 past month many fine creels have been brought, in by parties 

 from points within twenty miles ol town, cAptUied |)0 h With 

 bait and fly. One speckled beauty taken from .Mad 1 fiver. 

 May 18, tipped the beam at four pounds two ounces. Beat 

 [that. We can offer the tourist fisherman fine brooks and ilie 

 'skillhil angler from four to seven pound caches of genuine 

 .brook trout at points within three hours' ride of our city, 

 where good board and care can be ob aiued for $ prill g$r 

 liay. For home spirt bass are now c 'imug rapidly to the 

 front, and within th.« limit of an afternoon's walk the river 

 and lake shoals offer fine fishing, both with spoon and fly. 

 Our climate is '' the finest in the world" at this season of the 

 ryear, and our citizens are always pleased to greet I he cos- 

 mopolitan in bis search for " pastures new." Two weeks 

 since, with a friend, I spent three days along the trout 

 etreams of our county, returning with twenty pouudfl Of 

 dressed fish, and during the past week I have filled a twelve- 

 pound basket twice with black and Oswego baas during an 

 afternoon. — H. 



<SF" See notion elseicJiere of JVnwi York game law. 



New Jkuset Shad Take the Fry. — Knowing that any 

 information relative to the taking of shad on hook and line 

 will prove of interest to your many readers, 1 will state 

 that on May 25th last. I caught with a light eleven-ouuee rod 

 on yellow lly, a male shid weighing two and a half pounds, 

 ■white fishing for perch in the Kuritan River. Also during 

 the month of June (ibout the ild) of last year, 1 caught a 

 6ha I in the same liver, with same tackle but red fly, weigh- 

 ing lour and a half pounds. 1 have also seen taken from the 

 Same river a shad on live miuuow bait and worm. Also 

 •Save seen two other sh id hooked on fly. Toese fish, when 

 hooked, are very gamey and a>e harder to kill than a black 

 bass of less weight. We lovers of the disciples ofaucient 

 Izaak Walton are patiently awaiting July 1st, when the open 

 reason in this Slate is up for Buck Bass. 



Whkhk to Pish — To J. L. C, Brooklyn. — Yni can have- 

 fair fishing near Red Bank from June 16, maybe later, this 

 -treason. Pmtard's Point, Lawrence's Cove, north of McClees 

 /Creek, are. the best places for weaktish. The best bass 

 grounds in the vicinity of Oceanic are the Slough Way, 

 ;Bouth I'hannel, Upper Rocky Point, head of the fiats, ami 

 south side of jX.jnh Channel ' I reside within one-half mile 

 Of these places, and will be pleased to post you when you 

 come. — G. If. W. 



The Lightest Flt-kod. — A short, time ago we chronicled 



the fact that the lightest fly-rod on record was a split-bam- 

 ,i k> rod of four and three-quarter ounces. Last week Mr. 



George W. Yau Sicleu,- of the New York Bar, brought into 

 .our office his favorite rod of ash and lancewood, rna le to his 

 *»rder three years ago by Wm. Mitchell. Mr. Van Stolen has 



•used it constanily, and has taken several hundreds of trout 

 mpon it, aud yet it weighed upon our series four and a 



quarter ounces. It is still in good order, and looks capable 

 •of several years' service. 



Fish and Salbbatijs. — People living on Thomas Creek 

 in the town of Perinton, N. Y., claim that the refuse from 

 the saleratus works at Fairport kill not only the fish, but 

 ducks and geese as well. Farmers say that their cattle 

 have been injured, and they are making loud complaints. 



S$ gnUttn. 



REPORT OF THE MICHIGAN COMMISSION. 



THE fourth report of the State Commissioners and Su- 

 perintendent on the State Fisheries of Michigan for 

 1879-80 has been received, it does not appear as well as 

 former reports of this btate, and its proof reading has been 

 neglected. Table A shows the planting of whitelish hatched 

 in 1878-9, deposited in inland lakes to be 4,790,000 ; in Lake 

 Erie, 34' 1, 000; in Lake Michigan, 1,050,000; in Lake Hu- 

 ron, 595:000; in St. Clair River, 653,000, and in Detroit 

 River, 7,115,000; making a grand total of 14,545,000. Of 

 quinnat salmon 212,846 were planted in 1879. Of lake trout, 

 Balino namaymsh, there were 879,000 planted in the same 

 year, while the brook trout numbered 12,000, the land-lock- 

 ed salmon 4,867, and the eels 317,000 The Commissioners 

 believe that the brook trout can live over a more extended ter- 

 ritory in the State than has been supposed, and will try to 

 increase this fish in future, together with the rainbow trout 

 of California. 



In 1880 there were 50,400 brook trout distributed, and 26,- 

 500 lake trout, together with a few black bass. Many eels 

 of former plantings have been taken and show a good growth. 



Of thegrayling they say : " Drawing a line from the mouth 

 of the Muskegon River on the west, across the peninsula toTa 

 was Bay on the east, and all the streams north of it are ihe nat- 

 ural habitat of the grayling." We are disposed to question 

 this statement as we doubt the existence of grayling in all 

 the streams, especially those running north in Presque Isle 

 and Cheboygan counties. They fun hey say: "In the Jordan 

 and Boyne rivers they are nearly if not extinct. With man's 

 rapacity on land and the brook trout's voracity in the water 

 they cannot increase so as to maintain their existence." We 

 tre glad to see that it has been the policy of the Michigan 



Pish Commission to protect, mid preserve this beautilnl fisb 

 for \\ locli anglers go so far. Dr. J (J. Parker, of the Com- 

 mission, has hatched a few, and we wish lie had 

 been able to get more eggs. It has often been 

 a matter of surprise that the Michigan Fish Commission 

 seemed to be groping in the dark n few years ago regarding 

 the spawning habits of the grayling, when Mr. 'D 11. Fiu- 

 bugh, St., -haa Investigated the gugjecl ;im ! actually deter- 

 mined their date and place of spawning, and also obtained 

 the eggs which were hatched years ago. He saw Mr. 

 Mather take the first grayling eggs ever taken by hauri in 

 America, and afterward divide them with Mr. EYflnh NT. 

 Clark, who hatched them. The Board planted a few adult 

 grayling as far south as the Dowagiac Creek a: Pdkagon, 

 and they have since been seen; also in Mill Creek, a branch 

 of the Paw Paw, in Berrian County. These facts, together 

 with the know. edge that they live in the ponds at Pokagou, 

 prove thai oilier waters of the State besides those where the 

 grayling is found are suitable to them, if apt infesi-d with 

 enemies Which destroy the helpless try. 



An appendix contains a " United Stales Fishery Act" for 

 the protection and preservation of the food fishes of the 

 coasts and lakes, and general fish laws of Michigan, with 

 the amendments, atjd also the game laws. The list of fish 

 commissioners is an old one and not correct. The Hoard 

 should watch Forest and Stream closer, and it would then 

 have seen a revised list bust September. 



FISH CULTUUE IN CONNECTICUT. 



pFUHAPS it maybe interesting to you to know what wc hav 



been doing this 

 trout, in lot* (if 5.0( 

 ferent party of the 8 



<listrilaiti.il 274,(111(1 young 

 them tree to applicants at 



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win. 



nigtou River, a branch 

 the town of Colobrook. 

 young land-locked salmon in tba variant) 

 State. The Connecticut River shad Imio 

 and fine this year, and have been so abui 

 Saybn ii .k has varied from $12 to $lfl pet In 

 being reckoned. Tho jelly fish again app. 

 numbors that the owners of the pound... 

 west of the mouth of Uio Connecticut liivei 

 up their netting to prevent thewhol'e struct 

 This occurred juBi when the run of shad w 

 caused great losses to tbe pound owners 

 Chalkor, who are carrying on tho shad bate 

 Connecticut, lUver, have been very sucoesefi 

 taking a largo number of ripe shad, and 

 when' batched into the river. Tin- morion 

 ed from Havre do Grace, pursuant to t 



Long Island Sound, 

 ivcre obliged to take 

 i* being carried away. 



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id 



tween Prof. Be 



Th... h,-l Legislature largely i i .•-.* . :i ~« •*< I the duties of't he' lish .'•'■'■mini ■ 



placing under their chsice alt that part of Long Island Wound 

 which «:,. awarded to Connecticut by the recent statute fixing the 

 boundaries between New York and 'Connecticut. It is estimated 

 to contain about GOO square miles. Tlieconuuissioiiers are required 

 to fix a coast line, known as tbe '-eye sight line," from poiut to 

 point along the shore, and the territory lying between lhat line 

 and tho Now York line is to be uuder State supervision ; all north 

 of that line, as heretofore, to be under the snperviRion ol the 



a map of all this region, showing all natural oyster, ebon and mu-- 

 sel beds, and nil designations of oyster grounds made to private 

 individuals by tbe towns previutis to the statute taking effect. 

 They are also repaired b) propose an equitable system uf taxation 

 lor the oyster grounds granted to individuals, and lying within the 

 new area. Thoy are empowered to grant to applicants, under cer- 

 tain forma and restrictions, any part of this new urea, for the pur- 

 pose of oystor cultivation, ou the pavmenf to the State Treasurer 

 of one dollar per acre. These aio tho prominent features qf the 

 statute, which is very long. The commissioners have established 

 an office in New Haven. The blank forms of application, n 1 . i- - i . . 

 by law, required tbe approval of the Chief .fustic; ol tbe State, 

 were ready on June 1st, aud on tbe following day I was notified by 

 tbe clerk that applications for 7,500 acres had already been made". 



OomwHWMWier Qf Fisheries. 



THE FATHER OF FI8HCULTURE IN AMERICA. 



I HAVE read with increasing interest the •'Epochs in the lli-tmv 

 of Fish Culture," and I am glad that these useful facts are to 

 be made secure for all time in the reports of tbe United States Fish 

 Commission. 



The requisite, bibliography to be consulted -would almost appal 

 most compilers who are concerned in presenting a comioctod his- 

 tory uf the discoveries and practices iu connection with the. science. 

 Regarding tbe initial work in our country it is true that Dr. Theo- 

 datus Garlick did hatch, after artilieiaT,feciindation, the first ilsh 

 ova in the United States, notwithstanding his book was publish- 

 ed in 1857, as I shall clearly substantiate further along in this com- 

 nmnication. One year after tho Government Hatching House of 

 Hunfngto, Alsace, was successfully engaged in the artilieial pro- 

 duction of fishes, Dr Garlick and Frof . H, A. Acldey determined 

 to make the experiment of artificial fish breeding. Accordingly 

 Dr. Garlick in August, 1853, made tbreo trips to the Sault St.- Marie 

 and brought to Cleveland, Ohio, one hundred and fifty trout, .s<d- 

 rno fontinalis, aud, during his absence on the fijst expedition, 

 Prof. Acldey constructed a pond on his farm two miles from Cleve- 

 land from a number of springs into which these trout wore placed, 

 and they seemed to be as much at home as they were iu the blue 

 waters of Lake Superior. 



Meanwhile others were procured from Port Stanley, Canada, 

 West, and Judged in the same pond. Tbe trout wore healthy, and 

 the transfer wrought no perceptible change in their habits or lives. 

 About November '20 the treat began io manifest symptoms of spawn- 

 ing, as wan evident from their being discovered hi pairs, although 

 their instinct for reproduction was some six weeks later than the 

 usual season of trout spawning, ov, iug no doubt to the vicissitudes 

 incident to transportation and change of water. By the use of a 

 landing net a pair vras captured, aud placed in a bucket of water 

 preliminary to tbe artificial expulsion of the ova. An earthen ves- 

 sel partially titled with water was obtained, and tho work began, 

 the doctor taking the female in hiH left hand and gently expelling 

 the eggs with tbc right hand into the earthen vessel. In like man- 

 ner the spawn of the male was extracted, and ihe contents of the 

 vessel was gently stirred, and almost instantly the eggs we're 

 changed froiu a golden orange color to a pale, transparent yellow. 

 The vessel containing the eggs was placed by tie doctor in a 

 running stream, and was used for a primitive hatching box. On 

 the 9th of Januarv, 1854, one of tho eggs was placed under one of 

 Dr. Goadby's microseooes, for the. doctor was thou giving lectures 

 in Cleveland, aud the Cleveland Medical College then being in ses- 

 sion tho professors and students had an excellent ..pportuuily to 

 study tbe embroyomc changes which took place during tnaubatioxi. 

 Ou the 22d of January the young lish began to emerge iioui their 

 close quarters to enter upoli a new existence. 'While the incuba- 



contained in niv statement of the lust experiment made in the 

 United States in the artificial production -of fi.sb.-s. i his experi- 

 ment was (tin tiist and crneial r-:pei uncut, and justly forms tbe 



years before tho publication of tbe book. Naut/m E. B,\: 

 Sandicinh, lit., June 15. 



SHAW S risnwAY. 



City. lowu. February 2. IgSl, 

 Pish Com; Siiaw, Auamosa, lows- 



Dear B>r Thinking that il might be of some inferos! Io v.m to 

 know what success the n-hway whioii you planned in 1S76 has 

 bad, v.c Would sav: Iii that vear we built a new dam and 11 mill. 

 ' bway in the abutment next the mill. I 



it bae been a perfect success. Previous to tbe building of this 



and the ibh would always collect in large quanti&s m the Bpring 

 of the year at Ihe foot of the dam and under tho mill, w I., i- they 



fecfiiigh -has been put in. with the lisbwav, the fishing has been 

 better above tbe dam than below, fend there have been no -neb 

 collections of tish around aud about the mill as before. 



It was. thought at first that the tishwav was ot no sccouul— that 

 the Ii, li would need a gmd.-boai d Io pilot 1 h- I, -en 1 1„ , nmh the 

 dark pools to the upper waters, but i believe that it is now geu( . 

 ally conceded to be a success. At all event.-, T am -lot son. thai 

 1 had it put in. , -is it hue given perfect - : it is always 



a nlerihiue for me to do anything to please the people generally. 



yourself, but to generations v 

 main very respectfully yours, 



Ciu: 

 Mb. B. F. Sbaw, Anamosa, low 

 !,..,„■ Sir -Your letter just i 

 dial. Iv. Fust— The supply of 

 increased since the Cshwaj has 

 were caught above the dam it 

 larger lish nlsc. 1 am more thu 



i'..i -.on have 

 iclil not unly to 

 . ali.r us, I re- 



•v, Iowa, 1 

 aud will 



3 gruatest drav 

 igof them 8u 

 1 1 think it oug) 



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the 



things, but 

 i fiuhway 



Second— The law relating to fishing 

 think a good law. and will see that no fish i 

 fishway or dam hero. I am very positive that as BO 

 are out in at Nashua, Wavmiv. Waterloo and other places, *. 

 see A large increase of tish in' the Cedar River. t shall watc 

 matter with a great deal of interest. Would be glad to hear 

 you again. Yours truly, W. F. Mil 



A SALMON IN THE OSWEGO RIYER-Oswego, N. Y.. Juno 

 13.— I desire to record m your columnu the first catch . 

 Salvia sajtar, made in this county for thirty rears. On s tm day, 

 the 111b nisi.. While fishing with a tlv just below tbe lower dam on 

 the Oswego River, and within the limits of this eitv. Mi . V -■! lit 

 took a genuine salmon of tho weight, of two and one-half pounds. 

 A second catch of a larger tish he failed to land. Kvulenlly the 

 liniiv liavelers were seeking to pass the dam. journeying up 

 stream, but were prevented by tbe apron and the lowuetot of the 

 water. Wbv do not the lish commissioners build tbe flatways or- 

 dered bv the legislature of 1880? I'iflvv.ars ago this nitr. Ihe 

 Oswego, swarmed with this finest fish thai sun,,. Mr Nesbil.t's 

 experience proves tho desire of the lish to return to ib.-n ancieni 

 spawning beds. Let the commissioners aid them at once or the 

 sportimien of this canity will Pel that a great luck exist- some- 

 where. We seek to protect game and lish according I o ihe „t net- 

 eat letter of tbe law, let the officer* of the law aid ua as in duty 

 bound todo. Build at once the needed tishwav - and Aiu.-i leans n. ed 

 no longer pay tribute to Canada lor the priviiige ot fishing in her 

 salmon streams, tot we idiall be able to catch our salmon at home. 



T. K. 11. 



RAINBOW TROUT.— A friend informs ns that Mr. James 

 Geddes, of Syracuse, N. V.. has recently planted 15,000 young raiu- 



fnrmant. does'. "i.'t's'.v whei'e t bev .'.'•me from', oil', we presume from 

 York Fish Oonunisfion at Caledonia. We 

 st results from this, and that Mr. Geddes 

 i many of the progeny of the beautiful fiHh 



the ponds 





hope to 1,( 





may live 1 



mg a 



he has pin 



ited. 



|Pri! fennel 



FIXTURES. 





viMr-:ylv:uibl, Field 



i . iiiil-sburgU. 



iir entries F 

 y. Jacob P 



Kennel club Third 



stein Field Trials, 

 eutz, Secretary, P. 



rials, Ertwai 



(1 Oflell, Secretary, 



an., trattoria 

 etaiT, Colin 



American Kennet 

 ibia, Tenn. 



THE NEW YOKE DOG ORDINANCE. 



of the Inhabit.- 



Tbe Mayor, Alderman and Commonalty of the City of New York 

 do ordain as follows : 

 Section 1. Hereafter it ohall not be lawful to permit any dog to 

 go abroad loose or at large m any of the public streets, lino, al- 

 leys, highways, parks or planus within thu corporate lirnlls of tl e 

 City of New York, under a penalty of three dollar), for each 

 offense, to be recovered against tho owner, posBOBBor or person 



