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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jxns 19. 1888. 



\'-:,:i isc poh Siiap.— We IV!-! ii 1 1 v -pent :iii evening on till' 



Connecticut River, al South Hmlley Falls, with Mr. Thomas 

 Chalmers, the veteran shad angler. The water is nil 1 1n- 

 right stage and tin fisli arc rising better thanthcy have beofl 

 nt :my lime during the season. We secured otic shad of 

 good slzo and lost several dies ami v>iih them probably some 

 nt iii, finest tish in tin- i'h<-r. Several purtief were ou) and 

 so far ai wewere able lo learn all ol them met with rail' 

 -.,.,-,,..... We saw croti gentleman with 1 1 ■ i <•'■ beauties that 

 he caught after six o'clock P M f«et those who wish to ex 

 peril in -f i lit delight of Bh«d angling go to Holyoka, Mast . 

 and go this month! " 



TttB 1. i:\i- hi mi \| i .i u n-.i.i: .Miinlii-.-il. .luh I 1 .' 



Mi ■ -■•■ Walt hi inul ' raig. uf the Hisswutioi Gun Club, 

 repotl line black baas fishing near Hi" club's grounds in 

 Bwunton, Yti * * 1 1 t in- second their e*tr.h numbered forty- 

 nine bass, seven I of which tipped the beam after the live- 

 pouud notch was passed. Mi Maltbj hooked a large raus- 

 ciiloiiirc-. which .■■»•' u practical dlustration of itsleaping 

 abilities by leaping out of the water nearly, if not quite, 

 twin- iis length. The water here i- very high in the stream? 

 and hiki --. -mil tin- waters arc covered with Bies, so the only 

 way Co take bass now is with the tly.— StakStead. 



\\'i \mimi in X i , w Yoiiii Bay.— Nerw York, July 17.- 

 Tlie rim of wealcfish in the 1 -.; \ is now good, nnd many are 

 tnkrii aNiiii Stuten island. A friend and myseli w.-ni to 

 Giflord's Station on the island one day Insl wet-h and toott 

 si\iy good lish in Hie early morning. We saw several other 

 anglers wiih good baskets, and :ili agreed Owl the run this 

 year was better than in many previous seasons. The place 

 i.-.a-iu MMi-iu-'Mn the si.-ii.-n bland ferry and railroad.— 



I'm Tuiusn I'eucAK. 

 M im ■IM----I-I ii. New H:mi|isliiiv. .lul\ 1J— The Iw-nty- 



one-pound salmon recently clubbed to death in Ihe river at 

 ihis place, surely must have run a ven narrow escape from 

 death at Lawrence and Lowell both, if their fjshwnys have 



so. ii short, narrow i - in ii as the one al this plane, whei'i 



I should judge a Sve pounder must liavi considerable coin- 

 age und skill to gel through witlioul knocking bis brains 

 out at tin- turns ■ A P-. 



Miuamhiii. New Brunswick, .Inly -I. — Both \ wfor antl 

 8. fontiTMlu are here 1 i Iv- • "angels' visits, few and far he- 

 iw'irii " Iii fact, mii-Ii ;i general scarcity of fish has perhaps 

 never befpre ocourrod here in this sccttoQ, and ilii- in ihe 

 face of the fuel that thousands of young try haw yearly 

 heen placed in these waters. -Si ansi i >n. 



PRC*. .loltliw's ( 'ill.l.Ki I ION in Ft SI IRS v. an dcslnne.l 



iii iln. burning ol the hidiaoo I aiversitj Museum at Bloom 

 ington, Iml.. ln<i Thursday night, The collection wftB t in 

 result of mam years' labor, and ll)# I ■•--■ i- a severe one. 



Jfi.'ill cud ( urt. 



AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



[pKOCERWNGs LOSTINVKD.I 



Food Kisu and Pish Food, 

 iis a. s. oiikxey. 



REPEATED experiments and eioseand int. iljigebj obsi -r- 

 vntion for years hoe enabled the fishcultivrist to lay 

 downcertnin prinoiples and formulae Which, ii adhei'ed to, 

 make the artificial hatching of fish ,-m iinprovenioni upon na- 

 ture's wnvs (■' the sumo end. 



Nature is -;ii«t to be, ami is, a niiiui provider, but at out: 



time it seemed as though the natural and acquired habits of 

 destructivenes.s in man, and bis small boy, bad not proper 

 representation in bile great place, and nature, too heavily 



handicapped, must give np the contest so far as Ash wer n- 



cerned, at least In .-,-rtain 1,,-uiitios 



The science of flshculture came to the relief oJ outraged na 

 ture. and it was then seen that a part oi tin- great plan was to 

 use man as an instrument to prevent the extinction of certain, 

 llislie, mi. „i, -inland waters. 



ninetv fish grow where only five, or less than that number. 



. i.u: i'.i. i i- l.i l. urs are not completed with 



the stocking of public waters will, food Hal 

 Manv waters, from the merciless warfare 



waged a-;ainst their liuny inhabitant:- at alls, 



bolli in-i.:: ages may have taki 



equally important Item in the Bsheultnrist's p 

 which may prove a bar to sucee^ the ileni 

 The purity and temperature of thewatei mi 

 bio for aititieiallv hatche.1 food fish, but tl, 

 have taken its departure, and remain only a.- 

 Ih.-ie may be food in plenty for certain sp.-ei 

 desin for a certain kind may render the stoc 

 ing of some waters a failure. 'lobe sure this I 

 lie heel.- by one iioi veised in the requirein 

 being of the diflferent kinds ot Bahes,but3 



instances that hav ne under 



fo<X<'hniiKe.s the fond IMi the: 

 t'l.-li to a mo'rp. excellent ■".- i- i 

 My attention waa called to th 

 than Lwentv rears ,i^o in a v 

 where I live was an ail.i;iei.-d pi 

 been a trout stream. I could 

 ta.iued trout, but I could not r 

 formed thi n in I was built 

 time to which I refer. Tlmikin 

 abodyol waicrthatonlv requ 

 th,- mecfesto ; 



gOOd Bshill-. I olil allied permi 



pond bo use it as a ii- b storehoi 



lil.y of brook i rout from -.ix to 

 paiienily tor Ihe fulfillment 

 marked tt in my mind. W atei 

 ditions to insure success. J th 

 ward, when I found iliat I ha 

 ingredient — son 

 waa so slight th 

 that I add mo 

 iaose generally 



hand, and I pn 



of small bait li- 



trout, tor at ih 



fiulure. A nuni 



mo as a great 



Purine's Pom l. , 



I caught tfi 



fell from my eyes, ana n- 



to me as food lisli had tie 



I fa 



mt aft' 



withi 

 i- would brings eh.- 

 •. would appn date 

 bale- Pisheultnie £ 

 rodudng food for 

 stock 



of Bah, that showed by their condition » lack of proper food, 



failed to siitist'v the angling spirit I bat was be 

 for 1 was confident that a little labi 

 thai the lish.andaltei-wardUieaiifrlt 



At the first meeting of fcheSchrooi 

 eiatioii 1 urged tile importance of in 

 ti- h u it li which it was proposed to 



hem .. i he association derived Its name, In reply, 

 -taled III, d the lake nln-adv contained whilelish. the 

 loo.l of lake ii-.-ui. .-mil the latter fish was the only 

 proposed to deposit the first year, to keep np thee 

 the disappearing native troiit. Whit.-iish here m 

 ' n bad, t-hei must hav, been few in Durubersc 



ti -. "ly. for the lake Iroiil would eoiue or.l o l he -'ioiiI: 



vellow perch, and were taken in irtgust while, tro 

 boss near wecdj shallowi isthohome-oi bhiatrout 

 cool depths of the lake, hunger a Ion.- would force th 

 the warmer surfaci water duriui: ihe wannest monl 



• -a i -. Besides one only required the u w of his en es t< 

 the trout token from bhe lake were in poor condition 



pared to trout Iron i n favored waters. In •■■ir 



lakes, whilelish seem lo be pi-e-etniiientlv tla food 



trout. They will not take bhe hook, andas Uw 



the use of nets, they have only to multiply to do Rood 

 conscience and fellow li>b Inhabiting, a^ tln-y do, th 



waters of (he lakes with the I rout, Ih.- v., ii n ; i-.l ; 



to ihe surfaeeonry where the water is deep, and at i 

 when other tish eamiot utilize the) 



they i aorfficed to the appetite oi other fish at s; 



time, bulthev do not contribute 1 • this di n 



to destroy their usefulness as in.,. 



found a whitensn inside of any fish but the hike troi 



have examined tl intents of tl„- stoiua-.-hs of Inn 



bass and pike taken inautunjn from waters inhabited i 

 fish, A species of whitefiah has. sit 

 been foiuiil In -leal-ior loss CfUantl 



George, N Y 



or more mouths 

 must have food. Tothisfood there is a natural limit. 

 :•• iln- ilmbon. to: . iroy and below there is 



i a certain amount of food, and only a certain number of 

 can live and grow All above tl.i- number will be insuf- 



utlv i.-il. Th, ly ma me r in whieh an extra quantity 



had eati lied food is lo open the eal'-s and let the fish go 



in. ISKNKAita— At the South Side Club we have kept trout 

 ireserves, and found that small pr.s.-rves would not sup- 

 l many fish without additional food We have also let out 

 mg trout into our streams to seek their own food. I do 

 think that any one win question the fact that fish should 



irovided with food, yet it seeins from I he discussions ami 

 oris that insufficient attention has been paid to tbisimpor- 

 t item in llsheulturc bv some beginners. 



i-: moved thai s vote of thank&be given to Mr. 

 uiev for his ino testing paper. Can li d. 

 Ii:. Hi. m .cri'iiii moved thai OB account of the heat and 

 dl attendance, the election of officers be postponed until 



he meeting 'hen adjoined until the following day. 

 [TO BE CONTINUED.] 



F1SHCULTURE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 

 La Departmet 

 other tilings, the 

 ' Fisheries. It 



■oeklisb, as the 

 iopted the plan 

 ys to a central 



US bO Ihe iutrodll 



ndit 



whiteflsh 

 "take on 



or .N'orih. 

 trout 



Col 



dep 



iited Hi 



thi 



' until now 1 do not know of a lake in F.asieni 

 y,-\\ Yoik that can furnish such line. l. at lake 



taken fr Pake George, and the wlii;eti>li are 



seen in myriads. 



Th,- frost fish, found in a fewol the Adirondack waters, 

 notably Blue Mountain and l-impieti - la!--, hay- been likened 

 as fish food to the i,lnc-i,aei: n-oiit. that isaupposedtobeia 

 prime factor m the immense growth of the Baugeley trout. 

 Th,- frosi fish i beflsh.soBaid-ls somewhat 



•similar in iis habit- 1-, ihe bhi--baek trout, resorting in great 

 muiil.eis in the fall--.iii.sl before ice i- formeditvn the lakes. 

 hence the name— to the shallows and inlets for spawning pur- 

 poses. They gem rally move in the night, and their plumbers 



-.-,■ -., oc.-illhal the" make a Uoise as though the 



angthresheil Tle-v a.-- in blieiusolvus a de- 

 nt h,-r than the above fuels, ihe batata of the 

 a- balanci ol bhe year are as little known as 

 back trout : ontj like the latt-i, they an .-. 



tho water was b 



lieiolls food li>ll. 

 Ifi.sl fish tor I 

 bhose of iheblui. 

 deep wc.i.-i fisli, 



\\ ithll, 13 . 

 .Mountain Pake and a 

 The former, although 



dan f la! 



led lake it. mi ., 



ihe: 



ad 



,i.l bi 

 sesss; I nmler- 

 son •! ■ ,e,t dee 



fish as li-l, food. 



that the other d. 



in Pake Georgi 



whilelish from t 



The qualities i 



been praised bet 



resort lo both d< 

 than the lake In 



lies. 



The ■ 



been in! 

 it is, In 

 lish as ; 

 favor a- 



. Ihe tie 



I the alewife or "sa 

 ause it isw springs] 

 iepand shoal wain 



elly"as 9sh food have 

 ner, and the alewives 

 :us giving fish, other 

 ■St their edible ipiali- 



riveis. when ihe fry are n in-d. Ai the interior points, 



where the planting is to be made, it is only necessary to 

 find a mill dam with an appropriate fall, say six to eight 

 feet head, and bhen place a dozen or more iar- to n , i tve the 

 iransferrcd eggs. With no steam pumping and no cost, except 

 the jav of two men. hundreds of thousands of shad maybe 

 lurni don; with a simple outlay f.u -hatching jars. Concerning 

 the early run of shad m North Carolina rivers, Jlr. Worth says: 

 -.■ we get ten cents a pound for our shad, the aver- 



agepri I the season, is because we sell early. It is the 



opinion ot on.,- i hat if all the shad in our waters, uncatight 



M.-v l. are allow,.,! to spawn, thai the supply would be fully 



caiiii.iii.-d. Persons familiar with fine 



sick., -.bo finest Bowers, fruitsand vegetables, .are aware that 



they me tl tcome of intelligent direction, that their 



Snperior qualities depend upon -election. Animals and plants 

 transmit directly their characteristics to posterity, and by 

 proper' selection and preservatii f th- prei'.-rred qualities, 



ti','-. A shad culerin- our streaiiisin Jannarv and Pebniary, 

 worth -s I -i". oi-sl.-,;,. is mueb better than a Ma v shad worth 

 tea to twenty-five cents, li i- not «..rt I. while telling me that 

 bhe offspring of a May shad will rem as eariv as those of the 



TUP MENHADEN CII.MMlTTPI-:.--Piii!ad,-lpliia. June l:.\ 

 ;.— The sub-eoinmittei of lie- tlnited Stales Senate com- 

 ic, .on toi-ci-.ii affairs, who were appointed bo examine into 

 I report upon the bill introduced by Senator Sewell to pro- 

 ii the depredation upon the shore fisheries of the. country 

 those engaged in menhaden fishing, Is at Congress Hall, 

 le May, and will, after investigating the question at this 

 nt, proceed up the coast ard continue their labors at other 

 ,ort.ant places. Testimony will betaken on the matter and 

 •men aud fishermen ol lite-Ion- experience will be called 



ad i' 



iiile.-i 



idalii 



id investigatioi 



; hai.ii-. super 



l lakes, ii 



al lish food. 



the short time required fo 



il- Crayfish are excellent fo 



>re rapidlv than a like 



in angler might as well ba 



id for i,la.-k be 



ni. 



li .'. Pah- nek. 

 -at-arms, 

 uh- li;.-Thecon 



apher. and Col. J. If. 



of the United States 

 Senate which i> iiive.-ti^atiii--: lh<- subject of menhaden fishing 

 1,1 1 ra | i May I-, day, and went to Bei kely, on Barnegat Bay, 

 -one- distance below Pons Branch, where they will remain 



,','ti Vhc ground that the destruction of the small fish which 

 draw the bluefish and otberfood fish along the coast is an evil. 



SCOTCH PISIPIORIES IMPROVEMENT ASSt III ATKJM.- 

 We have tho third animal report of the Council to the mem- 

 bersol this association, May. 1883. 'J he objects of this nsso- 



idn 



toned ab.n.-atv -il 

 rarms and perch 

 - bass that lias be 



h fish. 



e.— Thi 



equal quantitii -, but 

 caught ou a hook has 

 ait. In dressmg bass 



will enable 



To take steps for extending the functions of the Government 



lishmentof fish hatcheries, making known ilu-ir operations, 

 and Otherwise. To take steps to prevent or to cure the pol- 

 lution of rivers, streams and lakes, in order to protect salmon, 

 trout and other fresh-water li-h from poisoning by impure 

 water The report contains much valuable information. The 

 secretary is J. Barker Duncan, 8 Hill street, Edinburgh. 



s paper by Mr. Cheney is a most ln1 resting 



Alihoii-h ihe subject i- a new one il tk 



hnia and 



nts inler- 



Uie statement that shad could be , 

 as to flood the James River when Is 



TUP M.I" 



rill be 



fALD FISH WAV.— Professor Baird has, after 



' w I'n'i,- oneof the largest in the-couritry. The 

 ition are now in progress, and as soou as the 

 leted, arrangements for us construction will 

 ator Lvdecker. I; is to be hoped that this wofck 

 ranldlv. in order that lie- ii-hwav will be in 



Captain Daniel F. Overtoil, a fisherman, from Norfolk en- 

 .-a-cd in the i.ienliaden fishery a; i.ireai Wicomico, last week 

 ha'.l a nov-l evpeiienci. He had alioul -IO,liW) lish in his seine. 

 and had ju-i si -nailed for a cora way," when, without any 

 iiitimai r warning of his presence, a whale I about thirty- 

 live feet in length rose between ih- pin.se I 

 ti-ii iiieverv direction, and carried aw. nv the entire center of 

 th,- net. The whale then rose several tunes within t-n yards 

 of the boats, blowing water into the faces of the crew, who 

 st.ood speecldcss with astonishment. 1 his is the lirst instance 

 of such an occurrence being known in the annals ot purse-uet 

 li-slnng.-.YoW'i.tA' (IVr.) Laodmurk. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



,i,..x u-a - full of evils. A. box ot Eslcrbrook's Pens, ou 

 -,-. ,-,, in., ins one luunlnd ami forty-tour perfect pens. Tho 



n- •• -dels baring money to invest, will do well to read the 

 ci, . .a Hn.ia (l.-Hs,-- (.'i... X. Y.. wlii.-li appears in tins 

 v s, ill . ...ei'i.lly aiiemi to all orders by mail or telegraph. 



Y-i all inula. 111-. Salves. Inliulis. 



ness and ui.i.jr.dl. I- . ..-uraiive newels. Quick, thorough, 

 li.-.J.uv of I 



