DBOBTirBBB 30, 1880., 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



427 



have lived more in bark or even brusli sliiintios than in hotels 

 or IjoarfUng-houses. 

 But n'importe. Nessmtjk. 



A QcESTioff About ErFPEo QsotsK—Silli of Lmgnrunv., 

 Deeember 13.— If the feiimle r\ifletl grouse is driven off lier 

 egfts during the period of iiiciiliHtion, in ^v^nll way doos she 

 iiiako her exit from her pl's? and iios-t ? Is il h\ UxWng ^'"S 

 and booming off, or by Uildiis; heel iind riiiuiiiia: awayV 

 And in what manner dors slie rtUirn Ijack In Uu-iu airniii, on 

 footer on the -wing? I s-liiiid rr-iulv to nnswi-r iXxcm- ques- 

 tions correctly when called upoii, InU bef.)re. I .lo lei us Imvo 

 the views, opinion and experieiiee of other sporlsaien and 

 ruffed grouse shooters on the subject. 



Habky WooniAKD. 



Wc have seeii the feirale ruffed grouse leave her nest, but 

 before giving our experience we would like to hear from 

 others. 



WEiauT or Bi.aok-Taii,ed Dker. — I have a very reliable 

 story told nie from New Mexico, where a lilack-tailed deer 

 is said to have been shot weighing about 500 lbs. What is 

 their heaviest weight? Q. B. R. 



Black-tail deer probably never reach any such weight as 

 that mentioned, and we doubt if they ever run much, if any, 

 over tliree hundred pounds. We should bo glad to have 

 some definite facts from our "Western readers on this sub- 

 ject. 



Late KiifOFiSHKu ON Long! IstAKo. — New Tork, Dee. 20. 

 — JStlitora Forent and 8f/rumi : While walking near Flush- 

 ing, L. I., yesterday aflernoou, I wms very much surprised 

 at hearing ilio ciy of a kincfiKhei', dri/k nlnyon, and a mo- 

 ment afterward I saw Uio biid perched on a hrancli over- 

 han.^ing a brook in a pwamp. 



Tiio only open water being a part of this same brook, 

 evcrytiilng rise being frozen, it seemed almost incredible 

 Ihatlhe bird could oblaiu the requisite amount of food. Is 

 it not very late to observe this liird on Long Maud? 



ROBEKT B. LAWKKNOB. 



S§h gnlime. 



Tire CENTRAL FISHCULTURAT, SOCIETY. 



niiST DAY OONTlNrKD. 



TlIE discussion on the subject of securing national legiala. 

 tionfor inter-State waters, such as the Mississippi River 

 and the Lakes, having closed Mr. Miller offered the following 

 resolution : 



Whereas, This society has lost a valued member since its 

 hvil u.ee-liiig in Prof. James Wood Jliluer, of Waukeegan, 

 III., uii assistant to the U. S. Fish Conuni.ssion, wlio Tvas 

 both a fishcullurist and a seieutilic man, therefore be it 



Besolvod, That the Seeretary of this society prepare a let- 

 ter of regret and enter it in the records of the society, and 

 send a copy of it to Mrs. Mibier. Carried. 



Mn. Ci,ARit moved that no papers should be read before 

 the society ex'cept those prepared by persons who are mem- 

 bers of it. 



Mr. Faikbase:.— " That seems to me to he hardly fair. I 

 have written to gentlemen who are notmerahers asking them 

 to write us something to be read here, and have no doubt that 

 such letters would be interesting." 



Mr. Clark. — '' Mr. President, before putting the question, 

 I ask to be allowed to explain my motion and llie reasnus 

 for making it. I can see that such letters will be interesting. 



water. I have impregnated a few hundred, which now show 

 embryo flsh plainly to tlie naked eye. 



Mr. Matjiec— This note of Mr. Wclsher's is a most im- 

 portant one. It proves that the California salmon not only 

 live and thrive in the fresh waters of Geneva Lake, Wis., but 

 that they develop eggs and will breed there." 



Mr. Mili.eu.— " I have known of this some lime. We 

 have in the ponds of the !;\Iioliigan Fish Commission some 

 salmon which have spawned a few eggs. Mr. Welsher's case 

 is more interesting because he has more." 



Mr. Fatrbank. — "Tliis subject of the growth and epawn- 

 ing of I he quinmit salmon in fresh water is a very interesting 

 one to nic and I will have something to say upon this s\ibject 

 to-morrow, when I will ha.ve my experience written out in 

 the form of a paper which I will prepare." 



Mb. Lytle exhibited a drawing, in full size, of the flsh 

 which was recorded in the pages of the Forest and Stkbam 

 of Oct. 7 1880 as follows 



GE'^fPVA Lake Wis '^opt "3 



I have sent to day to Prof B urd i very fii c specimen of a 

 CaliforniH, salmon w eighing cicht and a halt i ound= i tc 

 male, full of doeloptd ripi, c,^s Mic vi t ilcm M Mi 

 Welshei w ho has charge ( f mj lntcnin"-anl p mis li in 

 Monday U t m th smaU ci il whifli uipi t ml ri i 1 

 The day bcfjie he s i\\ stv n or c ,1 t t tli i \ In li h 

 judged would •wu^hfruu ci_,litt) i selvi n I ii b I uf 

 had no means of captuimg tl em ii th It lim li 1 msti 

 look like bieedm^ salmon n tie b vitci 1 ut I sbiil ik i a 

 sert it foi 1 1 ict until I / « w but I will i (itni> I / ni t 

 now. I 1j iK t bclie\c th t ilt enUrs lul n i', m enu 1 

 element 1 I 11 < pr bli in 1 lit thil idi In \ i\ lei 

 and pleulv ol food tin sih onwi 1 ii pi ti in fit h \ ki 

 "H K I HE 1 



Mr. Ciapk — ' It IS of gieat mtiresf to know tbi' i is ti ]i 

 ■ will breed m deep, cool lakes. I have kept them in small 

 ponds in great numbers, as many as ten thousand, and never 

 found a ripe female, although ripe males were common." 



Prof. S. A. Forbes, of the Illinois State Labratory of Nat- 

 ural History, then displayed a series of oil paintings of Illi- 

 nois fishes, from which the plaster casts of the Institution 

 were to be colored, which were much admired. Also a few of 

 the casts wliieh were colored. 



The meeting was then adjom-ned until the next morning at 



0:30. 



[The entire proceedings, papers and discussion will follow 

 as fast as we can find room for them.] 



jj RE PO RT'oP T he TEMNES 8 EE CO Mil I SS [U N. 



TlUE following is the report of C.immiEsioner George T 

 • Akers to the Governor of Tennessee. BIr. Aksra has 

 done mnch good work at no expense to the slate, and we 

 think il is time that he had an appvoprialion to enable him to 

 go ahead and fill the water with food for the people : 



NAsnvii.r.F, Tenn. — To His Excellency, Gov. Albert S 

 Marks : Sir — Sly report as Fish Cimimisi-ionermust necessii 

 ily be brief. f-To previous General Assembly having tvci 

 nmde any appropriations lo enable the Commissioners ra t □ 

 gage, to any exlenl, in replenishing the strchois n£ ibe S ii 

 Willi desira'ble varieties of food tisli, they have been ucai li 

 to do anv'thiug in that regard. 



Hon. 8. F. l5aird, Fish Coinrois.sioner of the Onited States 

 has, on his own account, within the last three or four yens 

 placed some shad fry in the Cumberland River, and ealrnnn 

 in the Tennessee River. How these have done I have uo 

 present means of knowing, but from the results in other 

 sirenras an<l localities, I liave no doubt will prove, in doc 

 lime, a very admirable addition to the tiah supply of those 

 streams. 



liul hold that the writers should become members of this , ,. ,, , 



socie^in ord^r to obtain the privilege of ^^^^ r^.^A^^^^^^^^^^Z^^^r^^^^^ 



papers before it or of sending them here to be read. I maki 

 iJiis motion entirely in the interests of the society, \\ith the 

 object of increasing its membership and lliereby extending 

 its influence. I do not know who, if any, outside of the 

 socioly, have sent papers and baslened to make the motion 

 before such papers were made known, in order to prevent 

 the motion from having a personal application." 



Mk. Babtlett. — " lobject to the motion, and would invite 

 papers from all who may feci an interest enough in oiur good 

 work to prepare one and senrl it to us." 



Mr. Mii-LBK.— "I would make all who send us papers hon- 

 orary members of the society." 



Mb. Fairbask.— "I hardly think it would be wise to pass 

 this resolution. We miglit get some of our most valuable 

 hints from oulside the society." 



Mr. Clark.— "I am willing to admit. tliiBj l)Ut think that 

 since the admission fee has been reduced to one dollar, and 

 the annual dues to fifty cents, the least a person who is in- 

 terested in oui- cause can do is to join us. I have no paper 

 1,0 read, and will be glad to hear all that others have to say 

 on the subject, but there arc men bero who have come nearly 

 a tbou.saud miles at an CNpeiise of lime and money lo be 

 present here and it does not seem fair to admit others who 

 slay at home to equal privileges, and I would compel these 

 men at least to join the society and help support it by the 

 small sum named, even if they never attend the meetings." 

 The President then put the motion and it was lost. 

 Mit. M.vTUEU proposed Prof. Spencer F. Baird, U. S. Com- 

 luissioner on Fisheries as an honorary member. Carried. 



JIb. B-ALLor found no power in the constitution allowing 

 the society to elect honorary members. 



Mb. Miller moved that the constitution be amended so as 



to allow of the election of honorary members by a majority 



vole and that Prof. Baird be enrolled among them. Carried. 



The Secretary then reads communication from Mr. H. W. 



Welaher to JL. 'N. K. Fairbauk as follows : 



There is no longer any doubt in regard lo the impregna- 

 tion of California salmon eggs that have been reared in fresh 



their sources to their mouths, or as far as they may flow 

 within the State. Without such protecticn by stringent laws, 

 rigidly enforced, I undertake to say that you can accomplish 

 nolhing. Our laws beretofore have been partial and local, 

 whereas thry niuri.t f,, spi'ly everywhere in the State. 



To illustrate, |irotect fish in Mnuiy and Bedford counties 

 only, and you can never stock Duck River with fish ; because 

 CoSee, Marshal!, Hickman aid Humphries will be'at liberty 

 to take out all you may put in. 



Local proleciion is not protectioo. It must extend equally 

 everywhere wilhin ihe Sta'e to be of any value whatever. 



The Virginia authorities are at this moment deterred from 

 attempting to stock the streams in her southwestern borders, 

 which liow into Tennessee, for the sole reason that our State 

 offers ui proteeri .n to them after crossing the line, and they 

 regard it as a waste of time and means lo send fish into those 

 streams. 



In this connection I will add, that while the establishment 

 of hatcheries would, in my opinion, be the quickes t and best 

 way to repleniiih onr streams with the better and more 

 choice vaiieties of fl«b, and heartily recommend that (ourso 

 for adopt in yd, I bcln ve t at ideqnatc liws forpiotfclion 

 of (he hih in our w deis wnubl ci ibt our natnt vaiietic, in 

 the course flim i „i Iti H " thee iieibu dm s ) that 

 they would b ( i ils mi iv Itemed Whe her any- 



thti T else 1 d )i p 1 V t I u nt i e uirt A « nil h I would 

 ro r eareesth lodu ., ntl\ Ol eil f 11 II p p-t ig otlawsfor 

 II f 1 1 1 ti II ol lisQ n ill thi V, tfi t et our S ate fi ni the 



I 1 I Mil often wii tin il( SI u (t i wbica hiibecn so 



1 \\\ 1 c 1 a 13 1 idei ir w it r m m my pi c al- 

 whjlesorac and palatable attiol- of 

 of sport ard recreation to a great 



3d « UfllU 



rl ne 



ul 



propi 



Obj.r 



J 



11 1 - ^ , J, 



lb' I r ced we could reason bly 



u I i-^er f jr a snaie e f such 



I 3rui= He ha% aueady 



It 1 \ e ilully give all the aid be 



n 1 \\ Und lorked salm in which w ould d i well 



^ T 11 thtr flsh desuahk f tU ^ulhorities of 



jLi- uiu'ii ijuar the expense of distribution and give 



■ . 1 , 13 understood and appreciated that the main 



,'. I ; i,L, ; • to provide a plentiful supply of cheap and 

 iii.ie 10(10, for the use of all, ralherthan furnish an op- 

 iiy for sport, the scheme will be heanilv approved. 



Very respectfully, 



Geo. F. Akkhs, 

 Fish Commissioner. 



FISH CULTURE IN >IEW HAMPSHIRE. 



IS-\.A\ inFopcsi i^D ^rrr^. 

 shiu f oiieipoi (lent jinl i 

 noticrd lu iLitiiu ti h tilm f 

 hn V17 siaiU 1 

 the fi h of the il 



1(1 ( 



1 1< tier from i Xew Harap 

 ( 1 1 ptculni di«ea eliehid 

 Li A\ cbotei I xl e in Franl 

 or lumps scattered through 

 h Vle\V(lT\s ifteiwird I met the gentle- 

 man w u 1 w 1 t( til 1( 1 1( I m t he ( ai ml told him that when 

 I gcit in ( I n 1 I 111 1 wntc )ou mdtell vou of a sun 



ihr ( IS -s 1 I 1 xf I Yf I a.,0 m the perch 



and sunt! Il s mi ibl lend in tins '•tile 



Ivmg m tb nil ml Unity If ilunl itwism 



1S40 th\t 11 ( Jii p ti - u nil halt 1 1 zen othei bn_, s I visited 

 this pond t )r a a i\ s tishin_ ^ h ( j s i f ii is qu mtitj went 

 was I ver\ sucees iul one is we e lucht a _0( d louud bushel 

 of the ibove named fi h In oncretting ttiem linine and cook 

 in Ihcm lhe> weic found to hi entu Iv inedible being lull 

 nltl eselitth haul (oncutions tlioiil the izc of Ni lO'shot 

 w I (inh in the flesh 1 ut m th" mtmiranes ot tiie fins be 

 I Ae 1 th( spini s It tt 1-1 not till nian> ytais after that I hid 

 in ipiiitumt^ toMsil thit pond a am and therm 1860 I 

 tl iiu A\ p f luud the fi h all iii,ht but inmurh ff wei nura 

 beis hui t thi d ite of m\ [ reviou^ visit What the pre 

 Ciso di r I \i. IS I lu V I I IK w but uf its existence md final 

 disjppp II nee I can atliini I notue one or two other things 

 Ul !n> list nuinbci it 1 oitLsi wa "^riEW whirh have 



biou^ht my pen t^ 

 letter from "Wi ^'r^ii 

 ffardto stocl in, he 's 

 theNM\ liimi bin r 

 iforun ilmin m the I 

 the ^tife ot ^(w II 



bi 



eleven hundred German carp fry, which I have sent ti 

 arious points in our State, gratuitously. The repoits I 

 have from those distributed last season are of the most en 

 courayiug cbaracltr, representing tliera as healthy and grow 

 iug exceediugly well. 1 entertain high expectations of ttu 

 ou'CDineof this new variety of lish. "in addition to being a 

 choice tish for the table, they are adapted lo ponds, x jol 

 uudeuiuli lakes, and thus can be localized and raullipliid to 

 any extern, which is u"t so much ihe case in thoss nquitint, 

 sn"il't-iuiiiiin;4 water. Tliey require hut little atttui ion, are 

 very pnilihc, am! giiiiv Ij biiiii: ^ize. The persons who nuw 

 have po-secsion 01 ihem in thi- State m>3t generally assure 

 me they Imve ^"0(l ami ■.MtilesM,,ie habitations for them, and 

 bciiitrable ui piuleet them oa Uieir own premises, il is h ptd 

 the lilier«lity Ot l^raf. Ba,rd will r-rsull in .siien iBeif>,se lu I 

 in a compai-iilively sliort lime Ibe State ni:iy tie jen.rdlij iq 

 piled with them. Having been Inruiuiiert at tue i .-.[leii-, 

 the General Treasury and myself 1 have held thai in ■ - 

 received them are in some sente custodians of in..;,, 

 public, ai: lessv so fur as lo furnish the fiy lo 111:1 1, 

 ihev b; - r: ■,- ,: the period of iniihiplicalior). I have lh u 

 ho, ■ or iMUiing the chief home growing flsh foi 



tbi- 



Ti 1 II 1 ■ patistioa ot ths best varielies of fish is do 

 longer a matter uf speculalion or experiment. II is as sirnp't 

 and certain as th 2 reproduction of any laud animals, and has 

 become H fixed industry. All llvs streams of our greatly 

 favored State are largely depleted ot their once abucdani, 

 supply of game flah. 



In a few years, and at a comparatively small e.tpenfe, they 

 all might be restocked and relilled with bass, jick, trout and 

 the larger and better varieties of perch. 



Virginia has tried it successfully. Streams in that State 

 which a few years L.inee were fi^ulefs, now arc full ot the 

 choicest kinds, et- id cheap to the eonsiimer 



Tennessee mlgii same thing. But to do so 



it will require the i tome money in the" esiab- 



lishment (it one or muie naieneries. The amount of money 

 rcquii'cii would not be great, compared with the great benefits 

 derived. 



Afler the work of stocking our striams is acc^mplishe', 

 the haicherica inighc he abaudoutd, or sold to indiviiluuls lo 

 be cxsntiouea as private en'eipriota. 



In the eveni lh« Leaislaiurc should consider favorably such 

 a woilt there is one ossuutiai and iadispansablu prerequisite, 

 and thst is the enactment of laws, protecting flsh in every 



!ii>hiii(l this nKiinin, lalsonotu 

 11 mHiiufs ot I iildcf ird Mime in re 

 '^ ( o Pivei ■( 1 b s dmnn 1 wo 3 eart> ago 

 r mm 1 leinris placed 20 000 vcung Cal 

 of th t liver which are m 

 •\ if jNIi Haines can get the 

 joun.,tish fioni Mr Stilwell 01 Mr Smith he had btttei 

 plant them 111 J^e^\ Hampshnc si-\ m Conway or Madison 

 whenec Ihev will push their wa> down the Sico and return 

 m dm tim"^ it pnipei flshw ivs lie iirnMdtd on the ri\ci at 

 tiK dm in "-aro and Biddetf id and othci jihces in theStatQ 

 nf "\I uni V\ hive not tal en as manv «dmon at Plymouth 

 till Mar I -oe exjiccted to owiii., to thi se\(ie drought in. 

 the 1 I mif,ena set which 1 ept back the later run of fish but 

 we tool "nineteen running from ten to eif,hteen pounds 

 weight pre\ ous ti luh 'I and onh three aftei that date 

 Iruni these we fecund ovei bO 000 eggs and there have been 

 ahi_f numi 1 undi iiblrdK diposucd n iturallv in various 

 p' ce inthe"\Iei im u md 1 euiue^v a s t b\ Ihr sdmon which 

 lii\e been seen m nnmbiis all thirn^h lb nn n i i m the 

 il ep hales and at tbr m nil f |ii ' the 



X IV up the iivei fi u I i\ h 1 i 1 > 1\ The 



^l ito of Massichusc ts h is nut it 1 .,g8 



II jithc Pemjbseot to tin Pl^mnulh hatil 1 1 1 ml we 



I ict mou so shall ludoubtedlv turn out 00 IIOO young 

 il lion in the bead waters of the Merriin u nr \t s[irin. In 

 ill 11 III thisf v^p expect to dislribu e Kill 000 bi 00k trout 

 and 11 'I 00 I S( v i\u ilraon and we have made anew veu- 

 tuie 1 \ I ikii Kill 1)00 sf^s nf Hit tish commoulv called the 

 hb il w a I r If L e A\ iiuu fie anl (o which ftshis neither 

 ill 11 il I'liii -1 nuin c ae_ nns or a local V incty 

 itpesaiil ee Tliese 

 h jpe to natui di/e 



of tin ul ilih 11 ^^• 11 



we si 11 di I I rh 



in otii 1 I 



uidiilinl 



nexl pi I 



t ird ihuul 



in 1878 piohibiUn^ 



wlide cairvmg thi ii 



New i iifcland '<lati s 



^\ 



lilt 



.bfi 

 III il 

 t 1 h 

 it i 



an pi 



pert lo hatch 

 lent vaneties 

 mN(%^ Bed 

 .T m this State 

 1 1 ik li hslers 

 b il Uh other 

 W 



I^ELLiCiii;>CB or Caeh — V\ e aic permitted to publish the 

 following letter wrilteu from Roslyn, Queens Co., N. Y., to 

 Mr. Eugene G. BlacWord, State Fish Commissioner: 



" The carp came in good order this a. m., and I have just 

 been lo the pond and, with my hired man, broken the ice 

 and introduced them to their new home. They gave evi- 

 dence of their nationalitj^— I call them ' German Philoso- 

 phers.' They really showed something moi e : uou instinct- 

 intelligence — for they quietly arranged themselves in a semi- 



- --• — . 1-- •> — - •- -.^.j circle, ft deliberative assemblase, an 1 •.11'' •■\ the situatioiu 



stream in the State, from the least lo the greatest, and fioax | Tliey did not ehoot away 'pell mell,' but lUter a few seconds 



