Oct. 20. 1882. J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



281 



2$ pounds each. Largest, three of 7, two of C and fifteen of 

 4 pounds enrh. They ware mostly males. I found but few 

 ripe fiab. 



0*t. 7. — 11 females, one of hi. one of li, two of 7, three 

 oft live .<f :! and twoof 2^ pounds each. 



Oct. 7 —3 males, one of 8*, one of 8 and ottO of S pounds. 



Oct. 8.— 12 females, one of 8$, one of 8. Iwo of 6, lour b\ 

 4 .■in'! fom 1 of :i pounds , aob. 



Oot. !>.— Wrni Up Kennohago stream; Btopped over night, 



Oct. iO.-^Oitught afJO trout, average a,v pounds each. 

 Largest puinber mM< , Ohra ibaok toBaugelej in afternoon, 

 Oaughi 1 fumali i first, average 4 poj.in.ds. 



Oct. 11.— 2 females, one .of 3 and one of 1 poUUa? : One 

 salmon, 8 pounds, turned luck in stream luuwrtned. 



Oct, 13, — 7 females, one Of ft twoof 7, two of 5 and two 

 ni 1 ! mate, -' : pounds, Filled boxes with i 

 with exception of those reserved for landlocked salmon. 



1 hhi vriv happj tosay that the salmon put in an appear- 

 an,-. in the Rangcley Btream this fall In considerable num- 

 bers, an ■■! torlhe first time. Some of them were rerj large, 

 I saw five of theui id a pool which 1 estimated would run 

 from four to tea pounds each. Over forty were taken last 



June i , Bangemy Lake alone, of from tWO and s hair to 



four and halfponuds each. They have also been taken in 

 the lakes below. Bor the short lime thai lias elapsed since 

 they wore introduced and the small number of eggs, the 

 BUCCCSS ha-, be ii ivin:n knblo. 



The first youug Cry went planted there in 1ST-1, 2.000; 

 '75, 5,000; 76, 8,01)0; '77, 18.000; from thesfc plants the Ssh 

 thai have been taken sprang. The fish of which 1 give you 

 the. weights are I be true book trout (SallM fOritbWtMi), The 

 size is not n lieirkablc for those water--. Three-quarters of 

 the fish wbieb 1 look in the Rangiftey streams were females. 

 VVhv it was so ! cimnol tell, unless tin- males, coroittg >u 

 earlier than the females, as they always do, were caught by 

 the angler ftt the bar and outlet. The hist fish that came 

 into the stream were females with hardly an exception, 



The expenseof the Work is paid by contributing sports- 

 men, and is obtained by subscription books, which arc kepi 

 open ni i lie different hotels and club hdnsefrfor that purpose. 

 Ample funds were raised this year to take the eggs, pay a 

 man for taking care of them through the winter, and also 

 1,i erect another and larger hatching house for another sea- 

 son II el the boiiM- been finished this year I could have 



filled it easily with eggs. I have no doubl lhal I he fishing 

 ni Rangelev 'can be brought up to where it was in tile palini 

 c,-t days by following 11)1 the work now begun. The appear 



ance of the salmou confirm it. 1 predict thai in a few years 

 the salmon fish ng al ttangeley will be the best ever known 

 in Maine, and her big salmon will be us famous as her trout, 



And here 1 wish to thank every person who contributed to 

 the Rangcley hatching fund, and may they nil live lo land 

 a ten pounder from the fry that will' be introduced there 

 next spring. Henry O'. Stanlky. Cotn'r of Fishei icp 

 DCTirigEB, Me,, Oct. 15, 



Black Bass. — I saw in Forest a»d Stream of Oct. 5 

 that a gentleman wanted to get black bass to take to Europe. 

 I would refer him to Mr. Maurice Decker, of Lake Hopatcong, 

 N. J.. Mr. decker's address is Wood Tort. Morris Co.. N. 

 .1. He is a veteran hshei •man. and the baSS ara plenty and lie 

 can get him all he would want of every kind. — 3Ei 0. 



decided to complete the work, and Mr. Sherman offered the 

 following resolution, wbieb was carried: 



ReStilved, That Mr. Blackford be appointed a sub-eominit- 

 toe to complete the hatchery on Long Island, and to hatch 

 such fish spawn us be may obtain from the state hatchery or 

 United Btatea Commissidh, and to build snob sail water 

 pond- us i,o may think advisable for the hutching of salt 

 water tish. That the expenditures for sneb purposes be 

 limited to •••Loan „nt.il the. further order of the board, and 

 the resolution on this subject heretofore adopted be mod- 

 ified to that extent. 



It was also divided bv the board that special appropriations 

 should b- asked of the Legislature, .*l,OU0 to be expended in 

 the rebuilding or tl Id hat.-horv hou-.e at Caledonia, and ?!>.- 



0W to be devoted to the work al Cold Spring. Cornmissioner 

 Sherman said that either Mr. Polger or Mr. Cleveland, if 



propria! ions. j.l". ..l-o called attention to the fad that no'shad 

 spawn had been (.laced in the Hudson River for two years, as 

 whatever appropriation was made had come too lat* for tho 

 work. In the Caledonia hatchery, he said, the salmon trout 

 were doing remarkably well. Over 800,001} spawn had been 

 taken from thetn, and they were growmg very largo. This 

 was a matter of special interest , because -eon the supply Of 

 spawn from Canada would lie withdrawn, and the superinten- 

 dent would have to depend upon his own fish. Commissioner 

 Blackford said he hail received a hundred applications for cai p 

 an.it hev would be distributed by the United States Comans 

 Sign next week. The interest in their culture, he said, was in- 

 creasing rapidly. Alter authorizing tho secretary to commu- 

 nicate with the United States Commission as to State exhibits 

 of fish at the London exhibition to be held in 1SSI, the board 

 adjourned 1 . 



A NEW HATCHER. 



"VXTE give below a cut and description of the McDonald 

 VV hatcher as described in his specification, etc.. in the 

 United States Patent office, 



Marshall McDonald, of Washington, District of Columbia, as- 

 signor to himself and Stephen C. Brown, of same place. 



METHOD OP ANT, APPARATUS FOR JJATCHjSQ FISH. 



Specification forming pail of Letters Patent No. &6S.938. 

 datedSept. .\ 18*2, Application filed June 12, 1888. (Noraodel.) 

 TaaU whom H may concern; 



Be it known that I, Marshall McDonald, of Washington city. 

 Distinct of Columbia, havo invented a new and Improved 

 Method of and Apparatus for Hatching Fish; and I do hereby 

 declare that the. following is a mil, clear, and exact description 

 of the same, reference being had to the accompaning drawings, 

 forming part of this specification, in which— 



The New Haven A'-yy/.s/, ,- says: I'lurr Keeler, of Kidgetielil, 

 Conn., who claims to be I he oldest "piscator" in the .State, 

 [tough! a 33 pound bass in Tjmpawaftg Lake Ihc other day. Mr. 

 Burr's tarte for angling begun when he was u boy— more 

 than 70 years ago. 



Will tish hook a tish hookfe-i&rrf Marble. Will fish tackle 



fiSh tackleV— IJtltr.ir,,, II WW 



<$teftctiltiire. 



THE NEW YORK FISH COMMISSION. 



A MEETING of tho State Commissioners of Fisheries was 

 held at the office of Commissioner )!. B. Roosevelt. No. 



?r, I '.hambes street, Mr. Roosevelt occupying the. chair. Com- 

 missioners Eugene 0. Blackford and 'R. IT. Sherman were 

 present. A resolution was passed to the effect that hereafter 

 no tish or spawn should be sold from the State har-lar ..-., f tl J ■ - 

 D.ul i i oonsent of two-of the commissioners, The St, , , 

 mtendent i if Fisheries was granted a leave of absence in order 

 that ho niiuln. vi.-.it I'lorida during the winter. Mr. Roosevelt 

 said that little was known of the habits of striped bass and 

 bluefish after they had left Northern waters, and thought 

 something of jjractical value could be learned as regards their 

 spawning places. He also said that the superintendent: could 

 be spared without loss to the State nsh interests in the winter 

 season. Commissioner Blackford said be did not think 

 there was any baste for believing that nsh found in Northern 

 waters in summer were the same as those found off the 

 Florida coast in winter, but he was in favor of the superin- 

 tendent studying the habits of the Southern flsh, aud asked 

 that a report of his investigations be presented to the com- 

 mission. 



A discussion took place as to the hatchery a$ Cold, Spring-, 

 Long Island, wbicli was begun last vea.r, but hot finished. Mr. 

 Blackford said that for the past tour years he had made an 

 fforl bo oa-ve i hat iherj estaf&shed on Lone Maud, and he 



thought, as 83,000 had boen aptiropiaated for the work, it 

 should be completed. He thonght rne State Saperiutendent 

 In i shQTna a want of inebnation toward finishing it. He was 

 m favorof there estahlisl I i- salt-wa) a fish prea i \ ., fft- 

 te.rest, he continued, had of date been taken in starting lod- 

 Qslieriei Oil the Long Island coast. Ab-oady u.rge numbyrs or 

 cod were taken for the New York market in the tall and earlv 

 ihs on the south coast from Co 



,,n,|i , ' I.,", !' . '.■.-.•Hi '.--jp. ■ -•-'< ■ '/. r: '.--- ..■ ■ 



them, besides many private boats. The Con 

 grt codfish with very little expense, and Hie 

 very rapidly. He also .said that jodii-h vvel 



rapidh along the New Wngland ooasl I th 

 Of the SpamSh mackerel eould be obtained 

 hatching carried on with success in the Long- 



■ ■■■ u .: ifi nxiiig up auo 

 hatcljery al Cold Spring slT>s, anda few hate 

 !,. , |. -oared. This isall that had been doi 

 - ioner Sherman was in favor of con 

 at Cold Spring, but thonght that it should 

 ,-im L.e 11...1 in- he eoiisiilered it an e>: p'-riu 



time was soon coming, he said, when the a 



bass would be obtained in quantity, and th 

 conie, ore' ol'the mx-:: InTpol tani !n the mark. 



Sri bottli and freshwater, He thought s 



should be -.oven fcu It, The spawn aould be tal 

 tonrir and other Soutbei a waters, ii. hit ■ p 

 isry, in time, would be of the grea --■ iw h 

 striped bass. The fresh w ater ponds cnuh 



brook trout and laii'l-locked salmon. TheCoi 



ild to the 

 in baking 

 Lers couid 



eggu and flow of water according to the necessities of the 

 •cose. This tube A ! is rendered water-tight in the sleeve & by 

 small stulling-boxes e <■ at the top and bottom, which by frie- 

 tional contact hold the tube A to its ad in-; mem s .-, • -dii-t ihe 

 iresstireof the water. The other tube, B' : of the hatching jar 

 s the outlet tul.H' for the water, the small ii v an 1 the bad '. ; rs, 

 ivheii it is required to remove th" latter. This tube is arrauged 

 in a short sleeve, //, in the cover of the lar. which is also prch 

 vided with a stalling Ix.x to render ii tight, bul which permits 

 this tmbe to he deflected, as shown in .i.'.t *-■■ i m. ■■<. •■„■ ,],,. ,,..,.. 



),osc hereinafter described. In coiistrueting tile sh ■ ve /,' -o .'is 

 to permit, this detleetion of the tipK'. said sh.-'ve and also the 



movable thimble of the stuffing-bra are made ot a larger di- 

 leterthau the tube If. and the pucking in the sfniliii-'-lio:-: :.. 

 the nature of a round rubber rim; eontined between the said 

 imble and-leevc. and large enough to act as a fulcrum for 



the tube H' When it is to be deflected. 

 The coves- to the jar A iV held dow u 



of a screw ring. rl. upon a gum gasket. 



feci.lv tight closed jar. The reoeiving fi 

 lar light cover, and has similar till 



Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved 

 hatching jar and collector as connected for use. Fig. 'I is a 

 side elevation of a modification of the collector. 



The object of rny invention is to provide a method of and 

 apparatus tor hatching fish, automatically agitating the eggs, 

 eliminating the small fry as soon as hatched, and separating 

 the bad eggs and old shells, and thereby avoiding the contam- 

 ination of the- sound ones. 



To these ends my invention consists in the improved method 

 of separating the bad eggs, and also tho small fry when 

 hatched, from the eggs remaining in tho jar, which consists in 

 agitating the eggs by a. fo.rc.od circulation of water in a closed 

 chamber Which is entirely filled with water, and taking off the 

 discharge water from said jar, and with it the bad eggs, (or 

 small fry, as the case may bo.) at a point central with respect. 

 to the body of the chamber, in contradistinction to taking- off 

 the bad eggs at the surface by overflow from an open jar. 



In the drawings, X represents a supply-pipe containing' 

 water under piv-siire and of a temperature between ''" deg. and 

 80 deg. 



A is th? hatching- jar and B tho receiver or collector, which 

 together constitute a complete automatic apparatus, but of 

 which there may be a multiple series, according to the require- 

 ments of production. Both tha hatching jar and the collector 

 have two glass tubes, A' B'audA' B-'. Of these tubes, A' of 

 the hatching jar connects by a rubber tuba, a, with the water 

 supplv, and extends to nearly the bottom of the jar. being held 

 firmly in a tubular sleeve. /,. 'of the. cover C of the jar, so as io 

 maintain the central position of the tube in said jar. This tube 

 A' may, however, be adjusted veiT.iea.!ly in its sleeve to bring its 

 lower end closer to or farther from the. 'bottom of the jar. The 

 reason for this is ars follows: The central position of the tube 

 Souses the inflow of water (,, spread svnitn.-trirallv over the 

 bottom of the jar and cause uniform agitation and circula- 

 tion of the egg", as rdiowu by the Ion- arrows. By adjusting 

 the. tube down close to the. bottom of the jar the. Stream of 

 water is somewhat retarded or diverted in flow, but in- 



a thin active/sheei, winch prociuce.-Tau active circulation and 

 agitation ot the eggs in the direction shown by the Jong ar- 

 rows. Bv raisins the tube the flow is increased; but the 

 water, instead of being spread by immediate contact with 



i-V ■-e~Li.!. ... n' ridatloiwirid agitation 'of eggs. By 



bese vorj imple and practical adjustments, it will be seen, 1 



dUchr 



r A 1a 





'-nip. 





the jar In 



means 



-'provide' 



i a per- 



with a 



nne-'tions 



for its 



■'■ d toil,. 



lube B' 



' which A 



■ is the. 



■ receiver 



for the 



■ 



nbe .\ -■ 



cage-, He- 



object 



as io permit the op. 



vaste Waters Over the !< 



is a large, lillering-bag, o, distended 

 of which is to secure a discharge fr 

 mens, irate with the inflow without 

 tion through the filter, which wouh 

 delicate tish. 



The jars are preferably of glass, ft 

 i ion to be inspected without openin 

 How of water, They arc also preferabij of a cylin 

 shape, with rounded or oval internal ends, in practic 

 are tilled about three fourths full ..' .-_gs that haw be, 

 pregnated or vitalized with the milt of the male, ai 

 tubes are then adjusted to abu.it the position shown. 

 constant flow of water under pressure into and out I 

 closed jar now gives the required movement io t he egg 

 when tho flsh is freed front it- shell ii Very soon is oau 

 the current of water passing up tube Ii'. and is t hereby 

 lerred to the collector or receiver B, where 

 while the water passes out through the strai 

 tho eggs arc agitated bv tho ciu-rrut in A the 1 

 i he shells, bv reason of their lesa specific gravitv, 

 from time to time on the top o! the strata of sound 

 bad eggs, by reason of their opacity, I have repr 

 few heavy circles at the top. Now," to get rid of th 

 / is disconnected from B- aud tube H' 'is deflected 

 is in their vicinity, as shown in dotted line-, v. ben 

 tion of water draws off ilc>. eggeywhiob arc th 

 Attn- ihc jar has been purged of these-eggS, pipi 

 eonne'iodfo 11 and the litd, are allowed to pus 

 ma tically again. 



The Oshculturist in practice has to deal with tv 

 eggs: first, those which have a greater specific g 

 the medium in wlif-h they are deposited, and w hi; 

 descend to and remain at the bottom, unless kept ii 

 by the action of tin 



■al.-i 



ter than the 

 and tend to the surface, and i 

 the agitation of the water by 

 diffused through and held in s 

 These eggs all belong to salt-v 

 cod or mackerel— are very , 

 the current, and up to the ' pi' 

 ratus of hatching have been 



My automatic tlsh-hate 

 Of eggs, and with a pre 

 attainable io any e:-:isri 

 eggs— such as tie: shad 1 

 as illustrated in the d 

 serves as a supply tube. 

 bottom of the vessel inn 

 through the mass of eg] 

 interior capacity of the. 

 Slow boiling motion, an. 

 water constantly renew 

 than the live ones, l.y d 

 the outlet-tube, which 1 

 termmedbyexperieiir. 



i. ti 



nd de. 



of i 



nl-.nr„ 



W~he 



the 



thev are 

 e stratum, 

 uch as the 



drift with 



tho.-ls or appa- 



ille them 



•ats that 



ed to tiie 



fcraltube 



sr to the 

 ud filters 

 re entire, 

 whole a. 

 of fresh 

 !e lighter 

 d under 

 mce, de- 



jd 



wtablishcd with the collector, to which the voting fish as they 

 break the. shell and swim up in the water, are transferred by 

 the current of water, aud in which they are collected and 

 retained without injury until ready for shipping. 

 The advantages or the apparatus are as follows: 

 First, the almost complete automatic performance; reduc- 

 ing attendance, and therefore the cost of production, to a 



Second, the complete separation of the dead eggs from the 

 living and the perfect circulation of water secure the hatch- 

 ing of every healthy impregnated egg, and necessarily yields 

 a much larger percentage ot production than any apparatus 

 jaow in use. 



Third, the collector enables us to Collect in convenient con- 

 dition for shipping and retain without injury all the fish that 

 a re hatched. 



Fourth, the getting rid of the dead decomposing eggs and 

 largely of the shells leaves the young fry clenu and in the best 

 condition for shipping — a cleanliness and therefore safetyin 

 transportation not possible, to secure with existing apparatus 

 ■without a degree of assi luou.- and careful attention which 

 adds vastly to the work of the hatching room. 



Fifth, the use of close vessels for Iriichers luid collectors 

 worked full of water under a lead enables me to use the 

 apparatu- aboard jars or on _v.--.--h a ivsult 



sibilities of flsheulture. 



In hatching buoyant eggs the direction of current is re- 

 versed, the -water entering at the top and passing out at the 

 bottom— in other words, the direction of the current is re- 

 versed, while in other respects the o onipulation Is the same 



As shown in the drawings, each hatching-jar is connected 

 with a separate collecting- jar. which is al-o closed. I may, 

 however, as a modification of my invention, have a common 

 collector for a number of haf. hingjar- an- ,.,r laboratory use 

 where the jars are stationary or not in transit. Tl,i ■ o 01 IOB 

 collector may bean c,[,. n iar or .-t.|i,a, ium. as shown in Fig. -', 

 in which B 4 is one of the tubes Crow toe ha.ohmr--ja,s. ; lU d 



A -'a sioho'i discharge-pipe with lilfer for carrying off the 

 ihon has its outer end closed by a. bony 



the pos- 



it v 



'S-SlJ. 



I an, ware of the patents to Chase. August Hi. IsSI, and 

 Wihiiot. July \\ lS7'i, and I do not claim anytho 

 therein. 



My iuvoution is disttnetive with cgspspt to prcce.-=c.s dc 

 scribed in the foregoing, and especially the W'ilnot proees-s. 

 in that he uses an ope r - n I .-,»] sir d -. i.:..- I - J .-c ._■.-. 

 which are oi' less specii.e .r.-nm. Ov overflow from an open 

 vessel. I take advantage of the Barne princijile of separating 



