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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[foil 18, 18 



cAiairs. lounges, unci many other article* too numerous to 

 mention, even m canned provisions furnished by Messrs. 

 I'liuri rr.\ ( 'ii , vim 1 IhaukerV prepared noiitofdittcwht kinds, 

 A BU'Huiihan portable boat wbb iurni-hcl by Frank Holmes. 



Major .Me.Vlpin. hearing of [hi', camp, kindly sent sonic 



iisiirriiHcii-oTluliac.cn. SO, you <ii'. I In: camp 



k prottj complete. There is also ,i mysterious -torn' jug 



« illi a CO! HI ol t, WrliaJ ilial is tair nobody seems, 10 



know VV. I Id! r I. r 



CusiMi Small \\ it w:i isn .- -A Company i- erecting lit 

 I'lMiis-i'iirc. N. .1. which is situated cm the Delaware River 

 shorn opposite New Castle, n-l.. a coimtog establishment tor 



tie packing of tish. There isa prospect now for I he utilization 

 of the immense ralolies of "Iroul." a local iiauic fur small 



weukt'wh in Delaware Hay, ulncli are yearly made below 



r.inirr. Hi cik, I '-1 y< ar jto man\ were lake,, in getttCS 

 ihcy In came a drug in the market, and instead of being 

 -Oiippial tn l'iiil.ii|rl)j]i;,i were hauled away by I he fanners 

 ■car I he lislnn for manure, Sturgeons. ' roc. 'ilmiln less, will 



also he put up (caviar), quantities of which is shipped from 



this country to Europe, — I Iomo. 



rgislfcnltttn. 



FISH FOOD AND FOOD FISHES. 

 |Hi-:nl before thc\iicbigaii Sportsmen's Association liy Fran!,- N. chirk J 



BY request of our honorable president, 1 present the fol- 

 lowing on 'V"ish Food and Food Fishes:" 



"i with. I must hog y..u to overlook aH signs of hasty 

 preparation and insullicieiit statement, fur the rime 1 have 

 ba-n able tO lire, ite to this object has Iihkii exceedingly uira.r-- 

 and niv ordinary dories have been unusually pressing. Ieau- 

 not, of course, he expected to give anything like an exhaus- 

 tive treatment of so broad a subject, for the briefness ol time 

 allowed «me, and the lack of personal ability would preclude 

 -ucee- in such an attempt,. I shall, therefore, ask your atten- 

 tion to oul> a very few tacts, which my observation and ex- 

 pL-rienee Imvr t oiglii me relative to this matter; ruiil mv n- 

 marks leiVronly to two species of fish with which yon ureal] 

 familiar— our brook trout aud whitefish. 



f need not inform you that the ipie-tiou of u-h food lia- not 



always, received from i he majority of li*hourturi.-t ■ 



tion its import, niee would se.-m to wnrran). It has been too 

 much lake,: for granted that nature would furnish all that, 

 was needed, without any assistance from art, aud the conse- 

 quence has be, n thai lab planting has not always afforded 

 the large results that might otherwise have been obtained, 

 On this account also the attempt to enlarge the habitat of 

 some of OlV ulOSt valuable food li-.li has. in -.01,1. m-iui. <•.-,. 

 proved a failure. Fish cannot live without food, and it is 

 therefore simply tody to pursueo course of indiscriminate 

 distribution without any consideration m 1 thought bestowed 

 upon the nature and exi cut ol' food supply. The very first 

 .piesurin to be settled, wduu it is contemplated planting Osh 

 in new water- is in deterinini whet her feature in that locality 



idy furnished a sufficient amount of food sustenance, 



This can C: ipptt) tat tVUri tv'.ii experi- 

 ments which scientist, have already tried and trim, 

 tub If the proper food is nor ,Y„,„d in th< ! Ol ,- o - 



- I to plant fish, then the first thing tc do is to 



cm: I ill- i odfrom other waters. That this Is wholly 



basil. 1. has I a proven by numerous experiments, audio 



illustrate rids Met you will please allowme to refer to my 



., i ibsorvi ii , ,i,i !■-, i.ri'ieuee. 



Seattle :• ,i'Vti: i ilery 1, u nuriow stream, led la.rge- 

 |v by sprit gs, i it in i the water snpplj of the hatchery is 



also I tary. In the Spring of fS74 1 planted in this stream 



,ii . ■",.' tin i i, r.. ok trout try Judging from a -ii-cl.i:' ■;;- 

 leiu planting trout in a -tn-iini ar Clark.-- 

 that 1 should Obtain fair results in this 



ttt I I 



peril 

 "ton, 



i ustn nee also, but lik 



I neglreied to take into ace 



in the who]:' problem. Witl 



examination in the fall, I 



trout, whaLrv e: existed in the stream. M\ ex.pcri 



to be ll llai failure, but at, ouee surmising t.h 



father, the late N. W. Clark, who was at that 



ated with me iu fishculture, went to Clark-ton i 



some wafi-r oivss. which grew there In bond 



nt of 



[trips 



iks that 

 to. The following sin-ing 

 ,11 of the same y ear I found 

 lerethe cress was planted, 

 till it has become abund- 



1 and SO have tie i: 



nit stream. 



ut ponds, whither 

 varied in length 

 We obtained rffis 



we planted lm 

 a lew trout ne 



Since that tin 

 djit The gat 

 until to-day w 



From tin's a 

 ditions are for 

 they do not no 

 is. me of the v, 

 sist. In our n 

 their liking foi 

 one inch in leu 

 the l'!"> itself. 

 in the' above n 



igthi 



■:■■! 'i, kd run ■ 



from iniie.iiil 

 from about a 

 quarter not be 

 spawned. It i 

 tamed no suet 

 gammaria as f 

 equally as w-el 



now exist in tl 



and their them \ i- !m 

 cannot take place uuiii spri 

 to warm and vivify the do 

 in the water. !n addition I 

 hatched so earl] 



Both of tor 



and ill od more demonstrati 

 before they can o. accept* 

 time now foranj extented 



wilb icfeiener lollie hrst l 



latest investigation! oi sei 



that the earliest fopd Df the 



- Utfi 'I":' ■ ii 



great lakes atallset 



Iu the sprit 5 



at ile Uarr-liery, to take, so 

 1st Of March and see it they e, , u id be raised by artificial feed- 

 in:.. The experiment, if it proved .ueet's-ful, would assist m 

 determining whether the Ush when hatched early in the sea 



SOn Were premature. Indeed, it . v. o-.ij.", ,i- i-i..g- -,n io 



si vol y that they were not premature, since it would be reason- 

 aWe to suppose that premature fry could not be raised by 



liter I 



ii,-,-: ,,,,-, ret ived, 



lit, either pro or eon. but 

 will simply state that the 

 .how pretty conclusively 

 ;h consists of the smaller 

 1st iu the waters of the 



Mr. Bowen, my assistant 



artitiehtl feeding. Bv sue 



upon the right food, 'and 

 h Tliisarfiticial pn 



mer until August I, when 



we had vomig whitetish ir 



in !•■• ■': i-,; ii. r'r i, -od • 



• trials Mr, Bowen at last hit 



S could be -in to ear of it 



mtr?: the hu\ 



pute shown to be their natural s 

 lakes where the w hit , 1i-.li have 1 

 of time. In Hi—ins'- Luke, H. 

 perhaps, always exi-ted— at le.._. 

 know of no time when they have not been found there. In 

 Elizabeth Late, Oakland county, I hey, -e -in to have nourished 

 for thirty or forty years, having been brought t here in hogs- 

 head, from near Mt. Clemens, on Clinton River. 



Main other inland lakes might also be named where the 

 whir.lisli have abounded for a great length of time, but they 



are already well known to you. The imi ■ r , tobc 



noticed with reference to all oi these water- is t h i : ,- ;-,,.: 



numbers of fish which they hi to long contained proves 



that they also contain a ver'v abundant exT-fenee of food sup- 

 ply. Now- it is eef tainly a verj practical .(iiesiion to ask, 



why a,re not the sann- lael- observable in lakes where the 

 nature and quality ol the water are in .-ill .-. -i.,, i. n.,, 

 kit because thevhavr I, , , ,.; iv overflsBngl Iitllis 



had been theease. v.-,- would have probably - •■ -n .• i ' ■ .- n- 



localities; an occasional stra.-gl 

 found. But It is well known/o 

 are lake-, in every respcet adapt, 

 fish, so far as the -or , , :' 

 eenied, and ret no Signs of their 

 Now. manifestly there is but ( 

 this fact, and that is that natur 



the 



State eonraii 

 Of Michigan, 

 purpose in vi 

 selves thorou 

 desirable wai 



Theprolile 



Id lie 



I pay i 



whose duty it sli 

 ywith the chat 



.!,-.■ rd ,i!'i.'iiius to whiel, tliese lish arc known to 



eiiwion at ineseiu. " rn, the other hand.' 1 believe that, 

 s experiment., .,how anything in rhi,, diieelion. fhey 



everythingto hope for in the attempt, to enlarge the 



sfurnish results that shall compel universal recognf- 

 the great impOitanQe and benefit of piseicuh oral 



ui,cr. ot Brand Rapids, added that he had out open 



Is of whitetish. anil is nlirely satisfied that they stib- 



■ , :,rl l-,Vriv,ipOil .riuiltr SllC U | ish . ,'1 lid UlllOSS thfi 



ii n lake are abundantly supplied w ith shellfish, it is 



L AHI'CULTUEK.-Aliitlo work has .just been pubUshed 

 entitled "Carp and Carpcultui-e,'' by Milton F, Feiree. ,-,;■ the 



vgrieulture. It comprises forty 



" :Ut- of ponds 



she 



•s[. Ca.pt. Pe 



a tjpnrst to ad 



name. The author Is a hydraulic engineer of mai 

 Ijerienee, and therefor.- hi, hints and plans t..r th 

 of ponds should be of great value. He claims that 

 not bo fed at all until nearly read . , ,, r ; ,, , : 

 be left to forage, on the aquatic plants. Tl,- «. 

 good one. Imr we cannot share the author's rnthu 



carp, especially when he rates its value as f 



shad. He, is evidently in earnest, however, am 

 quite a readable one. being enlivened with flashe: 

 that, lend a charm to the dryer details. 



ede all ot 



o think that the 

 •e, although no 

 ve call bvili.-u 



the Mmml 



FIXTURES. 

 BJ5N0H SHOWB. 

 mil it, 188.1— Meriueii Poultry Association Bene 

 nn: Joshua Shute Bearetary; 1118 Hobart sfree 



;d Bend Shm 

 Office. Skalhi 



a tyeiiuel Club Bene 



periutetuleiit. 



iia Poultry Society 



si,, \'eu York City. 



Oiriilfl In ll,r illlirm '■<■/ /Ac h'rmirl Editor munll rum in iniirii- 

 tibTtS oce ih-frrretl 



SPANIEL CLASSIFICATION. 



JN Jtm 

 catir 



the bene 

 m order 



be the vi 



be taken 



... rlass. This is hai-iily the . 

 r it her in the over or under t weni y-eight pound dogs. As re- 

 gards the foTmer (over tweutv-eiglri potirelsi. the present 

 writer lias uo suggestions, to ofb-r. but wilij L'espepl the 



latter, commonly spoken of as "cockers,'' he cannot but feel 

 arrangement ol the classes would give 



last I alluded to some of the, tu 



omalies of elassifi- 



and entries that were noticeab 



e in connection with 



show of ISSIi. 1 again invite atte 



□ii irn to r he stibject, 







svs of those ehi.-Uv interested in 



be it may 





sstminBter Cluli are 





f dogs that, similir 



i LJ ' si M shall ■ ' '" ■ , ; 



gether, so that, the 



e of points can, with preprint 



y, be applied to all 



satisfaction 



to all interested eithe 



• "• ".:■ i- of amateurs 





t, that 1 would propose 



e entered in three classes, 

 other than black, under 

 miels. under js lbs., mid 

 ri. under IS montha" Thi 



mm bs th, -' is i, -. ,.i 



(OllOWS! no 



- uSera^rLT 



l.l.ickorbl. ,, id '■"•- - 



if there 



:- other < 



icy will be presented inyoi 



to this plan r 

 (i BEENHOBfT, 



FIELD RECORDS OF RED IRISH SETTERS. 



I BEG to take a few exceptions to some of the assertions of 

 "Pious deem," m : ■■ ,,.,,. rlie 1 Ith, just, at hand. He 



takes the liberty of pitching into a, breed! love, autl 1 rake 



the liberty of defending that breed. 



"Pious .leems" in his letter says; -The i e, II ri.sh always 



were mdalway! '■ ill be a, failure m licld trials. 1 : 



are never what -port-men .-all level-headed, with : I , . ■ ■ 



tiou of the Camporil -train of red Irish, which is in, bur. 1 w:i I, 



Ihev have ever met. a 

 him. and I'm glad he 

 most famous ol all tht 

 in a -ingle stake or in 



-Pioii-" judge 



Id the 



and theii 



r"t'two a' 



es by my sine as 



ta place, ii is true, but, they proved them: 

 oil ones, or they could not have lei cei 



" ■ ■" " ,; ' ■ '--■' ' : ""- -1 ' Pious" and the 



not know of any g. ish Maw. Well, 



Irish 



•d i 





Didn't an Irish 



Foreman is called one 



try, aud 1 have no ( 



"level head" enough t 



What was the tr 



fell before 

 Club Derbj 



rish 

 1 181 



little trouble t< 



ce].iions. wind 

 she was a good 

 mount, .Minn., 

 with (1-ertniue 

 Pollux, winner 

 beaten at, tfiglj 

 judged at High 



l,,te 



nrhinki 



'or the prooi thai 

 ie ,:i ,'- atFair- 

 ided equal third 

 te English setter 



i-ere "duilei-'aud. theM- 

 v were not, or else "pious 

 igly in his libel on their 



Have Irish setters fttoi ay- been failures at held trials? 



I can prove b\ th- !•■ or. !-:, and answer most emphatically, 

 io: again showing that that gentleman must havi rrittej 

 ivithout due eo aration of his subject. 



How much of, fair ,i J.-.-g. phi-, in is;,;, when the Brace 

 3takes were won by a UeweUin and an [rish red: How much 

 n Hampl in, I .wa i I8T7, > hen th, second prize in the 

 Pup] | St i' -- ' ■-: m r ie an irnh red, and the famous Glad- 

 stone ran unplaced, to say nothing ot the third prizewinner 

 ising strongly imbued with Irish blood: The she of that 

 second prize winner is bj my side, and 1 bred the sire, of the 

 if third. 



How 

 when first in 

 and the seco 

 through last 

 ure at the 

 prize in All- 

 irish red. ivi 



in-own eyes, 



How linicl 

 first in I'upp 



sirei can |.il 

 a failure at 

 ,.',;,, [all 

 Ea-tern Fie 



uk Center. Minn., iu 1S73, 

 , Mas won by an Li-ish red , 

 rultea dash of kish blood 

 icUoi i fail 



when the 

 :ghteen-mi:: 



ml 



uhs old 



ed< 



" 

 impion 



with a 

 tin. did 



BtakeatNashviltein 377? or from dividing -' 



MeweUin m same stake, at same place in l-.s: < 



it, check his winning a ma fell race of two days t 



sue, over the champion of all the famed Llcwellius? Alter 

 shooting over that lingli-h "crack." day after day, among 

 the quad in Tennessee about two in. in, t.n . 



I did not believe the dug stood in America that could vail. 

 ijiiish him, and jet, evsu he fell before a dog whose sire is— 

 mirnhilr dictn, tin Irish red. 



And when the Puppv Stakes at V.-.,ln ill:-, in Is; ; . ,-.- , ,-,,, 

 by Gladstone, was the third prize winner in sami 

 f-iilure because Imr sire was an Irish red* In I-'-.', at Fau- 

 inotint, Minn., did not an Irish n I II li fourth prize in the 

 chicken trials Derby, and another Irish red . ... 



in the All-Aged Stakei At High Point no Irish red got 

 placed iu the, All-Aged Stake, though they shut out many a 

 field trial winning lingu'-h before they fell, but in :,;. Dej ij 

 an Irish red divided third. Now, I don't see how the asser- 

 tion of "Pious Jeems," that "the red Irish were always fait 

 ures at held trials," can stand tor a moment agai r,.,t the field 

 trial record. 



That the Irish have not won so many prizes- as the English is 

 true, and I do not wonder at it, for they have not had one- 



