then struck me that the pink flesh of salmon and 
of some trout must have been caused through 
eating prawns and similar crustaceans which turn 
pink. The natural live prawn is like a bit of 
animated transparent glue, and yet boiled it be¬ 
comes perfectly opaque and white in flesh, with 
a brilliant pink skin. In the Fishing Gazette I 
have often suggested that freshwater shrimps 
probably helped to give a pink color to the flesh 
of trout. The matter has now been definitely 
proved by experiments carried out by Professor 
Leger at the Piscicultural Laboratory and Faculty 
of Sciences at Grenoble, France (where those 
grand Grenoble walnuts come from—the walnut 
trees were planted to get walnut wood for gun 
stocks). 
For a full account of the experiments see the 
Bulletin de la Societe Centrale d’ Agriculture, 
published at Grenoble. From this it appears that 
alevins of brook trout from the eggs of one 
female were divided into two lots. One of these 
batches of small fry was fed exclusively on 
freshwater shrimps, and the other lot on milt 
(rate). At the end of the second year the 
former had all flesh strongly salmon-colored 
(une chair fortement saumonee ), while that of 
the other lot was completely white. “We are 
thus, says the report, “in a position to affirm 
definitely ( peremptoirement ) the salmon color of 
the flesh is due to the nature of the nourish¬ 
ment, and that in our streams the freshwater 
shrimp provides this nourishment.” This is very 
interesting, and it is important to fish-breeders. 
Think of the demand any breeder would get and 
the price if he could guarantee 
Trout for Stocking Which Cut Pink Like Salmon! 
Another thing I have noticed and often re¬ 
ferred to in the Fishing Gazette for thirty years 
past is that trout and grayling grow big and 
strong in streams where the freshwater shrimp 
abounds. I do not mean where it exists, as that 
may mean nothing comparatively, but where it 
abounds as it did formerly—for instance, in the 
Wandle at Beddington Corner and Mitcham; in 
the Test above and below Horsebridge; in the 
Itchen, especially at and near Highbridge; and 
in the little Costa Beck in Yorkshire, near 
Pickering. And yet the curious thing is that in 
these streams many trout and every single gray¬ 
ling I ever caught in them had white flesh. In 
the Wandle, in the good old days, before Croy¬ 
don made it an open sewer, dangerous to man 
and beast, by running its dirty sewage-farm 
refuse into it, I have seen the trout simply 
browsing on the shrimps swarming along the 
campsheathing .among the flannel weed.—By R. B. 
Marston in Fishing Gazette, London. 
RECOMMENDS SALE OF FORESTRY LANDS. 
Rhinelander, Wis., Dec. 19.—Recommendations 
for the sale of all forestry lands that could be 
used for agricultural purposes, for consolidation 
of several of the state boards with the forestry 
board and the discontinuance of the purchase of 
forestry lands will be made by the Wisconsin 
legislative forestry committee in its report to the 
legislature next month, according to Senator 
Tomkins, chairman, and Assemblyman Axel 
Johnson, secretary, who with other members of 
the committee meet here to-day. 
The report, which was made public for the first 
time, recommends that the lands which are to be 
sold for farming purposes be sold to settlers only 
forest and stream 
and at a minimum price. It is recommended that 
twenty years be allowed the purchasers in which 
to pay and that not more than 80 acres be al¬ 
lowed to each family. 
The board also urges that the department of 
fish and game, state fisheries, state parks, state 
conservation, state public lands and state fores¬ 
try be consolidated under one board of three 
members to be appointed by the governor. The 
committee would have this board made up of a 
practical forester, practical engineer and an ex¬ 
perienced fish and game man. 
BREEDING SKUNKS FOR FUR. 
Trappers Alone Make $3,000,000 Annually 
From Skins. 
Washington, December 24.—Experiments in 
breeding skunks in captivity are highly recom¬ 
mended by the United States Department of Ag¬ 
riculture. In recommending the practice, the 
Department experts point out that this animal 
is one of the most useful of native mammals, 
and a most efficient help to the farmer and the 
orchardist in their warfare against insect and 
rodent pests. As a source of fur, it is also a 
commercial asset, the skins netting trappers 
about $3,000,000 annually. Therefore, says the 
Department, as the skunk is valuable in its activ¬ 
ities, as well as for its fur, experiments in 
breeding the animals in captivity are recom¬ 
mended. The propagation of fur-bearing ani¬ 
mals has been the subject of investigation by 
the Department for some time, and the results 
of the experiments have been so gratifying that 
raccoons, skunks and foxes probably will be ad¬ 
ded to the minks and martens already the sub¬ 
jects of research work. 
Moleskins have been extensively used in this 
country during the last few years in making fur 
garments, and practically all of the supply has 
been imported from Europe. In the belief that 
the common mole of eastern United States pro¬ 
duces fur of equal value, skins were submitted 
to professional furriers, who stated that the 
quality is superior to the foreign product. The 
mole inhabiting the Northwestern coast is larger 
than the common Eastern species, and a number 
of these have been collected to obtain a report on 
the quality of the pelt. If this little animal can 
be trapped profitably for its fur, say the experts, 
the problem of freeing agricultural areas from 
its ravages practically will be solved. 
QUAIL DISEASE APPEARS AGAIN. 
Washington, D. €.—The third known outbreak 
of quail disease has been discovered by the 
Bureau of Animal Industry in quail, sent for ex¬ 
amination from the National Zoological Park. 
These birds were received a few days ago from 
two of the principal importers in widely separat¬ 
ed parts of the country. Most of the quail now 
on the market are imported from Mexico and 
are entered at the port of Brownsville, Texas. 
Under these circumstances all outstanding per¬ 
mits have been cancelled and further importa¬ 
tions suspended for this season. 
Quail disease, a highly infectious malady, to 
which all our native quail are apparently sub¬ 
ject, was discovered in 1907 and was traced to 
a number of States. A second outbreak oc¬ 
curred in 1912, but was checked through the 
suspension of importation of birds from Mexico 
from which most of the supply of birds was 
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SNAPPING A WILD SQUIRREL. 
Six Days to Get Used to the Camera, Then 
Three Days of Watchful Waiting to 
Make the Exposure. 
drawn. Last year practically no birds were im¬ 
ported from Mexico and no quail disease was 
reported. This year a limited number of birds 
have been permitted to enter at Brownsville sub¬ 
ject to quarantine maintained through the co¬ 
operation of the Biological Survey and the 
Bureau of Animal Industry. All birds which 
were suspected of having the disease were ex¬ 
amined at Brownsville or forwarded to this De¬ 
partment, but not until January 5 were the first 
undoubted cases of disease detected. Game 
commissioners and sportsmen who are interested 
in the introduction of quail or who may have 
purchased birds for re-stocking this season are 
requested to advise the Department if any of 
the birds are known to have died from disease 
of any kind. As a measure of precaution any 
birds now in captivity should be kept under 
close observation for a period of at least ten 
days and in case any of them die the bodies 
should be forwarded to the Bureau of Animal 
Industry of the Department of Agriculture for 
examination. 
WHITE WOLF KILLED. 
Pierre, S. D.—The big white wolf, which has 
been a terror to stockmen along Antelope and 
Cedar creeks for several years, has met his 
match in cunning. Ira Whalen, a young rancher, 
has the wolf’s hide and is entitled to the boun¬ 
ties of about $150, which were offered for the 
animal by stock owners. The huge brute had 
pulled down and killed full grown cattle. 
