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Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
With them well stocked with fish, Wisconsin can never have a 
famine. The Chippewa Indians on Lake Superior have been known 
to live on white-fish alone for six months at a time. 
It may be objected that other States would get the benefit of our 
fish. To this we would say that experience and observation have 
proved that neither the white-fish or trout are disposed to roam 
over large districts, and Michigan, the only State greatly interested, 
has made liberal appropriations for fish-culture, and no doubt will 
do her part in stocking these lakes. 
The fact of their not being inclined to roam over the lake, makes 
it desirable to hatch at different localities, as we think it will be 
cheaper than to transport the fish, as well as making the obtaining 
of spawn more certain. 
We append the article referred to, from the Green Bay Advocate, 
and commend it to the careful attention of the custodians of the 
people: 
FISH-HATCHING. 
“ We presume that it is not generally known that the State has 
a fish-hatching house at Pensaukee, on the bay shore, twenty-three 
miles north of this city, but such is the fact. However, it is yet in 
its infancy. The legislature two years ago made a small appropri¬ 
ation for fish-culture, and appointed Messrs. Welch, Palmer, and 
Hoy as Fish Commissioners. The appropriation, as we understand, 
was very small—only $2,000—but there still remains an unexpended 
balance, which is being invested at Pensaukee, under the immedi¬ 
ate charge of Mr. John Palmer, who is a son of Alfred Palmer 
the Commissioner. He is assisted by Wm. Petherick. Mr. Palmer, 
Sr., has also been here to see that everything was started right. 
u The white-fish, trout, and herring in the waters of Wisconsin 
are becoming rapidly thinned out, occasioning no small degree of 
alarm among our fishermen, and well it may to us all. There is an 
immense sum of money invested in the fisheries here, and the fish¬ 
ing-interest is second only in importance to lumbering. Our fisher¬ 
men, to save the money they have already invested and continue 
their business, are year by year making larger nets, striking down 
into deeper water, hoping thus to increase their gains, or at least 
enable them to make a fair living. Various devices have been re¬ 
sorted to by the State to prevent or delay the exhaustion of fish, 
