Show VARIOUS KINDS OF FISH iteus of interest to iss bishop W WD D Joh johnson rison ot of johnson Joh kane county while here bere a chort time ago told we nat mat his bis little reservoir iu in which watch tie he husbands water lor lo 10 irrea tion literally teems with carp of assorted cizes the last f eamons season li hatch batch number myriads myri ads ot of kietie fellow fellos as lively as their older cousins consina co usina bisshop johnson on say says the carp is 0 as schod a fresti fresh water waler ush as lie he ever ate and being a no town wo eastern wan man be no doubt know sill about tah H pond swarms wita batill cury carp suitable for stocking other waters lie ile claims to have enough seed carp to stok sto k all the waters bet between the south rim of the basin anti and the colorado arver all these are the product of eight small carp he received some years ago from the government and toe only fault the bishop finds with wilh the lisk is they multiply muli ply too last mr john rowley of nephi says the two inch cirp carp he received last december are now dow six inches long and tour inches around which lie he considers a fine growth his pond is brackish water which comes from under a gypsum mountain 11 an offer to furnish spawning trout has bas been made to me they will be delivered as eg caught aught one two and three year old in this city at very reasonable cerms terms between the of may and the of june next I 1 am maturing plans to abtahi eels from the hudson river N Y for seeding the Hum numerous erous streams in our territory no doubt beis will thrive and multiply acidly in our rivers creeks and canals I 1 am offered cr crap apples pies a most excellent fish elsh and rapid multiplied I 1 and the large canada frogs at reasonable prices the cr apples will come from denver and frogs from near st louis persons desiring either live trout eels ci cr apples or br frogs to put into their waters can let me know any time before next spring in answer to queries about stocking wener leoer ind bear rivers with shad try fry col Mc mcdnoald Doald writes me that 1 I I 1 L contemplated by the commissioner to continue the experiment of stocking the tributaries tributa ries of the salt lake basin basi R with shad fry for at least two successive seasons longer and on such a scale as to determine beyond question of the success of the species in all your waters provided the conditions of fared by the waters are suitable three years after shad try were put into the sacramento river at sacramento in 1876 shad were sold in the tae san francisco market and now they bey are being caught some miles up the pacific coast and add are sold in san francisco at 6 0 cents per pound there asyet is yet time to apply for cart carp A M Muss icia salt lake city august 6 1887 |