Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-03-13 | Page 32 | Must Feed Trout Purest of Food

MUST FEED TROUT PiESTJF FOOD Prosecution Will Follow the Practiec of Using Rotten Carcasses. STATE HATCHERY FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION Producers Arc Warned Against Continuing Custom Heretofore Hereto-fore Indulged In. State Food and Dairy Inspector TVil-lard TVil-lard Hansen and Sale Fish aud Gamo Commissioner Fred Y. Chambers went to the state fish hatchery Saturday morning to mako au inspection of tho place nad also of some of the private hatcheries iu tho vicinity. The state fish hatchery was found to be in ex-collcut ex-collcut condition, everything being. sanitary sani-tary aud the food which is being" fed lo tho fish being of a porfoct quality. These conditions, however, did not obtaiu at certain private hatcheries, according ac-cording to Mr. Hansen. Albert Loug-hnrst. Loug-hnrst. a 'privato hatchery owner, admitted ad-mitted that he had been iccding to tho fish nine cows which had been condemned con-demned for tuberculosis. Manager Bradford of tho Mountain '1 rout company com-pany declared that he had been tcecl-iug'to tcecl-iug'to his fish only food which was in perfect condition. ,, Johnson & Carlson admitted that old horses had been fed to fish at. their hatchery. the .stale officials say. Thev "contend, however that the flesh was" in good condition, and the food therefore was not in the least iuiurious. Another ownor ot a private halchorv, whoso name the oiti-cials oiti-cials .did not divulge was called up and asked what ho would givo for a dead horse for food for his fish. Ho staled after having boon informed that tiiQ animal had been dead several days) thai, he would give $1.50 for it. Mr. Ilanseu declares that he intends to sec that tlio fish in all hatcheries vf the slate are fed oulv the best food and Ihat ho wilj prosecute tho o t lenders if the praclioc of feeding lish bud toon couliunes. Suporimondonl. Jacklin ot the state halchcrv and Commissioner Chambers also disapprove of feeding the fish poor food.