Show FISH AND THEIR propagation there has been beeh considerable interest 0 manifested of late in various countries in the artificial propagation 0 of fish nish in france franco they hae li e been very successful in the business the government of france not long since sent to chiuan china and imported varieties from that country which had previously been unknown in europe that nathl nothing ng ini itt ift bo be lacking to make the experiment a success natives 0 of f china who wiio were familiar with the proper methods of propagating these nev varieties were carried over to france in england also they have been taking measures to restock re stock their rivers with salmon saimon and other kinds of fish and we are told with the moat gratifying results varieties of fish which were unknown in australia have also been introduced into that country and their propagation is no longer a matter of doubt in this territory the production of offish fish might with proper care and management be rendered very successful ati aud profitable we look forward to the time and at no very distant day either when flesh will not be used as an article of diet to the extent it is 13 at present the subject of diet is beginning to oe cupy the minds and thou thoughts ats of the people as it has never done before before As we progress this will be more and more the case the fact will yet be fully recognized that the highest physical and mental development which as a people we aim to reach can only be attained by by the due observance of correct dietetic habits already our freedom from some habits popular elsewhere is a sub jentof some remark in travel traveling ing among the settlements and visiting in this city we have no recollection of seeing tea or conlee connee used moro more than once onice for the past nine months at any table where we have sat to eat so also with spirituous liquors their use is almost unknown among the great majority of the people of this territory tobacco also is but rarely used in any form those who have been the greatest slaves to the habit of chewing and smoking it are endeavoring to throw it aside these are steps in the right direction and are evidences of the progress of the people in the mastery of old habits and the tho acquirement of those moro more in consonance with th the e light which they have received the practice of or more correct habits in regard to strang ng drinks tobacco tea and coffee ac will naturally cause attention to be directed to other articles of food not commonly used instead of using flesh meat so extensively as we do now fruit and fish flah will be more used our friends the cattle dealers and butchers may not think we are promoting their interests by writing in this strain but we can console them by saying g that by b the time they lose loae custom til through rough t the e people abandoning the use of so sd much flesh meat there will be many other branches of business equally profitable in which they tiley can engage en page gage whether our anticipations respecting these changes in our diet be fulfilled or not the propagation of fish can atily still be mado made profitable largo large quantities whenever they could be brought into market mar keti would woula meet with a ready sale in this thia city our facilities for gating them are very great our system of irrigation enables ua us to carry water to feed ponds for breeding fish at much less expense than in other countries besides we have large springs in the most of our valleys which might with but little expense be converted into extensive ponds where fish might be multiplied in unlimited quantities the subject is worthy of consideration |