| Show in utah report of hon won iron kon ai A P rockwood SU ferni tieni t of the cooperative operative co ej qi ragie ratie rish fish earin earlu to the assembly i alos cooperative CO OPERATIVE farni f lahe lake co utah january 15 tb 1876 jeton yo n TV fy 91 aul d I 1 george Q cd cannon linon emi ami A M X musser ja ez of one ope I 1 liere ilene with ulf alf the se second report ai as supt bupt of the the tha piscatorial interests of ti atah t hi in 1873 1 received salmon kalmon 1 m on i eggs from mccloud river california pu the of prof P of beard meard 17 S commissioner of F fish mi a there was a very successful hatch batch the product of which was turned into the tha tha the exception af pf afa dozen fish nish those abo c retained pawned ia mar of 1875 I 1 rn rr in october 1874 I 1 received the hian T of salmon eggs of from tile tho united staf ai fish figh loin torn from willu afi extraordinary good hatch being being about 93 pe per cent nt thesa these were ere cre with tle the eicem jbf va a few 1 undred pul into Allej theu the cordary reverl riv ert a 1 anim the tho sanle saule source the utah utah ulah apportionment of bf 4 odys s by estimate abot about t 73 75 pel pei i of these were hatched now on oh hand are aro about two old and ji lri lii the public waters I 1 jy suggest that you recommend ia in your report rep ortto to the legislative assembly now in session that they make sume some pro vision by law for the di of W the e small fry on hand also alio some arrangement for the hd distribution of any that may hereafter by bo a assigned to io utah 1 I 1 ohavo havo corn complied ph ed with th til 11 request of the U S commis stoner to forward hima bima him a rep report of the success of the hatch batch on each shipment also giving facts in relation bionto to fish culture in utah hereby acknowledge the of drafts on the territorial treasurer 7 eri from the auditor of publio ac counts for two hundred dollars in part payment a age ge express charges etc on eggs and small smail fry received in ini june juhe 1671 1 I received y deelbe d a complimentary package D of small fry shad of from fr om the hudson river niver river new york tb through rough th the politeness of mr livingston Uv ingston stone deputy U by sv fish Commiss iones lones they arrived arri arre vedIn in good condition aud and wore were placed ln fin the jordan river bridge in salt lake chhy chay city the following year one was caught with a hook and anu line it was about three inches long and ia Is the only onti onn one I 1 have seen feen or heard of in june 1874 1 received a barrel 1 of seed seed oysters and a pair fair of lobsters from the atlantic coast through the politeness of the california state fish commissioner these were deposited in filvie nive five tie tle different places iu lu the waters of great salt lake at points where the fresh water cam cpm in deposits were made if in i ires fresh h water most if it not all ali of which died those deposited in sal sai sait salt or brackish brac kish bish water liv lived ed for a fow few weeks but subsequently all are supposed to havo died from tile the effects emas of or the deposits from the mountain stream tream which buried thernel ibave navo no k knowledge f of them U in 1872 r imported butah silvereen Silve rEel elij take tak enTrom the connecticut river dear near holyoke mass two of them thorn were seen the spring follow following fog near where they were deposited fro from m that timo time I 1 neither saw nor heard anything of them until th the tho q 1875 at which amao neof 6 of them vas aught near nefie the mouth of provo river it was about two feet three inches long iong and mel mei lidd 21 2 pounds 10 ounces iti I 1 1 va MI returned R 0 I 1 to o to the strem stream 4 soon 0 on after another was found on od the shores of sall sail lake lah c in davi county about aboul tho tho thu same size and subsequently a third was found in jordan river below sal sai sait salt f lake city many of the thao salmon which were turned info the public streams havo and in salt county P u tig ilg tish into the pub put like casting bread udon upon tho waferd to to fod foud aler aier many days 11 I 1 ilo llo haxo havo frequently been ia in corea ordence avith professor Pre pro fessor feasor beard 4 t d mr stono itono orthe ct of fish culture have obtained bained d mitch valuable information t they express their belief that fish culture here will be a success as well as a in cither either parts or orthe it the legislative assembly embi to h the de populated publio streams with valuable food fish tile the 3 unite d states ati has provell interested the et and only awaits silita ble arrangements on the part of the legislature to meet the package express eb charges arges etc and order orden of distribution r 1 i respectfully jubin gubin allied t f A P labod d v lv qa i IV superintendent i |
