| Show saving the whitefish from extinction mother nature in the HELPING interest of mankind tins has always been one of the benett cent purposes of science and nowhere Is it better exl than til in uncle sams application of the slogan save the babies to tile the work of artificially propagating the important food fleshes of america one of the most of the great lakes lishes Is the lie white listi latest figures fig ures published by the united states bureau of fisheries report fin an annual cutch catch of more than of whitefish from tills this it will be b e seen flint eliat it was an economic necessity to prevent the depletion of so BO important a food supply before undertaking its nursemaids nurse maids s job the bureau of fisheries sherles fi made a study of the whitefish the faish live in deep water most of the time their ar told food consisting Ton or of small crustaceans mollusks mollus ls S and insect hinlle during the spawning season which in lake erie begins in the early part of november and lasts into december there ther e Is a beneral movement of the ish Is to the shallows lovs where the fer female nale will deposit from to 7 1000 eggs each on oa their lize alze and maturity at spawning time tile the ish fish rise to tiie the surface in pairs immediately after the fishes return to their natural home in the deeper waters of the lake the eggs which are of a pale am her color and about one eighth of an inch in diameter are a favorite food of tile the waterdog waterlog water dog 11 or mud puppy us ui that particular kind 0 of f sa salamander lamande Is failed called and also of the yellow perch crawfish and wild fowl for a period ot of nearly ive five months tile the eggs are subjected to the voracious veracious attacks of their heir I 1 ninny enemies and so great are their depredations that under natural con editions dit ions only a very small percentage of the eggs reach maturity and tire are hatched hat hai clied ched it Is at this juncture that uncle sam steps in and starts his conservation tion work practically all of the egg taken for hatching purposes ore obtained bained from fish caught by the torn ta fishermen dishen liell the value of their catch atch c being in no ways way affected by the process the no one great essential if I 1 utmost care in all steps of the pro cesil to prevent injury to the eggs which are very ery delicate when first taken aa rue way may be bantly ruptured and rulond L |
