A Complete Treatise on Artificial Fish-Breeding: Including the Reports on the Subject Made to the French Academy and the French Government; And Particulars of the Discovery as Pursued in England
A Complete Treatise on Artificial Fish-Breeding: Including the Reports on the Subject Made to the French Academy and the French Government; And Particulars of the Discovery as Pursued in England
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... The following is a translation of the document submitted by him: Report on artificial Fish-culture, and on stocking barren or impoverished rivers with fish, artificially hatched; made to the Minister of Commerce by M. Milne-Edwards, member of the Institute. Sir: Owing to the interest which you feel in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... The following is a translation of the document submitted by him: Report on artificial Fish-culture, and on stocking barren or impoverished rivers with fish, artificially hatched; made to the Minister of Commerce by M. Milne-Edwards, member of the Institute. Sir: Owing to the interest which you feel in all discoveries calculated to increase the alimentary resources of the country, you desired to form a correct opinion of the attempts which, for some time, have been made, whether in France or in England, to ensure the multiplication of fish, in ponds and rivers, and to augment the value of products of fisheries. You have done me the honor to submit this question to my examination, and have charged me most particularly to render a complete account of the results obtained by two fishermen, who followed thentrade near the sources of the Moselle, and who, by a process of artificial fecundation, have established in the department of the Vosges, a veritable fish factory. With pleasure I conformed to your wishes, and I will be well pleased, Mr. Minister, if the investigations I have made, can aid you in endowing our rural industry with a new source of wealth, the importance of which will not be undervalued by physiologists or agriculturists. Fish is an article of food, rich in nutritive qualities, and to augment its abundance, either on our coasts or in our streams, will be a real benefit for all classes of population. River fishing is generally little productive in France; but it is only necessary to cast one's eyes upon the doings of our neighbors of other countries, to comprehend what might be its value, if means be found to stock with good fish our rivers and ponds, as amply as nature has stocked those of Scotland and Ireland, and as...
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