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The Editor Of The Albany Cultivator Thus Notices The Fish...

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Day
9
Month
December
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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(L? The editor of the Albnny Cultivator thusnotices the fish punds of a Iludson River "armer : "Mr. Peil is makinsr numerous Jiih-pohds, which bot only ndd mucb to the beauty of the extensive gronnds, hut mny beconac nctually sourcea of convenience mul even profit, for Mr. P. is of the opi.iiou thal fwh may be reared na cheiplyper pound asjlcú. Tbere re sonie" half dozen of these ponds, nnd more are beinL construcied. In one of these ponds we noticed a variety of fish - the goM fisb, pearl-fishr carp, Sca., nnd were surpneed at the evidence they cxhibiled of domesticfitton. On throw icé í:iio the water sume bran, they came so iiontihit they could be readily examined; anti Mr. Peil iaforméd ns thatthe ringing of a bell would instant]y cali thein lo the edge of the water. Such nn instance of suscept ibility of cat ion in the finny tribe vre ncTet before heard ot'. In other ponds, there are sliaá, ( put by way oí'e.tpe'iment, to nscertairt w het her they cnri bc nályriif&ed to fresl wster all the year, sUirjrfcon, tron:, pickerel, uerch, carp, Sec. We shallíook uilli iiilt'rest "to the results ot' Mr. P.'b xiwr.'niisn'tá in 'rearmg' tvoh.

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