Excerpt from Governor's Message and Accompanying Decision Delivered to the Legislature in Joint Convention, Vol. 2: Thursday, January 11, 1878 There is not a spring of water bursting from our thousands of hill-sides, and meandering through the pasture and the meadow, which is not capable of supporting thousands of Speckled trout, with a small outlay in the construction of ponds. The boys and girls can rear them with less of labor and expense than that be stowed upon the harem of hens - while the pleasure and delight attendant upon the work is a reward in itself. The time will come when these rivulets of spring water will be turned to a higher ac count than as a mere watering place for stock. The example 01 the state in stocking public waters will be imitated by individuals in stocking private waters. A good fish pond or two, stocked with fish, would be no mean acquisition to the attractions and value oi a farm. With a little well-directed labor, the fish crop will never fail. In their pure element they are subject to no scourge. Here. Upon the quiet farm, they are not frightened by the puding ot steam engines and the dashing spray of water'crafts; the 0! Sewers, the filth of oil-refineries, the washings of breweries, oi stills, of gas-works, have no poisons which reach them; the obstruc tions of dams, the accumulation of sawdust, the floating of raft! Over spawning beds, are not among their calamities; and here, too they are protected against worse than barbarian bands which deen: it amarit to slay a fish when about to deposit her thousands 0 eggs in the effort of nature to survive in spite of their endless com binations to destroy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.