ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.
GOOD NEWS FOR SPORTSAIEN. Last season was- a lean one for South Taranaki anglers generally, but if there is not an improvement in the sport in due course it will not be the fault of the Hawera Acclimatisation Society, which has long, been recognised as one of the inoeb consistently active organisations of its kind in the Dominion.
This season the society has determined to stock the rivers within its territory with nearly three times the usual number of trout fry. In its own hatcheries the society has had a wonderfully good result, the product being much greater than usual, so that at least 300,000 fry will be thus provided. Moreover, the 'work of stripping has been finished much earlier than usual, leaving the hatcheries free to deal with the development of periodic consignments of ova from Southland . and Otago. Already 150,000 brown trout eyed ova have been received from Southland, and Mr B. C. Bennett, the enthusiastic president of the society, says that it is the liest lot he has yet seen, and eo satisfactory that the executive decided to get a further 300,000 from the same source. The society has also 10,000 rainbow and 150.000 brown trout ova from the Otago Society. Altogether over 900,000 fry will lie liberated in the- rivers and dams of South Taranaki. and twothirds of this number will be fresh strains. The society has been very successful with tile breeding of pheasant and quail also. Last seasbn the fine average of 05 eggs per hen. pheasant was secured from those pens located at the hatcheries. The pheasants are not allowed to sit. the eggs being taken a wav and the hatching carried out by bantams which are kept for the purnosc. In addition to the pens at the hatcheries, some of the settlers are assisting the society hv taking charge of pens and liberating, the chicks on their own nronerties, which ensures a good distribution of birds and develops interest in the work of the society. Altogether the society line 36 pens, each of one cock bird and three hen pheasants. •
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 September 1925, Page 5
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