. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. V. THE FISHES OF THE FARM STREAM "To dangle your legs where the fishing is good Can't you arrange to come dowh?" —Riley {To the Judge). Before the days of husbandry, man's supply of animal food consisted of fish and game. Edible things found running on land were game: if found in the water, they were fish'. So we have the names shellfish, crawfish, cuttlefish, etc., still applied to things that are not fishes at all. The true fishes were, and probably always
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. V. THE FISHES OF THE FARM STREAM "To dangle your legs where the fishing is good Can't you arrange to come dowh?" —Riley {To the Judge). Before the days of husbandry, man's supply of animal food consisted of fish and game. Edible things found running on land were game: if found in the water, they were fish'. So we have the names shellfish, crawfish, cuttlefish, etc., still applied to things that are not fishes at all. The true fishes were, and probably always will be, the chief staple crop of the water. While waters were plenty and men were few, fishes fur- nished the most constant and dependable supply of animal food. The streams teemed with them. There were many kinds. They were easily procured. Before there were utensils, fishes were spitted over an open fire, or roasted in the coals. But ancient and important as the fish supply has been to us, we have not taken measures adequate to its preservation. We have cared for the crops of the field and the. Fig. 26. Diagram of a fish (the black bass) with the fins named on the diagram: ventral fin is also called pelvic. Drawing by Miss Dorothy Curtis. 46. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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