PROPAGATION OF GAME FISH. 71 



Thus far I have spokeu of the benefits in a financial way only. The 

 rich plains and rolling woodlands of Michigan are traversed everywhere 

 with an interlacing network of rivers and streams and dotted with 

 countless beautiful lakes capable of affording the farmer, if properly 

 stocked, Avith fish, a pleasing variety for his table, and opportunity for 

 pleasant outing for himself and family, which will relieve the monotony 

 of daily life; and Avbat do dollars and cents count when compared with 

 the benefits in health and recreation that our own people receive. This 

 is worth more than it costs to maintain our game fish, worth more than 

 all the millions that lovers of the art from other states spend among 

 us. The man who loves fishing enjoys Itetter health and lives longer 

 than he otherwise would, and when he dies he will die happier than he 

 otherwise would, I believe. 



The value of the i)ropagation of game fish in ^lichigan cannot be esti- 

 mated in dollars and cents. 

 Mu. F. B. DicKERSox, of the Fish Commission, Detroit. 



