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X. The Preparation of an Exhibit Illustrative of Sea Farm- 

 ing, INCLUDING Live Fishes in Salt Water Aquaria, for 

 THE Washington County Fair, for the Purpose of 



INTERESTING THE PeOPLE OF THE StATE IN THE MAGNIFICENT 



Possibilities of "Sea Farming." 



For the third time your Commission has cooperated with the 

 Washington County Agriculture Association in arranging an exhibit 

 of " Sea Farming." The feature of the exhibit which was particularly 

 noteworthy of this occasion was the collection of live salt and fresh 

 water fishes. The authorities in charge of the affair installed, under 

 the direction of your Commission, a system of filters, storage tanks, 

 and pumps, by means of which salt water could be used over and 

 over again, after passing through the filter. The water was cooled by 

 means of ice underneath the aquarium. 



The results were, in general, very satisfactory and most of the fish 

 shipped from Wickford remained alive in the tanks during the 

 several days of the fair. Exhibits of trout, from the Carolina hatch- 

 ery and various forms of shell fish, including the scallop, clam, 

 lobster, etc., and exhibits of various kinds of fishing tackle and other 

 contrivances of catching fish were made. The object of the exhibit 

 from the point of view of the Commissioners was to interest the 

 people of the State in the fisheries, and indirectly in the possibility 

 of developing the fish industries. A very large number of people 

 examined the exhibit, and the interest nianifested was especially 

 gratifying. Your Commission expects to continue this work next 

 year. 



