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interested in aquatic life might be given the full advantages 

 of this equipment for their research work. Such a scheme 

 would have resulted in great benefit to the state, as it would 

 have brought to the laboratory a corps of trained research men 

 who would have contributed largely to the subjects in hand 

 without involving additional expense to the state. 



The influence and accomplishments of Professor Dyche are 

 best measured, not by his published works, but by the in- 

 fluence of those institutions which owe their existence to his 

 creative genius. While his list of papers is not a long one, and 

 perhaps the bibliography here appended is not complete, some 

 of them exerted a great influence with the people at large. 

 Perhaps it is well to mention in this connection two of these 

 which appeared in bulletins of the department of fish and 

 game. The first of these was originally published as three 

 separate papers, and then later grouped into one, under the 

 title of "Ponds, Pond Fish, and Pond Fish Culture." In this 

 he gave a scheme of fish culture which was especially adapted 

 to the state of Kansas. This publication has had wide cur- 

 rency, both in the state and among pisciculturists of other 

 states. Had he lived to continue the educational work which 

 he so ably began, much would have been accomplished for the 

 fish industry in Kansas, a state which would not naturally be 

 expected to produce a great commercial bulk of such products. 



Another line which he attempted to stress was the fur in- 

 dustry in Kansas. He published a bulletin on the fur-bearing 

 animals of the state, in hopes that he might stimulate the de- 

 velopment of a fur industry within her borders. He laid 

 especial emphasis upon the value of the skunk as a fur bearer, 

 designating it the most important fur animal living below the 

 arctic regions. While he brought down upon himself the jibes 

 of those wits who are always ready to poke fun at the accom- 

 plishments of others \yithout danger of retaliation, he was suc- 

 cessful in starting a fur-farming movement in Kansas. His 

 second and last report contains quite a lengthy list of persons 

 to whom licenses have been issued to conduct skunk farms, and 

 mention of a few applicants for license to raise mink. 



Last but not least, he secured the passage of a new code of 

 game laws by the legislature of 1911. This code and the modi- 

 fications which were passed by the legislature of 1913 pre- 

 sented his views upon the subject. It is among the best of its 

 kind in the country. 



