6 Fish and Game Warden. [Bull. No. 1. 



throw this paper and pencil away right now and go fishing! 

 What a pity it is that a fellow who is naturally tired and 

 especially hungry for fish has to work on a bright May morn- 

 ing like this when the signs are all favorable, the wind in the 

 west, the very time when fish bite best ! What you say, fellows? 

 Let's all quit and go fishing; I am going. Well, what did you 

 catch? is a question that has been asked in good faith and 

 answered with questionable veracity since man and fish have 

 known anything about each other. 



Having caught some sunfish, a channel cat and one fair- 

 sized bass, enough for a good mess, since the above sentences 

 were written, I can assure you — for I am sure of it myself, 

 and there are thousands of men and boys who will agree with 

 me — that there is no better recreation or healthier sport for 

 the young and the old than going fishing. Add to the pleasure 

 and interest of going fishing the actual feat of catching a 

 good mess of fish and you have a day's outing unsurpassed for 

 pleasure and satisfaction. 



HIGH PRICE OF MEATS AND THE VALUE OF FISH FLESH 

 AS A FOOD PRODUCT. 



The present high prices that all the staple kinds of meat 

 products command make it necessary for the great mass of 

 the people to look not only for a cheaper meat food, but for 

 more economic methods of producing it than have heretofore 

 been devised. Even now men who are working for from $1.35 

 to $2 per day and who have families to support can scarce 

 afford to eat beef, pork or mutton even once a day. As it takes 

 the best of grass and hay and the best of grains to produce 

 good meat, as the amount of land capable of producing this 

 best of feed is limited, and as the number of people is con- 

 stantly increasing, there is very little hope that good meat 

 products will ever be any cheaper. Many people must have 

 something that will in a measure take the place of, or at least 

 answer in part as a substitute for, high-priced beef, pork and 

 mutton. The possibility and value of fish as a good and whole- 

 some food product for the people of Kansas should, I believe, 

 receive more serious consideration than has heretofore been 

 given to it. If each family in the state could have fish on an 

 average of once a week it would not only be a most pleasing and 

 satisfactory change in the regular bill of fare, but it would be 

 an item of large economic importance. As there are over 300,- 

 000 families in the state it would mean that over 300,000 

 messes of fish would be consumed each week. The value of the 

 fish thus consumed, allowing an average of twenty-five cents, 

 or about one-half its actual value, for the mess of fish consumed 

 by each family each week, would amount to $75,000 for one 

 week, and 52 times $75,000, or $3,900,000, for one year. If fish 

 were eaten twice a week, the value of the amount consumed 

 would be $7,800,000 per year. 



