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museum of natural history, and with his students in the 

 zoological laboratories. He has always been interested in 

 aquariums and fish hatcheries and has from time to time visited 

 a number of them in different parts of the country. He has 

 also for many years been especially interested in Kansas fish 

 ponds and lakes, having had an interest for a period of twenty 

 years in one of the best, if not the best, in the state of Kansas, 

 at Lake View, near Lawrence. 



In writing this bulletin the author has drawn very largely 

 upon the experience and knowledge of his friends who have 

 had practical experience in the building and in the manage- 

 ment of ponds, especially as applied to conditions in the state 

 of Kansas. He has also visited many ponds in the various 

 parts of the state and has studied the methods of their con- 

 struction and management and has talked with the people who 

 built and cared for the ponds. He has also availed himself 

 of as much information as could be secured from books, maga- 

 zines and papers, and especially from government fisheries' 

 reports and the valuable contributions of fish culturists when- 

 ever these latter were accessible. 



This bulletin was written in his improvised office at the 

 Kansas State Fish Hatchery building, which is located in Pratt 

 county, Kansas, three miles east and one-half mile south of the 

 city of pratt, and on the south branch of the Ninnescah river. 

 As this location is over 200 miles distant from the larger state 

 libraries, his only source of book reference was to that part of 

 his own private library (about 300 books and pamphlets) 

 relating to fish and kindred subjects, together with a few 

 volumes that could be spared for temporary use from the State 

 University library. 



Much of the information in this bulletin has been compiled 

 from original notes that have been made during the past 

 thirty years, and no small part of it has been gathered from 

 intelligent sportsmen and good citizens who have been inter- 

 ested in and are well informed on many subjects treated in 

 these pages. In collecting material for this bulletin, he has 

 sought in every direction within his reach and from every in- 

 dividual possible to obtain what he thought might be valuable 

 and reliable information. 



