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rise to a fly, and I caught them. I beheve it came from 

 the cause I spoke of. It is an important fact for all men 

 who have anything to do with trout to understand the 

 fact of salting fish, and giving them plenty of it, and 

 this is based on my experience and that of my friends, 

 and some of them have had twenty-five years' experience 

 with this remedy of salt." 



Mr. Ford then said : "In the hatchery at Allentown, 

 whenever fungus appears on the fish, salt has been tried 

 on them. We cure the fish by transferring them to 

 tanks filled with salt water. Some gold fish were taken 

 out of an aquarium filled with fresh water that had 

 shown signs of fungus and put into an aquarium filled 

 with salt water. This remedy was a success, and it is 

 one that is available." 



Mr. Mather said : 



"I would say in reference to Mr. Bowman's remarks 

 about salt for curing the fungus that it holds good if the 

 fungus has not gone too far. If the fungus has grown 

 through the outer skin and fastened its roots under the 

 skin, I do not believe there is anything that will save 

 that fish." 



Dr. James : — 



"The principle of any disease — for instance, consump- 

 tion, in its early stages, is the same. If you apply the 

 remedy before it has become rooted in the system it 

 will cure the disease, but after a certain stage of the 

 malady, complications arise, and thus it is with the fish. 

 After the disease has penetrated into the lower struc- 

 tures of course the fish will die, but nevertheless salt is 

 a good remedy." 



