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think all the old fish culturists are acquainted with the 

 fact that there is no water in the United States so good 

 to grow brook trout as the water on Long Island. 

 There are no waters that are tide waters that have got 

 the amount of natural food, and where the temperature 

 is so favorable, and the trout will make such growth^ 

 as they will there. Going up into Western New York 

 or Michigan, it is impossible to bring fish to that size 

 in the same length of time, I do not care how much 

 you feed them. 



Mr. Thompson : You will have an opportunity 

 tomorrow to see your old fish that will measure nine 

 inches in length. 



Mr. Annin : I do not doubt that in the least. Ten 

 years ago I saw trout near Jamaica that weighed half 

 a pound, and was only one year old. I would not. 

 believe it until I was satisfied the man was telling me 

 what was the truth. After that I investigated more 

 about the growth of trout on Long Island and I am 

 satisfied they cannot say too much about them. 



Mr. Thompson : I raised a fish and sold it to Mr. 

 Blackford a number of 3'ears ago — the first time I met 

 the gentleman. I went into the experiment some fif- 

 teen years ago, and sold him a brook trout weighing 

 four pounds ten ounces, just three years old, raised 

 from the egg. 



Mr. H. Whitaker : Mr. Annin' s remarks are quite 

 applicable. I have a vivid remembrance of our visit 

 to the South Club on Long Island, something like two 

 years ago. The fish shown there were a revelation to 

 me. I never saw anything to compare with their 3'ear- 

 ling fish and two and three 3'ears old fish. They were 

 marvelous. In the interior it is impossible to do it. 

 There is no question that fish having the advantage of 

 going to tidal v/ater have a far greater growth than 

 fish that are confined entirely in fresh water. That 



