Proceedings Forty-seventh Annual Meeting 75 



On Sending Fishing Tackle to Our Brother Sportsman With the 

 Allied Armies. By Mr. J. W. Johnston, Rochester, N. Y. 



One of the problems which confronts those interested in the 

 welfare of the soldiers of the Allied Armies is that of providing 

 healthful recreation during their spare time. About the middle 

 of June an article by Miss Clara Norton appeared in the New 

 York Times suggesting that fishing tackle be supplied, and the 

 British sportsmen, through the Fly Fisher's Gazette, have fathered 

 such a movement in Great Britain. The tackle, consisting of 

 rod, reel, line, hooks, etc., has been put up in packages and for- 

 warded, usually through the Young Men's Christian Association. 

 There are many sportsmen in the army and, if they can be pro- 

 vided with the means of spending an idle hour pleasantly, the 

 influence will be very great, for the problem of recreation is a very 

 important one. 



If this movement is supported by such a body as the American 

 Fisheries Society that fact will have its influence. (Abstracted.) 



President Field: No doubt there are many of the members 

 of this Society who will be glad to contribute tackle, or money to 

 provide for it, and I see no reason why the Society as a whole 

 should not indorse the movement. 



Mr. John P. Woods: I think we should support this measure, 

 for while we may be scientists, naturalists and so forth, we also 

 have good sporting blood in us. 



President Field: I think that voices the sentiment of the 

 whole Society. 



The Mussel Beds and Fisheries of Louisiana 



By Mr. E. A. Tulian, of New Orleans, La. Read by title. 

 The Eggs of Buffalo-fish. 



By Mr. H. L. Canfield, Superintendent of Fish Culture, 



U. S. Biological Station, Fairport, Iowa. 

 Fish Farming. 



By Mr. John P. Woods, Missouri State Fish Commissioner, 



St. Louis, Mo. Read by title. 

 Increasing the Output. 



By Mr. W. O. Buck, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Neosho, 



Mo. Read by title. 



