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much hardier fish in suitable waters. We know it stands more 

 abuse and is not subject to the copepod parasite that yearly 

 carries off quite a number of our brook trout of two years of age 

 and over in the wildest of streams, as well as in hatchery ponds. 

 We do not remove the rainbow fry to sort, because we have not 

 had any great loss through cannibalism, though there is just as 

 much irregularity in size as among the brook trout at a given age. 

 There is, however, one feature against the rainbow, in comparison 

 with the brook trout, in that we find on the average a larger number 

 of infertile eggs. 



A few hundred thousand of these little beauties in a small 

 space make a sight to behold, rolling to the surface to feed and 

 sparkling in the sunlight with their small red fins and tails. The 

 water fairly crackles as those little bodies hit the surface in masses. 



The large breeders in the ponds will follow the feeder and his 

 pail around the ponds and even come to the landing place and 

 take food from his hand. One may see thousands of these trout at 

 sunset jumping for flies, sometimes leaving the water three to 

 five feet. To witness all this is living. 



Allow me to add in conclusion that we have at Bayfield one 

 of the finest equipped hatcheries in this country, in ponds, in 

 buildings, in water and in grounds that compare with the best 

 kept parks in the cities, and we are proud of our work. 



