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does not understand it he will make a perfect failure in hatch- 

 ing White Fish. 



I consider this one of the greatest successes that has ever 

 been attained in fish culture, and will say right here that in my 

 opinion, the Holton Hatching Box, with the proper attention 

 and care, will hatch more White Fish with less labor and bet- 

 ter success, and with greater benefits, than any other hatching 

 box in the world. 



I believe the calculation now is to place the 8,000,000 

 White Fish in Lake Erie, and if this is done, in four years 

 Lake Erie will be in a measure restocked ; but the work should 

 not stop here. The Commissioners should keep putting them 

 in for years, and the time will come when tongue will fail to 

 give utterance of praise. The Michigan hatching houses are 

 not the only places where this box is being used. Mr. N. K. 

 Fairbanks of Chicago, 111., had a small hatching house erected 

 near his Summer residence at Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, for the 

 purpose of stocking Geneva Lake, and he made a contract with 

 me to have the Holton Hatching Box placed in his hatching 

 house. Mr. H. H. Welsher was accordingly engaged by Mr. 

 Fairbanks to take charge of it, and he is now hatching White 

 Fish, Salmon, Salmon Trout and Brook Trout with this same 

 hatching box, with perfect success ; in fact the full benefits to 

 be derived from this box is still in the future. 



As regards Black Bass, on account of the mildness of the 

 Winter, we have been unable to obtain as large a supply as 

 formerly, but we have enough however to supply the demand. 

 They are an excellent fish, and their merits cannot be over 

 estimated. 



There has been a good deal of discussion as to the feasi- 

 bility of stocking our Shad rivers with Black Bass. I have 

 been asked my opinion a great many times. I would say that 

 it all depends on the nature ot the water and the bottom of 



