38 Fish Culturists' Association. 



At 5 o'clock, p. m., the members of the Association, with their 

 invited guests, partook of a dinner of a novel character. The 

 menu comprised some sixty-five varieties of fish, served in all 

 styles. The fish had been procured from nearly every country 

 of the globe, including England, France, Norway, Chili, Turkey, 

 Sweden, Cape of Good Hope, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, 

 etc. Among the guests present were the Governor of the 

 State of Pennsylvania, and the Commissioners from England, 

 France, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Russia, Brazil, China, and 

 Japan. 



SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. 



Centennial Grounds, Philadelphia, 



Saturday, October 7th, 1876. 



Hon. R. B. Roosevelt presided. 



Dr. Warder of Ohio, being called upon by the Chair, said : 

 Having had the honor to serve as a member of the Fish Com- 

 mission of Ohio, and knowing something of its operations, I 

 would say that the Commission of that State is a live one, and is 

 following the lead of Pennsylvania in the advancement of fish 

 culture. I hope, sir, that all the other States will emulate the 

 efforts initiated by the States on the eastern slope of the 

 Alleghanies, as no branch of agriculture, in my opinion, promises 

 so much for the food of man as does Pisciculture. In Ohio, the 

 efforts of the State Commission, in the hatching-houses, has been 

 attended with very considerable success. The hatching of the 

 eggs of various species in the waters of the State is going on. 

 The recent introduction of salmon from the Pacific coast has 

 been attended with remarkable success, and the experiments that 

 have been made with salt-water salmon in the fresh waters of the 

 State have been most pronounced in their results. It has been 



