A NEW AND ENLARGED FISH HATCHERY FOR 

 THE STATE OF KANSAS* 



By L. L. Dyciie 



I might say, gentlemen, by way of introduction, that I am 

 from Kansas and that I have been connected with the Kan- 

 sas State University in one capacity or another for a period 

 of 34 years. At present I hold the chair of Systematic 

 Zoology, and am curator of birds, mammals and fishes in 

 that institution. Two years ago, the coming first day of 

 December, I was loaned, so to speak, by the University to 

 the Governor, Hon. W. R. Stubbs, and to the state in gen- 

 eral, with the idea that the University should undertake to 

 manage the fish and game business for the state. For about 

 two years we have been undertaking to do that work. I 

 still belong to the University and hold my position in that 

 institution, and as a curator of mammals, birds and fishes 

 still have charge of those collections, which are arranged in 

 the first, second, and third stories of a museum building 

 specially built and constructed for museum purposes. 



The idea of having the fish and game department con- 

 nected with the University originated with Gov. W. R. 

 Stubbs. He talked practical, business, and scientific ad- 

 ministration for everything connected with the state's busi- 

 ness. We were urged by the Governor to undertake the 

 work. We had some knowledge of fish and knew something 

 about fish hatcheries, but had no practical knowledge of the 

 management of such an institution. The fish and game pro- 

 tection business managed by a few hundred deputy wardens 

 did not look good to us. It presaged trouble. However, 

 parties interested, including the Governor and University 

 Regents, urged us to undertake the work. We had serious 

 apprehensions about getting mixed up in a business that had 

 caused so much disturbance in various states, and did about 



* Not a prepared paper, but taken by the stenographer from a talk 

 where maps and blue prints were used for illustrations. 



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