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We immediately got into a controversy with the sports- 

 men, who wanted nothing but black bass and true game fish, 

 and the farmers, who wanted fish in some quantity. 



A careful study of the situation required another bulle- 

 tin on fish, explaining" our plans and ideas to both sports- 

 men and farmers of the state. In this bulletin we gave some 

 advice as to what particular varieties of fish should be placed 

 in ponds and in streams. The treatment of the subject made 

 it necessary to take into consideration all the streams and 

 ponds in the state of Kansas, the kind of water, etc., be- 

 cause conditions and the supply of fish vary in different 

 parts of the state. The fish living in the Kansas River be- 

 tween the Missouri River and Manhattan are, in the main, 

 different from the fish that live in smaller streams in dif- 

 ferent parts of the state. We have such fish as buffalo, 

 redhorse, catfish, carp and drumfish in the larger and muddy 

 streams, but no bass, crappie or sunfish. 



With plans and ideas of a new hatchery advertised 

 people generallv became interested and have asked for so 

 much information that it has made a demand for a bulletin 

 on fish culture adapted to the conditions of Kansas streams 

 and ponds. Bulletin No. 3, on "Pond Fish Culture," will 

 be the next one issued. These bulletins might be called 

 "farmers' bulletins," as they are primarily intended for 

 the people of Kansas and are especially adapted to cover 

 the conditions found in our own state. 



This is not a hatchery intended for raising trout. Kan- 

 sas has no streams that are adapted for trout culture. The 

 hatching and the raising of black bass is a very different 

 proposition. Most persons who have streams or fish ponds 

 clamor for black bass. Both black bass and channel catfish 

 are asked for by nearly every person with a quarter or half- 

 acre pond. The channel catfish will not breed in ponds 

 and the black bass is not adapted to small ponds. 



Now, T want to show you a map of the state of Kansas, 

 which state is 400 miles from east to west, and 200 miles 

 from north to south. The fish hatchery is located just west 



