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prove legitimate angling for all time to come. The work 

 of operating the hatcheries by the collection of eggs 

 from wild fish and the distribution of the fish has become 

 a very important branch of the game and fish depart- 

 ment. Hatcheries are expensive to operate, and compe- 

 tent fish culturists are scarce for stations already in com- 

 mission. The present commissioner, believing in econ- 

 omy and efficiency, is encouraging the sportsmen's asso- 

 ciations to build club hatcheries, at their own expense, 

 along the most important streams of the state. During 

 the past year, quite a number of such club hatcheries 

 have been built by these fish and game associations. The 

 method proposed is, that the state furnish the eggs from 

 their field stations, and the members of the associations 

 pay the expenses of a man to supervise the hatcheries 

 and the distribution of the fish in the public waters. In 

 this way people find that they can have all the fish they 

 want in their districts by co-operative work. By this 

 method the individual becomes personally interested in 

 protection, which is an incident to propagation. Surely 

 the lovers of sports afield and even the fish "hog" should 

 be satisfied with this generous spirit, knowing that he, 

 too, is assisting to make Colorado not only the play- 

 ground of America, but one of the most famous sections 

 for trout fishing that can be found in any of the states 

 in the nation. 



Distribution of the Trout 



By handling the three different varieties of trout we 

 keep our seven state hatcheries in operation throughout 

 the year. This is why we are able to distribute annually 

 from fifteen to twenty million fry. 



With few exceptions, and that through accident or 

 carelessness, we have no loss in our work — for example, 

 we have taken young trout (fifty thousand eastern 

 brook) in cans from water in the hatchery at forty-six 

 degrees temperature, reduced the temperature slowly 



