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Mr. Lydoll : T liavc cxi)erinu'nted some witli the larL^c-iiKnitli 

 bass this year and last year, and I find the water very favorabk' 

 for them. Prof. Keitr.liard saw us haul -18,000 large-mouth bass 

 nearly an inch long at one dip of the seine in one of otu- ponds. 

 We had only 30 specimens of the large-mouth bass at our hatch- 

 ery this year, and from those I think there were obtained some- 

 thing over KM). 00(1 fi-y. although only five productive beds were 

 made. They were a scattering lot we picked up and did not 

 know whether they were male or female. We put in the same 

 pond quite a lot of small-mouth Ijass, and the two varieties did 

 not quarrel or injure one another at all. The large-mouth bass 

 were allowed to roam al)out the pond with 75 or 80 of the old 

 small-mouth bass, and the small-mouth bass that spawned in 

 there were in fifteen beds, and we screened those and took care 

 of them in the usual way. There was plenty of daphne growing 

 in the pond and lots oT food for the large-mouth bass; and these 

 bass that I have here WQiv from that lot. 



(Kef erring to specimens). 



This bass thirty days old I took from the nest anil ])ut in a 

 cage and kept there, and in that way I kept accurate account of 

 them. (Referring to specimens). 



^Ir. Titcomb: You must have an unusual amount of aipiatic 

 life in the ponds. 



^Ir. Lydell : You can dip it u]) with a dijjper anywhere 

 around the ponds in the spring. We have to mow our ponds 

 twice every year. 



]\rr. Stranahan : Ts the water hard or soft ? 



Mr. Lydell : Some soft, and lots of spring water. 



^Ir. Stranahan : Is then' lime in that? 



]\[r. Lydell: Xo, no lime. 



Mr. Titcorhb: Is there any other kiiid of ]dant life than you 

 have named in the paper? 



A. There is tht' cara and ])otamogeton, that is all. 



^Ir. Titcond): You did not get all the large-mouth bass of 

 whieh vou mention, the total output, from these ponds — did 

 you ? 



Mv. Lvdell : Xo, sir, we had two auxiliary ponds. One is a 

 small pond connected with the Soldiers' Home, from which we 

 get lots of laro-e-nu)utli liass, ami another one we have rented, of 



