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lan(]-l(H-kc(l salmon will do well in some lakes with bass and 

 pickerel, but in other lakes it is impossible to have them obtain 

 a ])ermanent foothold. I think the steelhead trout would stand 

 a better show with the pickerel and bass than the 

 land-locked salmon, it they have a wide range and 

 the waters are varied in their nature. Take, for in- 

 stance, some lakes which are peculiarly shaped, irregu- 

 larly shaped, with many islands, and you will find the pickerel 

 have their own part of that lake that thev will be in most of the 

 time, and one end of the lake where they spawn, and if the small- 

 mouth bass are in the lake you may find them in still another 

 |)ortion of the lake, and it is possible with some of those lakes of 

 irregular shape to introduce either the land-locked salmon or the 

 steelhead trout quite successfully, especially if you have good 

 streams for them to spawn in. 



The President : They will have a Latin quarter and a Polish 

 ward, will they? (Laughter). 



Mr. Clark: Do you thiidv the stcelbead more of a cannibal 

 than the rainbow? 



My. Titcoml): Yes, they are more predacious and more vora- 

 cious, l)ecause of their size. 



Dr. Bean : Li the West it is a toss-up between the steelhead 

 and rainl)ow trout as to destructiveness of eggs; but the Dolly 

 Yarden is the most destructive consumer of salmon eggs in the 

 waters. 



Mr. (Mark: I would like to ask Mr. Seagle this question: 

 Do you find that the rainbow trout destroy the young trout? 



^Ir. Seagle : I do not. I have not observed more than half a 

 dozen cases of cannibalism in my ponds since I have l)een having 

 rainbow trout, covering a period of twenty years. 



Mr. dark: Do you think they will eat fish if they can get 

 other food ? 



^fr. Dean : I\ain1)ow trout will cat each other if they can, 

 and we luive to sort them, but not as much as the speckled trout. 



^Ir. SeagU': We keep our trout well sorted as to sizes, and 

 possibly that is the reason we have no cannibalism. We sort our 

 fish at least twice a year as to sizes. 



Mr. C. E. Brewster, Grand Rapids : I would like to ask Mr. 



