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would not ])o much difHcnlty in sending- tluMii out in lar^u num- 

 bers. But the great problem is to [)revcnt their eating each 

 other before they are large enough to lake artifieial food. 



If all the breeders in one pond would spawn at one time so 

 the young would be practically all one size, then the danger of 

 cannabalism would be much lessened. A su]3erintcndent of one 

 of the state commissions told me that he had accomplished this 

 by holding the breeders in spring water, at even temperature, all 

 winter, then placing them in the breeding ponds ten days or two 

 weeks before spa^\aiing, and they all spawned at once. Well this 

 sounded alluring and I experimented with a few fish, with the 

 result of another failure to add to the list — these fish did not 

 spawn at all that year. But "Hope springs eternal" and next 

 year we hope to raise a large crop of large mouth l)lack bass. 



