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osition, and will have plenty of chance for experimenting. 1 do 

 not find any tronble in breeding the large-month bass, hut thf> 

 small-month bass I find afford considerable opportunity for ex- 

 perimenting ; it is not perfected by any means, and Mr. Clark 

 will find that the conditions in his locality will be different thaii 

 they are at Mill Creek, and he has got to work the problem out 

 for himself, because the conditions are different where he is and 

 where we are. 



Mr. Titcomb : 1 am going to suggest this, inasmuch as Mr. 

 Clai-k lias five ponds to build, that he try all the depths from six 

 up to fifteen feet, say six, ten, twelve and fifteen, or eight, ten^ 

 twelve and fifteen, and see what his results are, and then we will 

 have an actual experiment on different depths. 



Mr. Clark: That is a good idea; aud if a deep pond wa^s 

 found to be preferable, the other ponds could be very easily deep- 

 ened. 



Dr. Henshall : The deep pond is not so sensitive to changes 

 of temperature as a shallow pond, and therefore I should think 

 the deep pond would l)e better. 



Mr. Clark : I have the information [ came here for, and 

 that is a general idea of the depth of the pond. T might say that 

 there was a little question of difference in this matter between 

 myself and the Washington people, and we thought it was better 

 to see what the bass people said at this meeting, and I am well 

 satisfied that the general idea is, as far as you have gone, that 

 the deeper the ponds are, the better, but the suggestion of Mr. 

 Titcomb of course, is something which woiild afford some dis- 

 tinct advantages, and we shall take it up. 



^Fr. Titcomb : I want to get from Mr. Beeman an account 

 of Ids work. Tie lias l)een doing some work with small-mouth 

 Ijlack bass, and from what conversation I have had with him I 

 sliould say that he has learned a good deal about their habits, 

 and 1 think we can get some valuable information from him. 



Mr. Boeman : I came here with the intention of listening, 

 not of saying anything. In fact 1 do not think it is just my 

 forte to address a meeting, but if there is anything that I can 

 offer of l)enefit to the Society T shall be pleased to give it. T have 

 liad some (•(u-res])ondence witb some of the gentlemen here and 

 conversation with ihcni in regard to the amount of l)ass we ])ro- 



