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the nursery ponds. About two weeks ago I took from those nur- 

 sery ponds about 6,000 of the fish there, then an inch and a half 

 long, and planted them in the lake. I did this to reduce the 

 number, because I was unable to get Crustacea enough to feed 

 them at that time so that they would thrive. I have about 10,000 

 there at the present time. 



Secretary : These arc small-mouth bass ? 



Mr. Beeman : Yes, they are all small-mouth bass. 



Secretary : Then you have had considerable success in rais- 

 ing small-mouth bass? 



Mr. Beeman : It would seem so thus far. 



Mr. Lydell : What is the source of your water supply ? 



Mr. Beeman: At present from our mill-dam 1,700 feet from 

 Lake Waramoug. The original design was to get our supply 

 from the lake far enough from the shore to avoid disturbances, 

 but the lake was so high last fall we could not accomplish it. 

 So we stopped our pipe about half way to the lake in our mill- 

 dam, which takes its supply of water directly from the lake ; so 

 that we are practically getting the same water we would get from 

 the lake, except we get some roily disturbances in time of storm. 



Mr. Lydell : What designs of beds are you using ? 



Mr. Beeman: Acting on the suggestion in Mr. Lydell's pa- 

 per read at Put-inBay, I am using a nest box enclosed on three 

 sides. Xear the surface and extending down about four inches 

 is an opening all around this box which is enclosed with iino 

 wire netting, which gives a little circulation of water through 

 the top of the 1)ox. The fourtli or open side is so arranged that 

 I can slide a screen in there. When the fry are ready to arise 1 

 slip this screen in place and corral them right in this box. The 

 only objection 1 have found to th(> box is that the water is liabl-^ 

 to l)ccomo stagnant or g^ei a little thick there. 



Mr. Lydell : Did the fish show the result of the stagnant 

 water? 



Mr. Beeman : They did. The fish began to suffer a little, 

 coming to the surface and gasping. 



Mr. Lydell : Were they suffering from hunger or stagnant 

 water ? 



Mr. Beeman : I should judge from the closeness of the water 

 in the box, for the reason that after bailing from the outside sev- 



