NOTES ON 



THE NEW KANSAS FISH HATCHERY AND 



THE FIRST YEARS OUTPUT 



By Prof. L. L. Dyche, 

 State Fish and Game Warden, Pratt, Kan. 



Since submitting our last report to this society, the 

 contracts for the building of the new Kansas Fish Hatch- 

 ery have been completed, and much other work has been 

 done to complete details of many parts of the work not 

 included in the contracts. Everything promised by the 

 plans and specifications seems to have been developed and 

 worked out in a satisfactory manner. The new Fish 

 Hatchery is now in working order. The first crop of 

 fish raised in 1913 has been distributed and the second 

 crop raised in 1914 is ready for distribution and is being 

 distributed. 



THE EMBANKMENTS SODDED. 



All the embankments near the waterline of the ponds 

 are now covered with swamp grass sod. The grass from 

 these sods made a good growth during the spring and 

 summer of 1913. The growth this summer (1914) has 

 been most phenomenal. At the present time the banks 

 near the waterline are densely covered with grass that 

 has made a growth of from three to six feet in height this 

 season. This heavy growth of grass mixed with some 

 semi-aquatic plants completely protects the banks against 

 the action of wind and waves. It also protects the shallow 

 water near the shores where the old fish spawn and the 

 young fish feed. We have never seen a better protection, 

 natural or artificial, for earth embankments of fish ponds.' 



WATER IN THE NEW PONDS. 



All the 99 ponds are full of water and the supply has 

 been good all this year. A few of the ponds in the east 



