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done in order to make the method more accurate. (Ab- 

 stracted.) 



Why Fridays for Fishes? By Mr. John P. Woods, 

 President of the Missouri State Fish Commission. 



The custom of eating fish on Friday is connected with 

 the abstinence from other meats on that day in the ob- 

 servance of certain religious tenets dating back to the 

 dawn of Christianity. There is, however, no logic in 

 permitting Friday to have a perpetual monopoly of this 

 food. 



When we recall that about three-fourths of the earth's 

 surface is but a fish pasture, it is evident that fish festi- 

 vals on other days will work no particular hardship on 

 this aquatic tribe. The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries has 

 prepared tables showing that the flesh of various fishes 

 is as rich in food values as the various meats. Consum- 

 ers generally should know this. A pound of salmon will 

 produce as much tissue or body fuel as a similar amount 

 of sirloin steak and at about half the price. 



Cannot this Society inaugurate a successful "eat fish" 

 campaign under the slogan "All days fry days for fish- 

 es"? (Abstracted.) 



The Construction of a Pond Cultural Station, and the 

 Propagation and Distribution of Large-mouth Black Bass 

 in South Carolina. By. Mr. G. W. N. Brown, Superin- 

 tendent, U. S. Fisheries Station, Orangeburg, S. C. 



This paper appeared in the Transactions for De- 

 cember, 1916, pp. 30-34. 



Conferva and Mejinko. By Mr. W. 0. Buck, U. S. 

 Bureau of Fisheries, Neosho, Mo. 



Propagation of Small-mouth Black Bass. By Mr. 0. 

 P. Cushman, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Mammoth 

 Spring, Ark. 



This paper appeared in the March, 1917, issue of the 

 Transactions, pp. 113-116. 



Session adjourned. 



