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The iiaiiK's presnilcd arc as follows: I). Lydcll, Mill Creek. 

 Mich.: 11. II. .Marks. I'aris. Mich.; j. k. Marks. Paris. Mich.; 

 A. C llahhitt. Sault .Stc. .Marie, .Mich.; j. \\\ I'owers. I'aris. 

 Mich.: II. Ik Stranahan. L'leveland, ().; 1'". I'". Straiiahaii. Cleve- 

 laiuk k).: J'k .\. .Siranahan. ClevelaiKl. O.: E. M. ISall. I'ul-iii- 

 Bay, O. 



The motion carried and the candidates were elected. 



Mr. Clark then read a paper on "".Xotes in Connection with 

 the United States k'ish Hatcheries in .Michigan." which follows: 



NOTES IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNITED STATES FISH 

 HATCHERIES IN MICHIGAN. 



At the twent}-si.\th annnal nieelino- of this society a paper 

 was presented by .Mr. Jitconil), <,{ N'erniont, on "Wild lirook 

 Trout Spawn." In connection with that paper there was a dis- 

 cussion with reference to ihe facts ])resented in all their aspects, 

 and mention was made l)y me in this discussion of our work of 

 collecting wild Ijrook trout spaiwn on the An Sable river in 

 Michigan, a stream formerly known as one of the greatest grav- 

 ling streams of the United States, but now stocked w'ith brook 

 and rainbow trout. Thinking that ])erhaps some notes in con- 

 nection with this work might be of interest to the members of 

 the society, 1 will la_\ them before \ou. 



rirst. however, let me answer the (juestion asked last year 

 by Mr. Bryant, of Wisconsin, as to the difference between frv 

 from eggs taken fr(jm wild trout and the fry from the eggs of 

 domesticated trout, whether there was any difference in their 

 vitality, growth, etc. hi this connection 1 would sa\ that 5.000 

 fry from the wiUl trout eggs for the season of i8y8, after being fed 

 three months on liver and obtaining tlie length of 2^ to 3 inches, 

 were placed in a spring at the Xorth\-ille hatchery, where thev 

 vere subjected to the same en\ironments that thev would be in 

 a natural stream or pond; or in other words, the}' have received 

 from that time u]) to tlie ])resent writing no artificial food ;nid 

 the}' were placed in tlie spring the fore part of June. I'rom all 

 observations, wliicli have been made ])racticall\ dail\ . these trout 

 are doing remarkably well and not a single dead frv has been 

 found. It is, ,of course. ])ossible that some of them may have 

 died and ])ecome fouled in the moss and weeds of the spring, 

 but from the showing at tlie present time, there is probablv the 

 larger percentage of them alive and health}'. 



These tront ha\e now been in the s])ring about fort\-li\e da\'s 



