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Some lakes reeeived fish to the anunint of 30,000. Last year 1 dis- 

 triljuted a whole carload of fish. 



In my annual report 1 pointed out the various ways to cultivate 

 fish and how^ fish could be protected, etc., and 1 also presented 

 various systems for doing it, and one of them is this, and 1 have 

 advocated it for ten years. It is what I call the Home Fish Cul- 

 ture System; that is, raising fish on the farms, the water coming 

 from our artesian w'clls, being lifted by means of wind power and 

 other means from the springs on the farms, and from brooks and 

 artesian wells. 



I will say we liave made pretty fair,progress on some points. 

 There are some men who have been raising fish in that way in an 

 artificial manner on their farms for a number of years. Year 

 before last I furnished one man some thousand brook trout for a 

 little stream on his farm, the source of supply coming from a 

 spring which he had tlanmied up. A good many artificial ponds 

 are made in that way. 



I have been experimenting in raising fish in water lifted into 

 tanks by means of wmd-mills, and we have made good progress 

 in that direction. What has interested me most is my success in 

 raising fish in artesian water. I have been advocating this sys- 

 tem for ten years and whenever I have had an opportunity I have 

 been experimenting. Last winter I devoted some months to ex- 

 perimenting with fish in artesian water, and I am pleased to say 

 that I met with excellent success. I don't say that my success 

 proves that fish can be raised successfully in artesian water; I 

 want to experiment further. Thus far it has been very encourag- 

 ing. I know in South Dakota a large number of fish are raised in 

 artesian water, the German carp especially. The fish we experi- 

 mented with are yellow perch and some other fish, and there were 

 no failures. I desire to say, in concl-usion, that this idea can be 

 worked out. It may be made practical in different parts of the 

 West. In North Dakota we have 700 flowing artesian wells. If 

 we could have the fish raised on the farms it would be of great 

 advantage to our farmers and a source of some income. 



That you may be somewhat impressed with this fact that fish 

 can be raised in artesian water, and good fish, too; fish that are 

 desirable for food, I will show you some of the fish I experi- 

 mented with last year. (Mr. Barrett here exhibited specimens of 

 preserved fish.) 



Mr. Clark: I move that we now take a recess until to-mor- 

 row morning at q o'clock. 



The motion was duly seconded and carried, and a recess was 

 taken utitil Thursday, July 22(1, 1898, at 9 a. ni. 



