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Mr. Wliitakcr: Large fish will eat small ones under all cir- 

 cumstances if they get a chance. The fish culturist learns that 

 in his practical work. Vou have got to separate fish of dififerent 

 ages as well as you can, to prevent it. when held in ponds. 



Mr. Stranahan : Th.e black bass won't prey on their kind 

 if thev have an abundance of other food. I believe it is of more 

 importance to you, Dr. Miller, with your area of water, to see 

 to crossing vour fish with new stock than it is to look after the 

 carp. I have had some ex])ericnce with much larger ponds 

 than vours where the stock has become diminutive through in- 

 breeding. I shouUl say it would be the best thing to introduce 

 every year a new stock (jf bass; if you dcn'i, you will get a 

 diminutive race. 



Mr. Peabodv : There is a club in Indiana that has taken up 

 the subject of producing bass artificially, ihey have two arti- 

 ficial ponds in which they keep their bass, and another in which 

 they carry on the hatching. In the small one they keep the 

 bass until they get large enough to be active ; then the club takes 

 all the larger ones and" puts them out. They have a drain in 

 the center of this pond by which they can draw the water all oK. 

 Then can go into it and take out all the fish. They have met 

 with such success that they have their larger ponds amply 

 stocked. Thev do this all in an artificial way. 



Dr. Miller : I wish to state for the information of the gentle- 

 men that Mr. May, the honorable president of your convention, 

 is the gentleman who started me in my enterprise, with this 

 result, that this year out of my lake there have been caught, I 

 suppose, two or three thousand Ikiss by hook and line. This 

 spring I put in twenty breeders and I don't know how many 

 \oung bass there arc. but the lake seems to be alive with ])ass. 

 I came here this morning without an invitation. I felt that I 

 was somewhat at home with fish men. T came in to see about 

 some things that have been answered i)y my friend from Mich- 

 igan — originally from New York. 1 was told that I was in dan- 

 ger of overstocking this lake. I thank you, gentlemen, for 

 your kindness. I can now g(j home with a good deal of light 

 upon the subject I wanted to be enlightened upon. 



President Ma\-: The next pa|)er in order is a paper by Mi. 

 O'Brien. 



Mr. O'Brien then read the following ])aper : 



