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The poacher, Hkc the poor, is always with us. lie is only 

 kept in check bv rigid enforcement of the law whenever oppor- 

 tunity offers. When necessary, we do not hesitate to send to the 

 citv for a good detective and i)a\ the costs out of the league 

 treasury, in \'erniont the league is the strong right arm <jf the 

 l'"ish ami ( iame Commission. 



if anv one is lead by the arguments in this paper to organize 

 a similar society, let him consider well two important features. 

 The work connected with its pronmtitjn and future success is 

 tremendous. No salaried officers exist, although in a State of 

 such important fishery interests as, for example, Florida or 

 Louisiana, there shcndd l)e ennugh of a supi)ort to ])ay the salary 

 of a stenographer. 



Work of this nature once successfully undertaken by one or 

 two actively interested persons cannot be dropped by them after 

 the organization has been put into working condition. One man 

 does the most of the work. He should be familiar with the fish- 

 eries of his State and not be prejudiced in favor of either sports- 

 men or commercial fishermen. 



We believe in the social side of the organization as contribut- 

 ing largely to its success, but our membership is too scattered to 

 meet socially more than twice a year. 



Mr. Peabody: Mr. Titcoml) is perfectly saturated with his 

 subject and is the best posted man on that subject in the country. 



The Chair: Wliat is the next jiaper? 



Secretary W'iiitaker: - The next paper is one prepared by Dr. 

 Henry 1*. Ward, which will nnw be read: 



AQUACULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS AND THEIR WORK. 



The United States is justly famed among the nations of the 

 world for the rapid advance it has made in methods of agriculture. 

 Primarily this is, of course, due to the sagacity of the people and 

 to their adaptibility in taking liold of new ideas and applying 

 them to the given conditions in any locality. But a most power- 

 ful factor in aiding and directing this development has been un- 

 (|uestionably our admirable series of agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions. In every State and territory in the Cnion at least one such 

 establishment, founded by State liberality and fostered by gener- 

 ous grants from the general government, is working uninterrupt- 

 edly at the problem of agriculture in that region. In these sta- 

 tions the subject of agriculture has received, for many years, the 

 closest attention of scientific workers. Not only the character of 



