62 TWENTY-EIGHTH ANXI'AL MEETING 



FISH CULTURE IN NORTH DAKOTA. 



BY W. W. BARRETT. 



Church's Ferry, N. D., June 6, 1899. 

 To Members of the American Fisheries Society: 



Fellow Workers — I regret that circumstances will not allow 

 me to be present at your meeting at Niagara Falls on June 

 28th and 29th, and enjoy the amenities and intelligent 

 thoughts of the assembled scholars, who constitute the Ameri- 

 can Fisheries Society, but as I feel a deep interest in the 

 propagation and culture of fish, I will present in this form, 

 something in regard to this subject as it pertains to North 

 Dakota. In order not to consume too much of the valuable 

 time set aside for your deliberation, I will give but a brief 

 letter. 



PIONEER WORK IN FISH CULTURE. 



North Dakota is a young State, and as yet limited as to the 

 matter of State revenue, hence it has not established a State 

 fish hatcherj', neither has it made any appropriation to carry 

 on the work of fish culture. But for the last ten years the 

 Department of Irrigation, Forestry and Fish has been estab- 

 lished and in successful operation, and during all this time the 

 duties thereof have been entrusted to the care of the writer. 

 Fully alive to the importance of making a success of the in- 

 creasement of fish in our State, I have taken active measures 

 and been enabled to gecure, mainly from the United States 

 Fish Commission, a generous supjily of fish for our waters, 

 and the outcome has been most favorable in the enlargement 

 of the amount of this species of food. 



THE HOME FISH CULTURE SYSTEM. 



For many years I have advocated what I term The Home 

 Fish Culture System. It embodies these features: The ere- 



