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supplying" others. W'c sciiu' that hike every year and take out 

 bass running from three inches in length to a pound in weight, 

 and that is the only i)laee where we do any work in introducing 

 them to other waters, hut if w c cduIcI go back fifteen years we 

 would not let a bass come into the State. ( )in- waters were 

 . originalK- all trout waters. In Lake Champlain we want all the 

 bass we can get, l)ut many oi our lakes have been ruined by the 

 bass. In those lakes they won't bite, they won't take our bait. 

 There are peinds where we knijw these bass weigh six or eight 

 pounds and we cannot induce them to take any bait at any sea- 

 son of the year. 



The Secretary: I entu-ely agree with Mr. Titcomb that 

 black bass should never be introduced in an}- water containing 

 salmon or brook trout or any fish of that grade. Some years 

 ago I was stationed at (ireen Lake, Maine. Not long before 

 that someone had put a supply of small-mouth ])ass in that lake 

 and they were becoming quite numerous, although the lake was 

 already well stocked with landlocked salmon. The residents 

 there were as much opposed to the bass as some localitic'^ are to 

 the carp. 



Another point I want to speak of. Someone spoke about 

 food for the fish in the ponds. Xow. in addition to the minnows 

 that we supply them with, we also hatch a great luany suckers; 

 all the ponds are simply alive with sucker fry. We also introduce 

 what is known as the corixa, the young corixa making s])lenciid 

 food for the yoimg bass. We allow the center of the ])ond to be- 

 come filled with vegetation and the water to get pretty warm so 

 ther£ will be plenty of animalcula for the fry to feed upon. In 

 this way, of course, considerable food for the old and young is 

 provided, besides that brought in from outside sources. I be- 

 lieve, as Mr. Ravenel sa>s. the solution of supplying food for the 

 bass is in the breeding of carp expressly for food. 



The President : Any other remarks on the bass. 



Dr. lames : I: it would l)e in order for me to make a remark 

 on the carp ju^t here — I take more or less interest in that sub- 

 ject—I want to sav that T <lon't want to be too hard on that kind 



