146 Tzventy-ninth Annual Meeting 



Two rather serious objections may still be urged against the 

 horizontal screen, even in connection with the head screen. The 

 stronger fry so crowd against it as to make it rather difficult 

 to place feed before them; then there seems to be an eddy that 

 collects and retains food and other filth which should be carried 

 by the current in conjunction with the constant movement of 

 the fish to the lower end of the trough. We have therefore 

 abandoned it in favor of the head dam. Aereation seems im- 

 proved. A delightful current is created thereby, which can be 

 regulated by the height of the dam and volume of water. The 

 little fellows thoroughly enjoy the pleasure of Ijreasting it. A 

 light wire of suitable height on top of the dam prevents their 

 shooting the falls as they grow older. 



Take special care of the weak, the strong will look out for 

 themselves. Frequent thinning of the trough is necessary. The 

 weaklings naturally gravitate to the lower end. Take them out 

 of the various troughs and place them by themselves. Special 

 care and extra feed will soon bring them out. 



Occasionally, and without giving the matter due considera- 

 tion, people characterize our great trout breeding establish- 

 ments as mere toys, playthings for the benefit of the rich or idle, 

 point to the unanswerable statistics of the marine, the salmon 

 and Great Lakes hatcheries and ask triumphantly, where are 

 yours? There are some things in this world wdiose value cannot 

 be measured even in coin of the realm. The statistics of the 

 brook trout are graven on the heart. 



In the Koran there is a passage reading thus : 'Tf a man 

 have two loaves let him sell one and buy a lily; bread feedeth 

 the body, but the lily is food for the soul." So it is. In pursuit 

 of the brook trout, in wandering mid field and forest, bv shady 

 brook and rushing mountain torrent, in communion with nature 

 in her wilder, grander moods, the weary souls of countless thou- 

 sands have been refreshed and strengthened into truer, better and 

 nobler lives. 



