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stinct being the only guide to assist them in the 

 battle of life — often, alas, against their own 

 parents and other species of fish, as well as many 

 birds, beasts, and reptiles, and last but not least, 

 man. Now, I would ask a reasonable question: 

 Does any sane individual, if he thinks at all, 

 imagine such a loose, wasteful, unscientific method 

 is adequate to keep up an abundant supply of 

 game-fish to withstand the assault^s of an ever- 

 increasing army of anglers and a growing popula- 

 tion of villages and towns near by trout streams 

 and other game-fish waters into which they plant 

 fish? 



Abundance of food — the proper kind required for 

 each species of fish — never enters the mind of 

 those individuals who own ponds, lakes, and 

 streams, or who would like to make artificial fish 

 waters by a system of dams or irrigation. Even 

 private club waters persist in feeding young game- 

 fish on putrid food that only induces disease and 

 death to their fish. I receive many requests for 

 information concerning what species of fish is best 

 to plant in their water, and whether certain species 

 will abide amicably with one another. How is it 

 possible for such questions to be answered with- 

 out any knowledge of what kind of food is avail- 



