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are many such in various portions of 

 the country requiring merely the in- 

 troduction of game and food-fish 

 best adapted to local conditions 

 the species to be selected ranging from 

 brook trout and black bass, to the 

 ordinary pike or pickerel. 



Where neither brook nor pond ex- 

 ists on the lands, of course the expense 

 and difficulties increase, in some 

 cases to such an extent as to be pro- 

 hibitive, but the aid of irrigation, 

 whefi applied to this purpose, may 

 overcome seemingly great obstacles, 

 to the advantage of the owner in other 

 respects than the propagation of 

 fishes. A good artesian well, with 

 modern windmill, may be made to 

 supply the necessary water, and the 

 fish pond, when it is completed, can 

 perhaps be supplied with mature fish, 

 carefully caught by net in some 

 nearby waters, and brought to the 

 home preserve in a small tank or a 

 tub, filled with fresh water, replen- 

 ished once or twice enroute, if need 

 be. 



It is, of course, well understood that 



