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Mr. Hendry — 1 approve very highly of what the paper con- 

 tains. It refers to the making of artificial ponds. Some one said 

 this morning it vs^as not difficult for every man to make a pond, 

 but every farmer can make those ponds ; indeed in the north 

 part of the State it is quite difficult. There is a large artificial 

 lake in Noble county which is well stocked with fish. It was 

 made before the year 1837, while large internal improvements 

 were going on in Indiana, and is a feeder to the canal to Fort 

 Wa}T3e. In that region of the State we are compelled to build 

 ponds, but in the county of Steuben we have a large number of 

 lakes occupying the highest ground between Lake- Erie and 

 Lake Michigan and Toledo and Chicago. We have in that 

 ■county, in the square of twenty miles, between seventy-five and 

 one hundred ponds and lakes. In many of those lakes and 

 ponds they are now introducing fish from other localities. Some 

 of the lakes are quite deep, one hundred feet or over. In some 

 of the ponds the water can be taken out, and they are introduc- 

 ing carp, and in some instances eels. There are many there in- 

 terested in fish culture, and many farms adjoining those lakes 

 and the streams running from one to the other, make a fine 

 means for raising fish. The object of the fish culture there is* 

 to advertise their facilities for raising and protecting fish. In 

 addition to this we have many natural ponds for introducing 

 the carp, which are said be a good fish. The pickerel is a very 

 prominent fish with us, and have been taken that measured two 

 feet in length. I remember forty years ago a man fishing there 

 brought in two large pickerel on his spear at one time; these 

 were early times, but it is different now. The law is loose and 

 the fish are being somewhat thinned out, but even under the pro- 

 tection we have, if the law is enforced, we will have plenty of 

 :fish besides those being propagated. 



Mr. Miller of Johnson county, was invited to address the 

 convention on the Fish Industry,' and spoke as follows : 



Ladies and Gentlmen — I think that a great many of the essays and publica- 

 tions that are being written and published upon the subject of fish culture, are cal- 

 •culated to lead the minds of the people wrong. There is an interest in the State 



