218 ^Modern Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 



a paper on "The Artificial Propagation of the Small 

 Mouth Black Bass," in which he said : "An experi- 

 mental station was placed on the Thorn Apple River 

 in Michigan. Here two ponds were constructed and 

 150 adult fish placed in them. Last week the female 

 fish showed disposition to spawn. At the same time 

 they took a large female from the river, stripped her 

 and impregnated the eggs. These were placed first 

 in jars and then transferred to trays. On the fourth 

 day they began to hatch, and on the following day all 

 were completed, and a few days ago there were sev- 

 eral hundred fine, healthy fish. When they were first 

 hatched they were almost invisible." 



Mr. Whitaker does not say that the male was ripped 

 open to obtain the milt, but, as far as I am informed, 

 this has been found necessary in all such experiments, 

 and the impossibility of getting milt from the male by 

 stripping has been one of the obstacles in the handling 

 of the eggs. 



Knowing that Mr. W. F. Page had experimented 

 with black bass recently when in charge of a hatchery 

 in Missouri, I wrote him and obtained the following: 



BLACK BASS CULTURE. 

 By W. F. Page. 



Strictly speaking, the artificial propagation of the 

 black bass is, up to this time, an unsolved problem; 

 and, in my opinion, will forever remain such. In 

 other places my reasons for this opinion have been 

 given in full. Moreover, in the matter of the handling 

 and care of the alevins (produced naturally) and the 

 feeding of the very young fry, only the least fraction 



