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is perhaps the greatest fishing stream in the world, this report claims 

 that during the past forty-five years, salmon of the approximate value 

 of $100,000,000.00 have been taken from this stream, and that every 

 acre of this vast expanse of water has produced annually $25.00 of 

 food fish, and they attribute the maintenance of the supply of fish in 

 this stream as due to the artificial propagation of fish. We may not 

 be able to obtain such results in value from Montana waters, but by 

 pursuing the work of fish culture on a broader and more scientific 

 basis there would seem to be no good reason why we ought not to be 

 able to increase our fish supply ten-fold over the present supply, and 

 have an abundance of good cheap and wholesome food for all the peo- 

 ple of Montana, and also help out other states with such food. 



We have many small lakes and ponds that are well adapted for the 

 propagation of pike, perch, bass, catfish and other species of fish de- 

 sirable for food; .many of these lakes are land-locked and there is 

 no good reason why fish suitable for such waters should not be 

 planted therein and made to contribute, as they ought, to the food supply 

 of the state. 



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