"Some people advise against these fish, acting on prejudice and not on knowl- 

 edge. They advise you to introduce the Atlantic salmon when they know you will 

 be unable to get the eggs. All through the State of Maine the people know that 

 where the Atlantic salmon has been introduced the trout have disappeared while 

 they have had no experience with the Chinook. 



"It is predicted that when the Chinook was introduced into Lake Sunapee, 

 N. H., that he would destroy the Sunapee trout which is a deep water trout and 

 feed on the bottom during the summer, but this was not the case. More Aureolus- 

 Sunapee trout have been caught this year than ever before." 



Other letters received show a remarkable growth of this fish, some of them 

 weighing as much as twenty pounds, but at what age it is not stated. Hon. R. E. 

 Clanton, Master Fish Warden of Oregon, reports favorable results from plantings 

 made in a lake near Portland and that other plantings will be made in the future. 



From the information thus obtained we submit that eggs of the Chinook 

 salmon should be purchased to the extent of a half million each year; — that the 

 fry should be planted in land-locked lakes where they very few or no trout; 

 that the plantings be continued from year to year in all places where satisfactory 

 results are obtained; that no plantings should be made in streams, and that full 

 reports be made as to results. 



The effect of plantings made in 1917 will not be fully known until 1919, but 

 for the winter work of the year 1918-1919 there should be procured at least a suffi- 

 cient number of eggs to continue plantings in all places where it is now known that 

 they have been successful. 



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