are very much like those in Pennsylvania. The pollution of streams by 

 cities has been remedied by requiring all places with a population of 3,000 

 or over to put in disposal plants. This has been accomplished through the 

 people interested in the oyster industry. The waste from the cities going 

 into the streams was destroying the cysters, and as there are many people 

 interested in the oyster industry, there was not much trouble in getting 

 the disposal plants. I have seen water coming from the disposal plant at 

 Back River in Baltimore, also in Cambridge and Easton, which the scientists 

 claim is as pure as before it was so used. I have not tasted it, so cannot 

 vouch for its sweetness. 



The matter goes back to the question of deforestation. The country 

 is denuded of the good timber, especially in the mountain sections, and 

 there is no shade left for the small streams. Therefore with trout all 

 over our State, there is no question that in a summer such as this past one 

 there will be destruction of trout in the fresh water streams. The planting 

 of willows along the streams for shade has been advised, and I think it a 

 very good idea. They would grow there and be beneficial. I do not think 

 we can do anything in our State unless it is through the Forestry Board. 



Me. Buller: I am very much interested in the matter of planting 

 trees, and I urge upon all to render every possible assistance to the forestry 

 departments, because without trees there cannot be fish. This past winter 

 delegations from different sections of our State called at the department 

 with reference to taking care of streams in which they were interested. A 

 delegation of ladies from the neighboring county of Berks came and asked 

 whether the Department of Fisheries would assist in reforestation along 

 Maiden Creek. They got in touch with the Forestry Commissioner, and I 

 was much pleased to learn later that they set out 50,000 trees on the banks 

 of Maiden Creek this past summer and have made application for 30,000 

 for next season. I believe that every fishery association should endeavor to 

 get the people to plant trees and shrubbery for a certain distance on each 

 side of the streams on which they live. If that is done, in the course of a 

 few years we shall have shaded streams, thus saving the fish in times of 

 drought. No one who has not made a study of it can conceive the enormous 

 evaporation from streams exposed to the sun. 



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