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sportsmen's associations. Since I have heard from the gentleman from 

 Missouri speak of the Isaak Walton League I think we shall change 

 these to Isaak Walton Chapters, and if he comes over to Kansas we will 

 help him organize. 



Dr. Osburn : The experience of the gentleman who has just spoken 

 is the same as ours in Ohio in connection with our State fair. For a 

 number of years we have had an exhibit of fish and game, including a 

 small aquarium, and that place is literally packed during the whole 

 week of the fair. An exhibition of this kind is very important from an 

 educative point of view. A great many people from outlying districts 

 attend these fairs where they could not get this information in any other 

 way. Many who do not know one fish from another are found standing 

 by the tanks, carefully reading the labels and examining the fishes, 

 Another thing that has been a feature there for years is an exhibit of 

 illegal apparatus. 



The public museums and the aquaria of the country are very im- 

 portant in that they offer the kind of education the people need. This 

 phase of education might he further augmented by a display of hatch- 

 ery methods. I do not know whether or not Mr. Pope's museum has 

 undertaken that, but at the New York Aquarium for many years a small 

 model fish hatchery has been exhibited, and has always attracted a great 

 deal of attention. 



I believe there is no better way of getting information to the public 

 than through the medium of sportsmen's organizations. We never can 

 get legislation which is backed up by the people — and unless this is the 

 case it is not of much use — until the people get the information before 

 them, and the best way to do this is through such organizations as the 

 Isaak Walton League. Members of this and other sportsmen's associa- 

 tions are always willing to get behind any movement in favor of con- 

 servation, not only of fish but of other resources as well. (Applause.) 



Mr. Doze: As a result of this display at Topeka, Wichita has bor- 

 rowed the idea and built a number of aquaria. Furthermore, next year 

 we are going to make a similar exhibit at the State fair at Hutchinson, 

 so that the exhibit will be made at three different places in succession. 



President Leach : Education of the people is necessary if you want 

 them to take an interest in such organizations as the Isaak Walton 

 League and the American Fisheries Society. 



