Foods and Feeding of Fishes 139 



Mr. Culler : I have had some experience in trout work, and I agree 

 with what Mr. Hare says about beef hearts and sheep's liver. I learned 

 my fish culture under the grand old man of Rainbow trout culture, Mr. 

 George A. Seagle of Wytheville, Virginia. He taught me that clean- 

 liness was next to godliness and that the fish need exercise. His teach- 

 ing was that if you kept everything clean and fed carefully, you could 

 raise trout; and he certainly raised them. 



Dr. Embody: Have you had experience in feeding other fish besides 

 trout? 



Mr. Culler : We have fed bass down there ; and have had no trouble 

 jvhatever in feeding them with beef hearts; they took it the same as the 

 trout would. 



Dr. Embody: How do you prepare it? 



Mb. Culler: Cut it in strips to make it resemble angle worms. 

 We feed sunfish the same way, and yellow perch. In fact, we never 

 have any trouble in getting any species of warm water fishes to feed. 



Mr. Titcomb: How do you cut it to make it look like angle worms? 



Mr. Culler: Divide the heart and cut it in strings. 



Mr. Titcomb: Using a sharp knife? 



Mr. Culler: Yes. 



Mr. W. C. Adams: You are talking about adult fish? 



Mr. Culler: Small fish, too. 



Mr. Adams: How small? 



Mr. Ci'LLER: I have fed black bass four inches long. 



Mr. Adams: Small or large mouth, or both? 



Mr. Culler: Both. It depends a great deal on the care the atten- 

 dant gives the fish. If you get a man who wants to get through a job in 

 a hurry you do not have much success, but a man who is faithful to his 

 duty can soon teach the fish to feed. If necessarj' with your bass, put 

 them in a small pond, a confined area; put a few trout that are feeding 

 in with them and they will soon learn to take the food the same as the 



trout. 



Mr. Bullock: Black bass two inches long will soon learn to take 



artificial food of that kind. 



Mr. Culler: I have fed No. 1 fingerling black bass in a trough, 

 using ground up beef heart. I have fed bass three-quarters of an inch 

 long. 



Mr. Titcomb: In other words, you feed them what you give the 

 trout. 



Mr. Culler: Yes; we put the young trout in there to teach them 

 to feed. 



Dr. Embody: Did you ever feed rock bass? 



Mr. Culler: Yes. we did not keep the small mouth in the troughs. 

 In the case of the large mouth, it was just an experiment to see whether 

 they would take the food. 



Mr. Fleming: And they took on an average growth? 



Mr. Culler: Yes. 



