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rrcsidriil : Is then' anytliiii.ii- I'liii her in lliis -vncral order of 

 business. If not. we will pass In Mi'. Atkins" papci-s. You hav- 

 tliom i\rr. Secretary. One on "l''()rei«;-n ('ori'esjjondejiee," and 

 tlie second paper is on "Salmon E^g's." 



Dr. Smith: In the absence of Mr. Atkins, who is the chair- 

 man of this committee on foreijin relations, and the disal)ility of 

 ^Ii-. 'IMtcomh. wlio is the next ranking- memher. the duty of pre- 

 senting this rejjort devolves upon me. anil in \ iew of the length 

 of the report and shortness of our time. I do not intend to read 

 it unless the society insists. 



This is a report that abonnds in good things, and I feel that 

 the members will get the most good out of it l)y reading it tlu^m- 

 selves in the proceedings. I say this because 1 had little to do 

 with its pre])aration, and therefore cannot he accused of Ixdiig 

 egotistical. 



I would like to mention one oi- two I'eatures of the repori. 

 however, so that you may anticipate what you have coming. 



There is a very interesting acconnt of the })rogress of fish 

 culture in France, based on recent government communications, 

 and this is followed by a special paper by Mr. Titcomb giving 

 his personal observations on fish culture in France. A subject 

 that has been creating a great deal of attention on the continent 

 of Europe is the feeding of salmon. That is also a subject in 

 which Mr. Atkins has taken great interest, and you will find in 

 this some exceedingly suggestive points. 



Among the subjects treated under that head are. live food 

 for fry, food for lingerlings and yearlings, food for brood fish, 

 and the forcing of the growth of animals by the administration 

 of special kinds and large quantities of food — forcing foi- 

 market ]mr])oses and also for brood ])iiri)oses. 



There is also a very interesting chaptt'i' on the utilization of 

 earth worm as food for trout, and it is recalled that Darwin 

 estimated the number of worms in two and a half acres of oi-- 

 dinary moist land at more than 130.000. equivalent to 100 

 pounds of angle worms to the acre. 1 nu\y say that these chap- 

 ters on the feeding of salmonoids represent the latest Euro])ean 

 opinion on the subject. 



There is a ])oint of some local interest that T would like to 



