Til Thlrli/sirll, Amnnil Mrrlin 



wv liavc st(H'llic;i(ls and i-aiiihows. and thorc is a sli.Lihl (lilTcrciiee 

 l)cl\\ccii rlidsc Iwo. l)iit even lliosc two species are more iieai-lv 

 alike than llie while ami vn] ih;it he mentions, hoth in their 

 a|)|)earanee and spawnin,!:- liahits. 



St'ei'elai-y J*eah(idy: ^\'liat. is yoni' judi^iiient ]'e,i;ardin,i:- their 

 odil)le ([naiities. as mentioned hv him. the ditVerenee hetweeii the 

 rainhow ti-oul and otheiv — 's tiiei-c any diU'erenee ^ 



'Slv. Bower: WV llnd our rainhows aiv all alike, not good 

 fish for the table. 



Secretary Peabody: That is what he says. 



President: Plis wliite trout? 



Secretary Peal)ody : His white trout — lie has got something- 

 else mixed up there. 



^\v. Powt'r : I was jnst talking al)ont trout with a gentle- 

 man, and [ would like to have him state; his experience. 



Prcsideut: A\'e sliall be ver\- glad to hear it. 



:\rr. p.. (). Wel^ster, of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania : We liave. 

 at Pelleronte, I'ennsylvania, a ])ond of rainbow trout, and our 

 attention was called to the fact of their l)eing ready to s])awn in 

 the laier i)art of Novt'mlier, and the jion.d was drawn and at 

 least one (|uarter of the fish were found rii)e and rea<ly to spawn, 

 'idle males -were especially ready with milt, and al>ont one 

 rpiai'tei' of the females at that time, and within one month after 

 that lime, we linished spawning onr fish. Phe natural spawning- 

 season ot the i-ainhow trout varies, T know, in ditferent })arls of 

 the Pnited States, but Mr. Bower was saying it seems very queer 

 to him thai some ii'ont spoken of in that |;)aper shonld s])awn at 

 thai lime of the year, while in Ihe northern iiart ot the slate at 

 ( 'oi-|-y, they lind that theii- ^ish sjiawn in the spi'ing. as they do 

 in some other pai'ls of tlie Pnited Stales, where they are in their 

 nalui'al habitation. 



I'resident : How hmg ago was this. :\Ir. Webster, that these 

 trout spawned in XoMMidter? 



