i;5S Tlilrh/sixth Annual Meeting 



bass or calico 1):iss. Tlicre is no I'oason why l)lack bass, rock 

 bass, and cnlico liass should not he kcj)! toiivthcf if the pond i.s 

 of considcrahlc size. ( >\])])lanse.) 



Discrssiox. 



During- the readinti- of his paper, .Mr. 'I'ownsend made th',^ 

 following connnents : 



1. "We cleaned out some ponds, and found the lakes swarm- 

 ing with stnnted fish, and hy cleaning out some of the ponds, 

 we actually succeeded in getting a good gi'owtli from stunled 

 specimens. 



2. That is the general run of pond fishes. 



3. I may state now that the small ponds of the Zoological 

 Park are now yielding almost enough fishes to supply the park. 

 and that the food bill of this great Zoological Park has been 

 very largely reduced, and we expect to learn enough about the 

 ponds to make them ^^roduce very m\ich more than thi'y are pro- 

 ducing now. 



4. Tn referring to the size of the ponds, Mr. Tow]l^en': 

 said : I think they are 100 x 25. I don't know for sure about 

 that. 



At the close of his paper, Mr. Townsend said : 

 I have presented this ])aper, j\Ir. President, in the hop;' of 

 having it criticised by the members, as I am engaged in writing 

 a more extensive paper on the subject of small ponds for privati' 

 fish culture. 



Pr(\sident : ]\lr. Townsend's paper is now before us for dis- 

 cussion. 



:\lr. Clark: In reference to Mr. TownsendV paju'r. 1 fol- 

 h)\ved it very closelv. and it is a very excellent paper. ])Ul. t'oi' 

 the individual iish culturist, breeding certain kinds of ])ond 

 tishes. I ]'(ally do not see any chance for discuss'on. it is more 

 on the line of (isli culture or rearing fish on the farm. ! do nol. 

 lhiid< Ml'. 'I'ownsiMid would advise having in mir small black bass 

 jionds. peivh and sunlish and tilings of that kind, all in the 

 same pond: and llieiv are some othei- things that of course the 

 Iish cullui-ist would not endorse in that line. 1 think his paper 



