\\'i Tliirli/si.rlli Ainiiifd Mccliiig 



out. Tlic st'foiid vears ('xitcriciico ^v\\]\ frv cdtiviiiccd nic thai 

 we wci'c tlirowing awav our iiioncv. iind I made an ai'i'aiiLiciiicni 

 for raisiiio' tliose troul frv iiiilil the rollowiiig- October and then 

 redistrilmtiiiu- tliem ; |)Ulliiiu l-?.") frv in a can and carrying them 

 right to the sti'eains. ai)d the j'csidt lias l)een that our streams 

 have heeii stocked thoroughly. We couhl ]iot stock witli t'l-v : it 

 Avas impossihle. We wei'e hiughed at all over the couuti'v, es- 

 pecially hy .Massachusetts hut we kept on, ami we know that it 

 is a success, and 1 helieve it is tlie only way to stock streams. 



President: Any rurthci- discussion on the ])a]»er? Has any- 

 one a good woi'd for tlie fi'v? 



^[\■. ^r;tcondi: I Indieve that is a tahooed sul)ject. I am oidv 

 going to say a few woi'ds. We could talk all night on this (|Ues- 

 fion and then not get thi'ough with it. 'Idle (piestion seems t'.' 

 he one jiartly ot iiiiance. Wdu'ii you considei-. for instance, the 

 woi'lc of the hurean of fisheries, taking the output last s])ring of 

 white perch, something over twelve hundred million fry, it is 

 practically impossible to consider the idea of rearing them to 

 fingerlings. The Avhitefisli comes \n the same category. it 

 seems to he a question of when yon can do it, and when 

 not. Some species we know, produce good results with fry. I 

 might give specific instances where brook trout fry and lake 

 trout fry Innc heen ])lanled in ])onds. wdiei'e then' were no such 

 fish, and in three or four years good lishing pre\ailed. The 

 ])()l:ey of tlu> hurean is to plant tingeidings of ti'out and bass 

 where possible to do so. Ihit the production is so large and the 

 facilities for rearing to fingerlings so limited in proportion, that 

 it is necessary to plant a large propoilion of frv. 



In the hass work, we have found that one can hatcdi in an 

 area (d' one acre 100. (MM) little bass. Those little hass feed 

 on minute a(iuatie lib': we canuol Wvd them; and hy the 

 linie Ihey are ready for distribution as (Ingei'lings tluy have 

 eaten eacdi other until the total nuudier has heen reduci-d 

 from loo, 000 to nnywhere IVoin :),000 to lo.'ioo. It has been 

 found tliat in the same pond, by seining out the eai-ly hatches 

 of bass i'yy to the numhei' of say 50,000, and leaving ]»aianco to 

 grow to the lingei-ling stage, it is possible to i)lant .")0,00;) frv 

 in suitable waters, where they haw plenty of I'ange and plenty 



