14G Tliirhj-si.rlli Ainnnil Mrrliin, 



is evident llial iialurc lias aila|>lc(l the inml Irv Id thai .(■(mdiiidn 

 of lliiii.us. Ini- Ml'. Atkins has Inniul lliat they cniihl he starve I 

 for ail asldiiishiiiiilv Jniio- time ami cinni' out as tliosc h-h diil 

 with eoni]>ai'aliv(dy small mortality. I iiiiist say that his \);\\)'\ 

 encouraged me in his fry thooi'y. AW haxc worked in Wiscoiisiiu 

 partly fronr choice, partly Troiii necessity; we have certainlv 

 found that a great many streams that we stocked with fry. hav ■ 

 hecome rapidly filled up with fish in good condition. The thiiii;- 

 I would he glad to have some facts in relation to. is just the 

 question which Mr. Leary raises, that each I'i.") (ingerlings are 

 as good as 10,009 fry. That is sonu'lhiug 1 do not know any- 

 thing ahout, and I have not l)eeu ahle to lind anyhody that knows 

 ahout such comparisons. 



Mr. Seymour Bower: ! just want to say a woi-d on th.e sul)- 

 ject. It would depend a good deal on the condition and cir- 

 cumstances and time. Xow in our stall", we ])ianted hrook trout 

 only as fry. and we know that we have liad the very Ijest results. 

 We know tliis, because, as the ])re-^i(lent stated alxnit tin- streams 

 of Wisconsin, tliey contained no tnmt until stocked w^th fish in 

 the form of fiw. All of the trout streams in the lower ])enin- 

 sula of ^lichigan. Avith very few exceptions, contained no brook 

 trout whatever until stocked with fry, and today some of those 

 streams are among the best we have in the state. 



There is another point in regard to tlu' ])lant!iig of iish as 

 fry. If they are held as (ingerlings, the distribution is not only 

 far more e.\])ensive, but you are almost certain to haw a gi-ealer 

 loss. Xow we can distribute trout fry without any loss dni'i ng 

 the season, but when you undertake to distribute them as finger- 

 lings, along in July, August and September, liot weatlier, that 

 is a pretty diflficult jn-oposition. You not only lose a good many, 

 but it is far more expensive, and \vv have Hrnd\- come to the 

 conclusion that on even terms of cost, we get grealei' i-esults— - 

 final results — from planting the fish as fry than IVom finger- 

 lings. In other woi'ds. a dollar exi)ended in the form of fry goes 

 further than a dollai- with fingerlings. Of coursi' it depends a 

 good deal wliether they are properly ])lanted oi- not. \i' I were 

 going to introduce ])rook trout into a pond oi' outlet of a cold 

 pond, I would deposit fingerlings. But we aim to have our fry 



