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ing is liM.kcd al most favorably by tho sniall-iii<Miib<M| brccdci^. 

 — to ti'aiisrci' the fry to rcariii"' jjoikIs. or <;i\c ihciii tbc frccdoiii 

 of the s|)a\\niiig pond by removing rclaiiici's ? Is it known tbat 

 any bai'iii I'csulls fi'om netting tbe \'v\'f 



.Mr. Lydell: We liave bad tbe best results l)y b'aviiig lb<'m 

 riglit in witb tbe adults. Last seas(Ui we pi'epared one pond loi- 

 a rearing pond. Tbe watei- was di-a\vn out and tbe ])ond cleaned 

 thoroughly, and the vegetation lidt to come up: tlien we intro- 

 duced about 20,000 fry, and did not get neai- as many (ingerlings 

 as in a ])()nd of tbe same size witli liftv old l)ass. 'idie reason 

 1 give for it is tbat everything got in and ate u]i the food, and 

 that if ] had left tlie old -bass in tbere to eat u]i tbe pollywogs 

 and trasli. I would have had tbe food for my young fisb. 



^Iy. dark: ^\'e remove some of tbe fry from the s])awning 

 pond to otlier ponds that have no fish in them, and leave al)Out 

 half in the s])awning pond. In other words there is about 

 double the quantity of fry in a jiond where they have s])awne(l 

 that the [jond will take care of; and by so doing we find we can 

 rear just as many as if we did not take any out. 



^Ir. Titcomb : May I inquire whether yon feed them, or do 

 they depend entirely upon the natural food ? 



Mr. Lydell: We fed them as far as ibey would take the 

 food. Our ponds to-day are fidl of small-mouth fingerlings. 

 and the old fish are in with them. 



Mr. Titeondt: What do you feed them? 



M]'. Ly<lell : Li\cr, every day, every afternoon at two o'clock. 



^Ir. Fullei'ton: 1 might say we feed oui's at 2:10. 



President: Is tbat the dilference in time between the two 

 stations? ( Laughter.) 



Mr. Carter: I sbould like to ask Mr. Lvdell if be bad any 

 dilbeultv in leacbing bis black bass to eat liver? 



^Ir. Lydell : To a certain extent, we (bt. but tbey come to i' 

 after a wbile. Ouv li\cr is cut up into strips about as large as 

 a pencil and two iiicbes lonii', and tlii'V feed everv dav. Tbere i^ 



