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of adoption by iis, l)iit that the methods as a whole are not 

 adapted to the wholesale ojaerations of our hatcheries. 



DISCUSSION. 



During the reading of his paper Dr. Smith made the follow- 

 ing comments: 



1. There was practically an unlimited supply of fine spring 

 water. 



2. Referring to figures, Dr. Smith said: These are very 

 small figures, compared to xVmerican figures. 



Referring to the size of the pond, President Birge said: 

 That is aliout 38 hectares. 



Dr. Smith said : 38.000 square meters. 



President : That is a pretty large area. 



Dr. Smith : He has an immense estate' there. 



President : That is a hundred acres to a pond. 



Mr. Smith: I may say that this man is wealthy, does not 

 have to engage in this business ; it is a pastime with him. N'ever- 

 theless, he sends fish to the market. 



3. This method of transporting yearling fish in relatively 

 small portions of water is perhaps worthy of consideration Ijy 

 this society. The Japanese are most adept in fish matters and 

 are able to carry gold fish and other delicate forms of fish, prac- 

 tically without any water. 



I have seen shallow tul:)s of gold fish eari-ied on the shoulders 

 of a Japanese for a distanee of more than a mile in broiling sun. 

 with no covers over the tuljs and the fish at no time submerged. 

 The fishes were moist, squirming all the time and got plenty of 

 oxygen. Whereas, if those fish had been fewer in number, and 

 the water more abundant, and the water had become superheated 

 by the long distance in the broiling sun, the chances are, the 

 fishes would have died. I may say that same methods have been 

 employed by one of the leading Japanese gold fish culturists in 

 transporting gold fish to this country. He recently arrived in 

 New York, and Dr. Bean told me that was the method he em- 



