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hatcheries; we have got to consider that for years we were all 

 mixed up with the people themselves. When the state shipped 

 directly to the people one would call the fish fry, another wonld 

 call it fingerling, etc. Now we are beginning to make the people 

 who receive fish understand what we mean when we say finger- 

 ling and fingerling number one. Now if we make a change 

 again and quit that making it plus or a, b, c, or whatever you 

 may call it, we must teach the public all over again ; and I think 

 that any change should be made with the greatest of caution, not 

 only on account of the extra work which it will give the super- 

 intendents and the office, ])ut the tr()ul)le again witli the public; 

 and I myself believe that we ought to hold to the reg-ulations 

 that we now have witliout change. I think it would be a mistake 

 to make it o])tional. If we do make a change it shovild be recom- 

 mended as general so there won't ])e the confusion among the 

 diiferent states again. There would be confusion if Mchigan put 

 in a, and Rhode Island kept the fingerling, and Pennsylvania 

 kept to al, or bl, or i)lus — there would be confusion again, and I 

 do not think it wouhl be good policy. 



Dr. Bartlett : 1 confessed on the start that this was prac- 

 tically a selfish matter, so far I was personally concerned. Drop 

 the ])lack bass for a moment and go on to the bream. Now there 

 is a fish that we commence moving at from three-eighths to one- 

 half inch in length, and the crappie is practically the same. If 

 you get a l)ream or crappie that would go an inch aii<l tliree- 

 fourths, you have a fish way l)eyond num1)er one. l)ecause it must 

 be late in the season Ijefore it would attain that size. 



!Mr. Meehan : I understand wliat our men mean when tliey 

 say number one bream. 1 understand they have got them be- 

 tween one and two inches. 



^Ir. Leary : We should drop the word fingerling as to fisli 

 under one inch long. Say fry, advanced fry, number one and 

 two, and tlien commence: nundier oiw fingerling, number two 

 fingerling, number three fingerling, nunilier four fingerling, 

 number five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten fingerling, and that 

 would cover the bream, crappie and all other small fish. 



]\Ir. Atkins : It seems to me that those who wish to subdivide 



