64 Thirty-Third Annual Meeting 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Carter: Before reading what I have here I should like’ 
to say that it is not in any sense a paper on Sturgeon Culture, in 
the ordinary sense of the word, but rather a few notes on some 
work I have been doing in Vermont during the past spring. 
During the reading of his paper Mr. Carter said: 
I have here two pictures of a ninety-pound sturgeon contain- 
ing eggs, which I will hand around, just to show the size of the 
fish we handle. 
Mr. Titcomb: Is that a ripe sturgeon ? 
Mr. Carter: No. We concluded after she was opened that 
she was within three or four days of being ripe. 
Later on during the reading of the paper Mr. Carter said: 
We found that a linen thread held the plug in position better 
than any other material that we had. 
(Near the end of the paper.) 
The floating boxes were fry carrying baskets, having thin 
board sides and perforated bottoms and ends, and we anchored 
these in the river. 
(At the end of the paper): We allowed about 50,000 eggs 
to the quart. 
President: This paper is now open for discussion. Those 
that have been interested in trying to collect sturgeon’s eggs will 
doubtless have something to say on this matter. 
Mr. Meehan: Pennsylvania has met with no success what- 
ever in trying to hatch sturgeon eggs. One trouble we found 
was in securing the two sexes. There has been an alarming de- 
crease in the number of sturgeon in our waters, and for two years 
our superintendents have endeavored to get males and females 
in order that we might undertake the work of propagation. 
Last spring they succeeded in getting several females but did 
not get a single male. Sturgeon culture :s a question that is in- 
teresting the department of fisheries in Pennsylvania exceeding- 
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