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benefit of the hungry little bass. And the bass soon learned 
what it all meant, congregating in schools whenever and wher- 
ever the rake was set in motion, much the same as a lot of 
chickens come running from every direction at a familiar call 
that means, “dinner is ready.” 
A word as to food for the adult or stock bass. We have found 
that liver in the summer and minnows in the fall and spring 
answer the purpose very well and keep the fish in good condition. 
Recently I have found that blood makes excellent food for bass, 
although of course we have not fed it to any extent, owing to 
scarcity of the raw material in my locality. To one quart of 
blood, fresh and warm from the animal, I add two rennet tablets 
(known as “Junket” tablets,) previously dissolved in water. The 
blood soon coagulates or curdles, changing to a mass about the 
consistency of gelatine or thick jelly, which may be cut into 
strips or cubes just the same as liver. The bass take it with 
great relish, and if any falls to the bottom and not picked up, it 
soon dissolves or disappears, leaving no foul matter in the pond. 
I don’t know whether this method of preparing blood for fish 
food is new to others or not, but it is new to me, and was sug- 
gested on witnessing the action of rennet in converting warm 
milk into curd. 
Considerable has been said in the past about handling adult 
bass in the spring, with reference to the effect of handling and 
transportation on spawning and hatching results. So far as 
large-mouth bass are concerned, our experience is that it makes 
little or no difference what time the stock fish are caught and 
brought in from outside waters. During the season just past 
we took a number of adult large-mouths from the Saginaw river 
that were nearly ready to spawn, transported them to Mill Creek, 
a distance of about one hundred and forty miles, and secured ex- 
cellent hatching results. Some of these fish spawned the third 
day after arrival, and produced a fine lot of fry. This suggests 
the possibility of artificial propagation, and right here I wish 
to inquire if anyone has tried to strip and fertilize the eggs of 
large-mouth bass. 
But what has been said on this point about the large-mouth 
bass does not apply at all to small-mouths. Our recent experi- 
ence in transferring the latter from outside waters to the station 
