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applicants who take the trouble and pains to drive to the streams, 
and who lke to fish pretty well themselves are therefore inter- 
ested in getting the best results, will follow the instructions we 
give them. Of course it would be an excellent idea if all the 
sportsmen’s papers would publish that information once a year, 
and it would help a great deal, no doubt. 
Mr. Lydell: Iam afraid Mr. Bower did not carry that sug- 
gestion far enough. He says he sends them a letter and also di- 
rections on the can. In addition to that when the messenger 
leaves the Mill Creek station he has a folder six inches by eight, 
in his pocket, folded up three times, and on the back of that in 
2) 
and 
when he opens the folder the customer sees that legend; he can 
large flaming letters it says, “Directions for planting bass, 
see it clear across the room; and one of those is handed to each 
appheant for bass, by the messenger when he delivers the fish. 
Mr. Titcomb: I want to ask one question, and then I want 
to touch on Mr. Brown’s question. 
How many bass did you have in that pond that you do not 
expect to get a thousand out in the fall, and how many are there 
now ? 
President: Of course I cannot tell now but when we counted 
the 8,500 where we took 9,700 out, my estimate on those fish was 
between 50,000 and 69,000 at least. It is a positive fact that 
they are certainly eating each other up. 
Mr. Titcomb: No doubt of it. I think the question raised 
by Mr. Brown is important. It has been my experience that it 
is almost impossible to get these applicants for fish to read any 
directions when they get the fish; they won’t look at the direc- 
tions on the can. If it was not for the expense, I would advocate 
having the bureau of fisheries plant its own fish, have the mes- 
sengers carry them and put them into the waters. Of course we 
do that with the great proportion of our commercial fishes, 
but in assigning bass and trout and fish of that character we do 
not. But the applicants always receive general directions about 
planting fish in the notice which is sent out with the other par- 
ticulars after their application has been filed. 
