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water was so warm and muddy that the eggs fungussed and per- 
ished. It may be necessary to handle these fish the same as trout 
or landlocked salmon, instead of by intensive pond culture. The 
conditions under which catfish have been held at the various 
ponds have not been entirely similar, and it may be well to re- 
port them. 
At Fishery, Tennessee, a brood stock were retained in a 
pond 200 feet by 10 feet, with a water supply of about 20 gallons 
per minute. The fish are said to be fat and in good condition, 
but have not been known to take artificial food since their ar- 
rival at the station. 
At White Sulphur Springs a brood stock was received Janu- 
ary 19)5, and placed in a pond about .66 acres in area, and four 
and one-half feet in depth at the outlet, running about eight 
inches in depth in the shallow parts. The bottom !s made of clay 
and sandy soil. The water supply varies from 25 to 75 gallons 
per minute. The fish appear to be in very good condition. 
At Wytheville a brood stock purchased from a dealer on 
New River, December, 1902, were first placed in a pond of 
about 20 feet by 100 feet, supphed with water from a spring. In 
April 1903, they were transferred to two breeding ponds which 
had been prepared for them. One of these ponds was about 40 
feet by 80 feet, with a water depth of 6 inches to 5 feet, and a 
gravelly clay bottom. The other pond ranged from 6 inches to 
3 feet in depth, and of about the same area and a meadow loam 
bottom. Both ponds are nearly rectangular in shape, and had a 
water supply of about 60 gallons per minute. The following 
year the fish were all placed in one pond 60 by 110 feet, with 
a water depth ranging from six inches to three and one-half feet. 
The bottom was meadow loam with some bulrushes and other 
plant life in the shallow bottom. The water supply was about 
70 gallons per minute. During the past season the fish were 
planted in a pond of about 1175 square feet in area, somewhat 
rectangular ‘n shape with the water depth ranging from 6 inches 
to 4 feet. The bottom was chiefly meadow loam, but with solid 
places where the top soil was removed. The pond is well supplied 
with plants, and the water supply averages about 100 gallons 
per minute. The fish have never been known to spawn. 
At the Fish Lakes station 50 spotted catfish from 12 to 16 

