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Mr. Clark: Were not those eggs from one fish ? 
Mr. Fullerton: No, they were from three fish. One was a 
good sized fish and the other two small. 
Mr. Lydell: A man can select one or two females and males 
and perhaps hatch 95 per cent of a quart of eggs; but in taking 
a big lot of eggs, the biggest I ever had was on the St. Clair river, 
which was 75 per cent. 
Mr. Clark: I am of the opinion that in special cases, with 
special fish or something of the kind, it is possible to do what 
Mr. Fullerton has done, and perhaps it might be raised to 100 
per cent. 
I do not think that the attention is what gave Mr. Fullerton 
95 per cent. It was a special lot of special fish sorted out for 
that purpose. 
Mr. Fullerton: I will make an experiment on a larger scale, 
and I think the results will be the same with the same care. 
Mr. Downing: Almost every year I have a few individual 
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jars that turn out anywhere from 50 to 80 or 85 per cent, and 
they are of good quality; and I cannot account for it except that 
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