68 Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting 
as many fish in the hght of the moon as they do in the dark. 
Fishermen tell the same story from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
Mr. Lydell: I would like to talk about seventeen hours on 
this subject now, but I do not see as there is any use. We are do- 
ing the best we can to educate the people as we go along to plant 
fish right. I know the people of Michigan are getting their in- 
structions with every can of fish we ship to them, and I think 
most of the people in Michigan know how to plant fish now. 
Mr. Gunckel: JI remember a few years ago down in Mont- 
gomery County, Ohio, several cans of fish were sent to the farm- 
ers who planted them in front of their farms in a stream which is 
high in the spring and lower in the summer. They were planted 
there in the early part of the season and in the latter part of the 
summer the hole was dry and the stream was dry. The next 
year when the rains and freshets came the people asked where 
the fish were. But there was no water and no fish. That is 
something that we see all through Ohio. I thing Mr. Fullerton 
is correct in saying that the people do not use enough care to see 
that the fish are properly planted, merely sending cans of fish to 
a committee of farmers or perhaps to a committee of fish-worm 
anglers; and they distribute them in the little streams in the in- 
terior, and never watch them, never see that they are even in 
deep water. I thing that should be remedied. 
While on the floor I wish to ask to be excused. I rode five 
hours to come here merely to pay my respects to this society and 
show that I am still a member. I wish to take the next train so 
that I can go back to my work and not be missed. That is the 
way a fisherman always does. 
President: Of course we will excuse Mr. Gunckel and allow 
him to go to his work, but he will be missed. 
Mr. Boardman: I would like to ask to what extent the pollu- 
tion of streams affects the propagation and the growth of the 
fish. I have always considered that the streams of New England 
which were badly polluted had a bad effect on the fish; but I 
came from a short trip in [lhnois and seeing how badly the 
water is polluted, and how plentiful the fish are, I have come to 
the conclusion that pollution of the waters has not so much to do 
