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tion, and not a general standard. I do not think it is safe to have 
a general standard, and the Bureau of Fisheries does not want 
any more eggs planted or distributed on paper than are actually 
put out; and that is so also of a good many states; I want to 
emphasize the fact that there are a good many states where they 
can make 309 or 400 per cent. of fingerling fish out of 100 per 
cent. of eggs, and we know that they have not had any eggs ex- 
cept those that have been sent to them; but this difficulty in 
measuring is another matter. We want to find a measure that 
will not vary. We have discussed different ways, we have dis- 
cussed having a quart measure that tapers to a small diameter 
at the top, as the variation is, of course, very largely in the filling 
up at the top. 
Mr. Nevin: The pike eggs we get at Lake Winnebago run 
120,000 to the quart, while those we get at Tomahawk Lake run 
80,000 to the quart. 
Mr. F. R. Bassett: I would like to ask Mr. Titcomb regard- 
ing the separation of eggs by salt, if the floating eggs will re- 
main floating during an indefinite time, or will they eventually 
sink ? 
Mr. Titcomb: I cannot answer that accurately.. My im- 
pression is that they do not; that they sink. 
Prof. Reighard: ‘There is one other point in Mr. Titcomb’s 
paper that interested me, viz: the finding of eggs and two 
different stages of fry in a single bass nest. It seems that this 
occurred in lakes where bass where very numerous, where there 
was overcrowding. Now, from what I know of the habits of bass 
and the other fish of that family, I take it that the male fish 
guarding the nest will continue to receive females, as long as 
there are females available, within certain time limits. It is 
simply a question of the number of females. As a practical 
point the condition referred to may perhaps be prevented by 
avoiding overcrowding. This might be a very serious matter, 
because very likely the old fish leaves the nest as soon as the 
first of the young are ready to leave and leaves the younger part 
of the brood to perish in the nest. 
