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starvelings or weak fish, and the advantage accruing in long dis- 
tance transportation of fry. 
Mr. Atkins: Yes, sir. 
Mr. Clark: I agree with the doctor that it is very important, 
and I would hke to ask Mr. Atkins about those lots of lake trout 
that were fed six days after they were taken from the tray. 
Mr. Atkins: They were fed when they appeared to be ready. 
We were trying them from day to day and as soon as we found 
any fish that would take the food, then these fish were fed. 
Mr. Clark: In other words, they were’ of such size that if 
you were going to distribute fry without feeding, they were ready 
to be distributed ? 
Mr. Atkins: Yes, sir. 
Mr. Clark: That is the point. ! have always advocated thai 
fry should be distributed a few days before the sac was entirely 
gone. That is the point that I wanted to make. We need not be 
in a hurry about putting our fry out, and these I understand, 
were fed six days and then went through the period of starvation. 
Mar Atkins’: — Yes.sir. 
Mr. Clark: In other words, the probabilities are that in the 
case of these fish that had been fasting nineteen days, and in- 
cluding six days of feeding, about twenty-five days would have 
elapsed after the absorption of the sac. Do you think that these 
fish would be in as-good condition to plant as fry, as they would 
if they had been taken without any feeding? That is the point 
I want to get at. 
Mr. Atkins: I hardly know how to answer that. You mean 
whether these fish after feeding and fasting would be in as good 
condition to transport and plant as though they had been taken 
in the very beg*nning ? 
Mr. Clark: Yes, sir. Your experiments showed that they 
were ready to take the food, did so, and grew rapidly. 
Mr. Atkins: For instance, the experiments show, they are in 
