180 Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting 
Mr. Titcomb: Have you ever tried the speckled cat? 
A. No, we have tried the channel cat, but cannot keep them. 
, Mr. Lydell: I went to Mr. Morcher’s station about this time 
last year and he certainly has one of the greatest propositions for 
bass I ever saw, though they do not ship any bass during the 
summer, but wait till the fall. Of course, they do not have the 
waters to look after that we do in Michigan; the lakes are so 
very scattering that a few carloads of fish take care of nearly all 
the inland waters, I think. 
Mr. Morcher: Last year we furnished all applicants, but the 
year before we did not, and everybody seemed to be well pleased, 
except a few wanted all bass and got some catfish. Then I had 
plenty of them to put around in Madison county where 1 get my 
own fall and winter food. 
Mr. Bassett: I would like to ask Mr. Morcher what he knows 
about the quality of the flesh of fish when prepared for the table, 
where this food, or other prepared food, is used, as~compared 
with those fed on liver. 
Mr. Morcher: I cannot say. I have had no experience in 
that ne. 
I had a misfortune last year in emptying one of my ponds. 
I think Mr. Lydell saw the fish. There were 170 in the pond, 
small mouth bass. We went there June 5th, about 6 o’clock in 
the evening, and I wanted to get this water on the inside of the 
fence, so that none of the fish would be caught with the seepage 
out of it during the night, and I drew from the top of the water 
to the bottom of the pond, six and a half feet, but left three and 
half feet of water in the deepest part of the pond. I also was very 
cautious about getting the moss, cutting out these runways to the 
deep water, and all around the outer edge, to prevent my bass 
from getting in there and getting choked up, for I had a large 
quantity of hatching tubs in there. Now this was in September, 
J think about the 20th, at the time of the first frost we had wp in 
there. At 6 o'clock I left the pond seeping water from springs 
coming in from all directions, but no waters running from the 
upper pond, but plenty to maintain 170 fish with the amount of 
water they had. I went back the next morning a quarter to 
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