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time the fish culturists thought that the large fish were the ones 
that ate these small fish, but instead of that the small fish really 
ate each other. Now we take away those enclosures as fast as 
they rot out because they are of no advantage. 
Mr. Fullerton: You let the parent fish and the small fish go 
right together ? 
Mr. Titcomb: Yes 

that is for the large mouth bass. 
Seeretary Peabody: Question number 7 is: “Do you approve 
of feeding your brood fish between the seasons of spawning ?” 
Mr. Clark: Certainly. 
Secretary Peabody: Question number 8 is: “Do you in your 
pond work find it necessary to clean your ponds every season 
after getting rid of your young fish ?” 
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Mr. Lydell: J clean mine if necessary, and if not, I do not. 
IT think a man should use his own judgment in regard to that. 
If his ponds need cleaning let him cleam them. 
Mr. Clark: That has reference either to cleaning out refuse 
or cleaning it from the last fish. If from the latter, most certain- 
ly; and draw them dry if you can. 
Secretary Peabody: Question 3 is: “Have you ever trans- 
ferred black bass fry, just after they rise from the nest, to nursery 
ponds, and held until two to four inches long, and with what re- 
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sults: 
Mr. Clark: I answered that question at our meeting either 
yesterday or the day before, when I stated that I had transferred 
10,000 fish to a pond, and we counted out 8,325 number two 
fingerling fish from that number. 
Mr. Titcomb: That is the small mouth bass ? 
Mr. Clark: Yes. 
Mr. Lydell: But he speaks of large mouth—there is great 
difference between transferring large mouth and small mouth 
bass—there is more loss in the former. 
Mr. Fullerton: Do you think that the draining of the ponds 
after taking the fry out and putting the adult fish in another 
