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~Hoxie cooked them, and he set to work to test them. 
So his son covered his eyes and he took pieces of each, 
and he got the thing reversed right around, and declared 
that the tame trout was the finest trout he ever tasted! 
The artificial trout was the one he picked out for the 
wild trout. And he said that he would never say again 
that a man’s taste was keen enough to tell the differ- 
ence. 
Mr. PoweLtt—In regard to this question of food for 
fishes, being one of the Commissioners of the State, I 
represent and we get applications many times for five, or _ 
six, or eight cans of trout fry. The question is whether 
it is wise to give them so many, whether there is food 
enough for them. We get applications for five or ten 
cans where there is not enough for two. It is an inter- 
esting question which has been put to me before by cor- 
respondence from different parts of the country. I 
would like to have some persons who are more familiar 
with this question to express their views. 
Mr. FarrsanKs—Suggest that the applications give 
you some account of the stream they are going to put 
the fry in, and the food that is there. If they are inter- 
ested enough for five or ten cans they ought to be inter- 
ested enough to give such particulars. 
Mr. PoweLtt—tThe people are anxious to get as much 
as they can for nothifig. They use fictitious names for 
themselves and for the streams also. If we do not send 
what they ask for, we are abused day in and day out. 
Only last night I received a communication from the 
Senator of Lucerne County, in the State I represent, 
complaining that they do not get enough trout fry. 
Mr. FairsanKs—There ought to be an investigation 
to arrive at some sort of knowledge as to the character 
of the stream. It might be as well for the commission 
to spend half of their money in investigating the charac- 
ter of the streams. 
Mr. PoweLtt—The point was put before our legis- 
