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27th, that Mr. Clark of the Northville Station; in an 
interview with the reporter, made the statement that he 
would rather have 100,000 fingerlings than 5,000,000 fry 
to plant in the public waters, as the 100,000 fingerlings 
will bring forth better results. If Mr. Clark’s statement 
approaches anywhere near the realms of accuracy or is 
approximately correct, | am forced to the conclusion that 
the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and 
Wisconsin must have a lot of idiots in the form of fish 
commissioners, looking after their piscicultural interests, 
as the 100,000 fingerlings can be reared and distributed 
for about one-third of what it costs to run a hatchery 
that handles 5,000,000 brook trout fry. The several 
governors of these States ought to have their attention 
called to this matter so that they could overhaul the 
commissions of their respective States for allowing such 
wasteful extravagance in the use of the public money 
placed in their charge. 
I claim that we can stock a stream with fry if they 
are properly planted in the stream or some small rivulet 
tributary to it; and that there will more fish live and thrive 
in the wild stream than Mr. Clark or any other fish- 
culturist can raise in the hatching house. 
If you wish to make a success of planting fry you 
have got to take great care in planting, and get them 
well up to the head waters. It is very seldom that 
you will find a stream but what has some spring tri. 
butary to it, and in these rivulets or springs, we always 
recommend the applicant to plant the fry. Some peo- 
ple are careless in this regard and will, for convenience 
sake, plant the fish at some road bridge crossing the 
stream. Nine times out of ten there is a large pool 
under the bridge, and at the season of the year when 
the fish are planted, the large fish seek those pools. 
Mr. Clark’s idea is that his fingerlings are large enough 
to take care of themselves, but we all know the size 
of a trout when six months old—just large enough to 
