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handled by the use of starch showed 73 per cent. of good 
eggs. 
It will thus be seen that the use of starch yields a uni- 
form gain of about 20 per cent., provided the eggs are held 
for four days beforeshipping. This last experiment shows 
a still further gain of 20 per cent. when the eggs are not 
shipped at all, but are allowed to hatch in the boxes. 
There is no reason known to me why this method should 
not be pursued, and the eggs carried to hatching boxes 
until ready to hatch. They could then be transported in 
order to be planted. 
I bring the method forward here in the hope that mem- 
bers of this Association will be led to test it, and I shall 
be glad to know the result of any such test. 
The reading of Prof. Reighard’s paper elicited the fol- 
lowing discussion : 
Mr. F. N. CLarK—Mr. President, I have been very much 
interested in Prof. Reighard’s paper. I wish to state in 
this connection my experience in transporting those eggs 
after they are well-developed. I have taken some of the 
pike-perch eggs from Detroit to Chicago, which were parts 
of lots that were taken by the Michigan Fish Commission 
on the St. Clair River. The last lot I brought here I de- 
livered to Mr. Ravanel, and they were well-developed 
eges, a part of them at least, and a part were not. When 
I got them here the starched eggs were very good indeed ; 
just what percentage of good eggs there were I don’t know, 
but those that were not starched were not as good, although 
they were very much better than the unstarched eggs 
brought earlier in the season, when there was no develop- 
ment at all. Some eggs, I believe, were brought the sec- 
ond day after taking, and I wish to say that I think it is 
conclusive to my mind that the moving of pike-perch eggs 
should be delayed until they are well-developed. 
In this connection, I would like to ask Prof. Reighard if 
