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PLANT, YEARLINGS WHERE NEEDED. 
BY WM. F. PAGE. 
The term “ yearling’’ as heretofore used (and as must 
fromm the necessity of the case continue to be used) is faulty 
in that it signifies only that the fish under discussion has 
reached a certain age, acquired a certain degree of intelli- 
gence, and cost a certain sum for attendance and food. 
The cost of a yearling will depend, other things being 
equal, upon the general cost of living in the locality in 
which it has been grown. The intrinsic value of the year- 
ling for stocking purposes, if normally developed and in 
health, should depend upon its size, as it certainly would 
if the fish were to be used for the table. Latitude and 
elevation above the sea regulate to a large extent the pos- 
sibilities of any particular hatchery for raising fish withina 
stated period to a given size. There is in the United States 
a variation in this respect of nearly 1,000 per cent. All 
consideration of the relative values of fry and yearlings 
for stocking purposes should be confined to the product of 
some particular hatchery or at least hatcheries under like 
climatic and hydrographic conditions. 
In the past, particularly at the last meeting, the oppo- 
nents of raising fish to yearlings prior to planting have 
used arguments which would fall under the following 
heads : 
(a) The excessive cost. 
(b) Its want of analogy to other processes. 
(c) The large number of fish which would avoidably be 
lost, and 
(d) Its want of permanent and commensurate results. 
To an answer to these points I ask your attention. 
The main element of cost heretofore discussed has been 
that of food. It is, in fact, almost, if not altogether, the 
chief factor of expense in raising from fry to yearlings. 
The attendance need not be counted (except perhaps in 
