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tions being impossible. Pond No. 2 is, for at least one- 
quarter of its area, less than 6in. in depth, containing 
considerable aquatic flora and breeding no little natural 
food. 
NEOSHO, MO., JAN. 25, 1892. 
Specimens of trout shipped from Neosho to Washington, 
D. C., Jan. 25, 1892, to be cast for the Worlds Fair. 
No. 1. Male fish, rainbow trout, hatched from eggs re- 
ceived from Wytheville Station in January, 1890. Weight, 
30 OZ. ; age, 2 years. 
No. 2. Same as No.1. Weight, 21 oz. 
No. 3. Brook trout, hatched from eggs received from 
Northville Station, January 25, 1891. Weight, 60z.; age, 
12 months. 
No. 4. Same as No. 3. Weight, 6.5 oz. 
No. 5. Von Behr trout (S. fario), hatched from eggs re- 
ceived from Northville Station February 5,1891. Weight, 
3.5 0z.; age, 11 months. 
No. 6. Same as No. 5. Weight, 3.5 0z. 
No. 7. Rainbow trout, hatched from eggs received from 
Wytheville Station, January 17, 1891. Weight, 30z. ; 
age, 12 months. 
No. 8. Same as No. 7. Weight, 1.5 oz. 
DISCUSSION UPON MR. PAGE’S PAPER. 
Mr. MatHeR—I did not take any notes during the read- 
ing of Mr. Page’s paper, except some mental ones. I 
rather expected to hear from Mr. Clark upon this subject, 
and I wanted him to get up and say something. Dr. Cary 
said that there would be no fun unless Mr. Clark and I 
had our little sparring match. 
One thing, however, occurred to me during the reading 
of the paper, and that was, that if we stock a stream with 
yearlings and those yearlings breed in that stream, and 
their fry succeed in making a living of it, why would not 
the fry which might be introduced from the hatcheries 
