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Mr. Pace—We are averaging of yearlings, twelve 
months old fish, and we raise them as large as anybody in 
the world, from sixty to one hundred fish in the ordinary 
round can 
Mr. MatHer—How many gallons? 
Mr. Pace—That same old can. 
Mr. MatrHer—How far do you carry them ? 
Mr. PaGe—Some up in Minnesota and some away South. 
Mr. CLrarkK—I will say that I took 1,060 year old lake 
trout to Washington, and they were in ten cans, and I 
landed them in Washington with just 1,010 fish ; and they 
were carried in an old-fashioned baggage car. The matter 
of expense in transportation, it seems to me, to-day with 
most of the State Commissions, as well as with the United 
States Commission, as they are carried in our cars, is very 
slight. We receive free transportation over most of the 
railroads, and I don’t think that should be taken very 
much into consideration. 
I think your letter from California stated that they had 
five thousand dollars for their hatchery. Now, you take 
the most of your State hatcheries, and suppose you don’t 
have but five thousand dollars for your hatchery, and you 
handle from two to four millions of eggs, and that includes 
your superintendent’s salary—that is about the way they 
run. The superintendent can with that much money raise 
from 175,000 to 200,000 yearlings, in addition to his regular 
trout work. I have got the figures to show that, too. 
Mr. Post—I have been very much interested in the 
paper of Mr. Page, and it has thrown some light upon the 
subject, probably, of the better way of feeding and raising 
fry to yearlings. It is very interesting in that respect, 
and is the result of actual experiment, which ought to be 
correct. 
The aspect which the case now assumes, however, is 
quite a different one from what it appeared to be two years 
ago and a year ago. Then it was yearlings versus fry, 

