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thing. That is where it should have started in two or 
three years ago. You will not find me quoted, neither in 
any paper, nor in any argument, nor anywhere else, as ad- 
vocating the stopping of the planting of fry entirely and 
going to raise yearlings—not at all. 
Mr. Pace—Me too, please. 
Mr. CLarK—I have never advocated it at all, because 
the United States Fish Commission is not doing it any- 
where, and the point is right there. We are to-day begin- 
ning to understand ourselves, as Mr. Post has stated. I 
never presented a paper on Fingerlings versus Fry, and I 
don’t think our worthy Secretary will find the original 
headed in any such way. 
Mr. Post—It got into the report that way. 
Mr. CrarkK—And I want it understood that I have ad- 
vocated the rearing of fish and the planting of larger fish, 
in a measure, instead of all fry. 
SECRETARY—The title of your paper was ‘‘ Rearing Fish 
for Distribution.” 
Mr. ViIncENT—Mr. President, I am trying to get some- 
thing out of this discussion to-day. It is new to me 
largely. The State of Ohio, which I represent, has been 
hatching fish largely for years, but it has been mainly for 
the lakes, and we are endeavoring now to get them into 
the small streams of the State. The question of the trans- 
portation of these fish after they were yearlings was spoken 
of by the gentleman who just took his seat. I will say 
that in our State we have largely free transportation, but 
it does not seem to me that that factor need to come into 
it very largely. We have to distribute the fry in that 
manner, but if the plan is more practical is what I want to 
know, to rear your fish for a time in intermediate waters ; 
that is what I want to find out. We can have those inter- 
mediate points on the streams we wish to stock, and we 
have already undertaken to establish one or two of those 
