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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



TESTING A I.AND-LOCKED OR SEBAGO SALMON AT GRAND LAKE STREAM, MAINS, TO 



de;t]5rmine; whkthe;r its eggs are ripe 



as"^h^w^n^n^'l!"^.PK1°'^"''^ ^"^ P^^"^'^' ^"""^ ^he fiscal year 1910 another 



as shown m the table: record will be made, and the output will 



S ec- ^'^^^'"^'^I'y of Output, igog exceed that of the previous year by sev- 



SalmoTs" ^^"t^^ ^^^^ hundred million. A very significant 



Trouts .";.■;;; 7^810 7o P°^"^ ^" connection with these figures is 



Whitefishes !!;!".■;;.■;;.■.■ 419 665 ooo ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ government not engaged in 



PrLi ■■ ■ ■; • • k 57,378,000 this work about 95 per cent of the food- 



pE prrch ' < ''599'i9S fish shown would never have existed at 



Yellow perch .W'. " oJt'§^?'T ^'^' because they would have been sent to 



wh/e Perch :::::::::;::::: 343:262:650 "^^^^^^ ^^ ^e form of eggs. 



ppj. V 184,426,000 While the bureau does not lay undue 



Other%shes 786,626,000 stress on mere numbers and considers 



Lobster ....:::::::::::; iSIm mo *^^ ^'^^^'^^ °^ *^ ^^^ ^"^ ^^e conditions 



n. , ' ' '- i^^^"^— under which they are planted as of para- 



3,107,131,910 mount importance, the foregoing fio^ures 



