this with some of the prepared game foods will insure 

 success at the hands of an intelligent attendant who has 

 the faculty of close observation and enthusiasm in his 

 make up. In time, the correct supplementary food will be 

 discovered, so that as a perfect substitute it can be used 

 in tiines when weather conditions may cause a scarcity 

 of the natural food of the young grouse. 



Young stock intended for breeding in pens should be 

 pinioned about twenty-four hours after hatching. 



This operation incurs no risk when performed by ex- 

 perienced hands. It eliminates any danger of birds be- 

 ing hurt during flight. Full winged grouse take sudden 

 flights in pen in play, and at great speed, where-by they 

 are often injured by striking the wire. 



Fish 



The Honorable Hugh M. Smith, Commissioner of Fish- 

 eries, Department of Commerce, writes as follows: 

 "My dear Mr. Walcott: 



Your letter was duly received and has been having my 

 careful attention. I hope it may be possible for you to 

 come to Washington in order to talk over Connecticut 

 fishery matters. Meanwhile, I am glad to give you my 

 views on several of the points raised in your letter. 



In my opinion it would be a mistaken policy and a waste 

 of money, time, and effort to attempt to establish in Con- 

 necticut waters the chinook or other Pacific salmons. The 

 Connecticut River is no longer suitable for any migratory 

 fish because of the large amount of tradewaste discharged 

 into it and because of barriers below the sections to which 

 such fish would have to go for spawning purposes. For 

 a number of years various eastern states have developed 

 a kind of mania for Pacific salmons for both the interior 

 and costal waters, when there was not the slightest rea- 

 son to expect that such fishes could be established. Par- 

 ticularly objectionable has been the planting of chinook 

 salmon in inland lakes where the salmon have quickly 

 cleaned out the native trout and other fishes and have 

 then promptly disappeared from the scene, because, as it 



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