moral justification at the hands of society, and meets no 

 general condemnation except where it goes beyond the 

 bounds of human endurance. A few states in the Union 

 have recognized the damage arising from water pollution 

 and have made intelligent investigations for the purpose 

 of correcting the evils. 



It is claimed that more than 130,000 persons visit the 

 State of Maine every year on vacation, to fish or hunt. 

 These summer visitors bring into Maine from six to twelve 

 millions of dollars a year, or more than thirty per cent of 

 the total value of all farm crops raised in Maine. 



Many of the northern states, notably Michigan, are 

 visited in summer by legions of tourists, largely on ac- 

 count of the good angling to be had in their waters, and 

 the lakes of all America have become summer resorts for 

 an important proportion of the people. 



The Honorable R. B. Stoeckel of Norfolk, an ardent 

 fisherman, who has given much study to the protection 

 and propagation of fish: who knows intimately the fish 

 situation in Connecticut, makes the followng interesting 

 observations and recommendations: 



For The River Systems of The Connecticut River. 

 Native Trout. 



A hatchery to be centrally located, probably some- 

 where in the Farmington Valley to supply all the head 

 waters whch are yet suitable for native trout. 



Each system of head water streams to have its best 

 tributary spring brook segregated as a breeding brook, 

 to be under State control during its whole length; all 

 stocking to be done for the system in that brook and the 

 fish when large enough will stock the main system. No 

 fishing to be allowed on the breeding brook and as a mat- 

 ter of protection it must be chocked with brush and rub- 

 bish so that fishing is impossible. 



A concrete illustration for your own purposes is sup- 

 plied by an example of the system in Norfolk. If the Bob- 

 bins Brook, which is a spring brook and which breeds 

 about all the trout for the Black Berry system should be 

 chocked with brush its whole length, stocked and pro- 

 tected all the streams in the Black Berry system would 

 furnish good fishing for large trout in the Course of threfe 

 years. 



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