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feeding race. That this is really the case I can well conceive, 
from the experience I have had with trout in many ways. There 
is a remedy for it, however. I am quite convinced of this, 
although the application requires a little working out yet. We 
know quite sufficient to be assured of the fact, and have already 
learned a good deal regarding the training of fish. A vast deal 
more may be looked for from the fish culture of the future than 
from that of the past. Many difficulties that existed a few years 
ago have been overcome, and barriers to progress that at one time 
appeared insurmountable have, by patient endurance and repeated 
and untiring effort, been driven to the vanishing point. 
Fish culture has been sneered at by some who failed in their 
first attempts, and cases have occurred where, through ignorance 
or careless working, the great results looked for and perhaps 
promised by the enthusiast have not been realised, but this is only 
what might have been expected. I have repeatedly seen cases in 
which individuals who have perhaps read some fish-cultural work, 
or found an interesting paper on the subject in one of our 
magazines, have at once come to the conclusion that fish could 
be produced by the million for the expenditure of a trifling’ 
amount. It is needless to say that the work of such enthusiasts, 
entered into very often without even a single consultation with an 
expert, often results in failure and brings discredit upon a good 
cause. It is a well-known truism that where one man can 
live well another will starve, and this certainly applies to fish 
culture. 
The idea that the making of a pond and the turning in of a 
lot of fish is all that is necessary must be exploded, and the work 
begun on right lines and under careful supervision. It will then 
be likely to produce results that will be gratifying to the promoter, 
and which will inspire confidence in the looker-on. To work out 
all the ramifications of the subject must be left to a few only, who 
are willing to make it their life work, but on the results of their 
labours may be built up a mass of information which will enable 
good work to be done where formerly it was unthought of. With 
a view to the improvement and promotion of the work, the Solway 
Fishery has been thrown open as a school of fish culture, and 
already this step is bearing good fruit. How gladly some of us a 
