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very much less of hunting and fishing at during the close season. To forbid the 

 home. If his warfare upon game or fish taking of fish in a foreign country or in 

 is carried on in a foreign country or in another State, where it is lawful, by our 

 another State, it would seem to be unwise own citizens, during the season, or the 

 to prevent him for the purpose of pro- possession within the State of what is so 

 tecting fish and game at home. The game taken, tends to exterminate rather than 

 law that cuts off the supply from abroad protect fish here. The legislator who 

 diminishes, rather than increases and pro- would protect the forests of this State 

 tects, the supply at home. Legislation by prohibiting the importation of lumber 

 that would prohibit the defendant from or timber from Canada or from other 

 drawing a supply of fresh fish from Can- States would be rated as a visionary 

 ada during the close season simply fur- theorist, but in a certain degree that is 

 nishes a strong temptation to procure it the principle upon which the argument 

 from the waters of this State, even in for the People in this case proceeds for 

 violation of law. It is said that there is the protection of fish and game. What 

 a passion inherent in man to kill or cap- is true with respect to the forests is 

 ture game, in spite of penal laws forbid- equally true of every other natural prod- 

 ding it. If that be so, it would seem to uct of the soil or of the waters of the 

 be wisdom to allow the passion to expend State, so that it is plain that the plain- 

 itself by permitting those who enjoy it to tiff's theory of this case, when put into 

 capture and become possessed of fish or complete operation all around the bound- 

 game in Canada, or in other States where aries of the State, would, instead of pro- 

 the law permits it, rather than furnish tecting fish and game, go far to exter- 

 a temptation to violate the law at home minate both." 



THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF FOODS FOR RAINBOW 

 TROUT AND OTHER SALMONOIDS. 



By Charles L. Paige. 



To demonstrate the comparative value influences, climatic or aquatic conditions,. 

 •of different kinds of food for young sal- prevailing habits of the fishes, and many 

 monoids with any degree of exactness other circumstances for consideration, 

 must necessarily entail very patient and After experiments and study covering 

 careful investigation. The fishes experi- a period of many years, supplemented by 

 :mented with will have to be maintained close observation of the fish in small 

 in separate pools, under identical pro- areas of inclosed water, I can suggest no 

 -visions of environment, water supply and new form of food artificially prepared 

 area, temperatures, and the possible sup- superior in any respect to that commonly 

 plies' of natural food carried by or exist- used in most hatcheries where young sal- 

 ing in the water or in the pools them- monoids are fed. For fry I should pre- 

 selves. Where there exists wide diver- f er these foods in the order here named : 

 sity of opinion as to food values for the 1. Raw beef liver, finely ground, for 

 higher orders of animals, to demonstrate the first five days or week, 

 the values of such atomic particles as are 2. Fresh lean meat finely ground, 

 collected by the young fish will tax the 3. Any available fresh lean meat mixed 

 powers of the most exact scientific analy- with increasing portions of wheat mid- 

 sis. Any demonstration of the mainte- dlings, fed either in the raw state or after 

 nance of the fishes will in itself be sub- being cooked as a mush, 

 ject to question as to specific hereditary In the preparation of any meat food 



