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looked after and cared for like so many pets. They are 

 fed and nourished daily. Their growth is watched from 

 day to day and when one of those little minnows dies 

 there is positive sorrow at the station. 



Mr. Angler, do you realize when you cast your hook 

 into the stream and a trout jumps at your fly and you 

 reel in a beautiful specimen of a rainbow, a steelhead, an 

 Eastern brook, a cut-throat or any of the other game 

 fish within our waters, what has been done to make this 

 possible? You do not think of the many weeks that 

 sturdy men have stood over troughs and ponds and fed 

 and cared for that fish. But it is a fact. The men who 

 have charge of the little fish at the feeding stations are 

 as anxious that you should catch fish as you are. They 

 take a personal interest in their work. That the work of 

 propagation has attained such a marked degree of suc- 

 cess is due largely to the excellent system of taking care 

 of the young fry which is under the direction of the 

 Superintendent of Hatcheries. The men working with 

 him at the stations take a great pride in the success of 

 their own endeavors. 



All honor to these men who from day to day stand 

 over and guard the safety of our trout fry. To their 

 faithfulness and industry must be credited the abund- 

 ant supply of fish in our re-stocked streams. 



THE COMMISSION. 



The Fish and Game Commission is taking a great 

 interest in all phases of its work. 



At the head of the commission is Governor Withy- 

 combe, who has displayed a deep knowledge of the needs 

 and desires of both hunters and anglers, and who con- 



