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age when three years old, although they will increase in size until 
four or five years old. In the lakes their average size is about 
two and one-half pounds. 
The question maybe asked, What waters are suitable for white- 
fish, and should be stocked with them ? They require deep,, 
clear water, with gravelly or rocky bottom. These conditions are- 
fulfillel in all the large lakes, and also in very many of the in¬ 
land lakes. For instance, in New York state alone, we have six: 
hundred and forty-seven lakes, of which at least one hundred are 
well adapted to the growth of this fish. Of these lakes, perhaps fifty 
either are now, or have been in times past, the home of some va¬ 
riety of white-fish. But in none of the inland lakes of New 
York are they now to be caught in paying quantities. Think 
how much would be added to the wealth of New York state 
alone if these one hundred inland lakes were stocked to their full 
capacity. 
In reference to our large lakes there is one point which will have- 
to be settled before any attempts at stocking are made. As these 
lakes form, in part, the boundary between Canada and the United' 
States, and as the Canadians have, of course, an equal chance at 
the fish, some arrangement must be made whereby they shall pay 
their share of the expense, or do their portion of the work. I am 
happy to say that the project is favorably considered by the 
Canadian authorities having charge of fish interests, and it is 
probable that a fair compact can be made. 
As to the proper methods of restocking the lakes, the details 
only are now a matter of experiment. The great facts are estab¬ 
lished and ready for use. It is likely that the hatching houses' 
should be placed at the point where the eggs are taken, since it is 
much easier to transport the young fish than to transport the eggs.. 
The first costs more, but in the long run is probably least destruc¬ 
tive. In closing this section, I wish to insist upon one thing. If 
any attempt is made to restock the great lakes, or any one of them, 
means enough must be provided to do it fully and completely.. 
There is no possible good in dribbling a few thousand fish yearly 
into a hundred-mile lake, and the money used in such a way is 
simply wasted. 
There is one curious fact about the white-fish which I have- 
