Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...at every meeting and complete minutes of the meetings are on file in the office. INTRODUCTION The work of the Commission is steadily increasing, and there being such a broad field for its usefulness, which is so rapidly extending, much time is required to plan out the work and properly attend to the many questions which are constantly demanding attention. We are following the policy laid down by your first board, that of putting into practice the most practical propagation procedure, because we feel that our greatest field of usefulness lies in that direction. It is pleasing to us to be able to present to you in the subsequent pages the splendid advauce made in following this policy, and to demonstrate conclusively that more intensive cultural methods is worthy of the very best efforts of this board, for such will mean a hundredfold return to the people of the State. IMPROVED METHODS We quote--H. C. Mitchell, Superintendent, Clackamas (Oregon) Station and Substations, Bureau of Fisheries: "In line with the very general belief, which appears to be well substantiated by reliable investigators, that much greater returns may be expected from the planting of larger-sized fingerling fish, it has been the policy to develop facilities as rapidly as possible for this purpose. The stations in the Oregon field have an excellent record in this respect." A. E. Burdhduff, Secretary and State Game Warden, Oregon State Game Commission: "In our propagation work in Oregon we have been using the rearing pond system for many years. Wherever practical we hold a goodly number of young trout until they are a year old, releasing them direct into the streams without making any distribution elsewhere than in the streams upon which the holding ponds are located. The th...
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