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122 show that the loss by this means is prodigious. We are credibly informed that practically the whole output of some - hatcheries has been devoured by schools of trout that lie in wait for the feast thus provided for them by a paternal government. The fisherman, with as much truth as sarcasm, compare the present methods to those of an orchardist who should make no attempt to combat scale and codlin moth hut rely on enlarging his nursery to replace he ruined trees. Removal of the close season against trout on hatchery stream would probably suffice. If not, tile hatchery men might be empowered to do a little judicious gillnetting for trout in the neighborhood of hatchery grounds. These measures against trout in hatching streams should not affect the protection of the prince of game fish on other streams.