The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-09-15
SpOrtsmen's Field
Day In the Rain
(Contiued from Page y
Stribution of the FRY.

distribution of the fry.
Arthur F. Stone, the secretary
I of the organization, reported a
present membership of 400 and
/ said that eight towns were repres-
ented at the field day. He refer
red to the fact that the organiza-
! ton was affiliated with the Yer
mont Fish and Game League and
the American Protective associa-
ton and that it was never Ia d
more fourishing condition than at
the present time.
DR.. H. NJ. Smith of Lyndonville
vice president, had his usual good
stories and made the suggestion
that a membership committee be
appointed from each town " in
crease the efficiency of the organi-
cation.
Supt. A. H. Dinsmore first des-
cribed the successful experiment
Of planting an Almost inaccessible
stream in the Yellowstone park
this summer with eyed trout eggs
instead of fry. By packing $4,000
of these eyed eggs on a horse and
transporting them 50 miles, the
spot was reached in the park
where he was met by Mr.. Irish
man of the park officials and the
party then carried them to their
destination. Mr.. Dinsmore then
described how the eggs were burr
ed in the sand of the stream and
about eight days later when he
visited the various localities where
they had been planted he found
the eggs had Matched and that the
young fry were doing fine, M
Dinsmore then spoke of the SPLEEN
did work that had already been
accomplished in the White Noun
tain forest where in 10000 acres
there are already II miles of
streams closed to fishing. He said
the first year nearly half million
seggs had been Matched and next
season they expected to hatch sew
eral million. He was confident
that this would 1e the great
breeding station of the United
States for in all of his % years of
experience as a ash culturist he
had never seen better results.
He then suggested that if the
club could finance the purchase of
trout eggs in addition to the al
lotment that they would get from
the state and national hatcheries
next spring he would be glad to
hatch the eggs for them at the
government station.
President Merrill reminded the
members that there was a large
tract of forest in CRANKY and Fer
dinand that the government would
like to add to the White Noun
tain forest, but this could not be
done until the Vermont Legisla-
ture had passed an act that would
make the Weeks enabling act av-
ailable.
league was representated by Geo.
+. Carpenter of Montpelier, the
The eVrmont Fish and Game
secretary of the organization. Mr.
Carpenter spoke of what the diff
ferent clubs in the state were do
ing to conserve the first and game
and of the necessity of cooper
tanned in the next legislature. He
said the only way to protect the
fish and game was to educate our
selves and the coming generation.
The League, he said, had a legis-
lative committee consisting of NJ.
H. Alexander of st. Adams, James
Dewey of Quechee and L. A. kel-
ty of Montpelier and any organi-
cation that had any suggestions
for legislation should get in touch
with that committee.
William Peck of Sheffield, the
well-known game warden, spoke
briefly of the need of cooperation
with all sportmen in seeing that
the game laws were enforced. He
said it was extremely difficult to
cover so much territory and he
asked all the members to help him
and promptly report any viola
tons of the law.
President Merrill announced
that the State fish and game COM
missioner, Capt. H. P. Sheldon,
could not be present but that he
had sent as his representative,
William H. Morrill,, the English
pheasant expert of the depart
ment. Mr.. Morrill, then spoke
most Interestingly and informing
ly on the breeding of the phea-
SAINTS. He said that the depart
ment set 5000 eggs the past ca
son and had released 1900 birds.
He hoped that next ear they
could do two or three times bet
ter, but that much depended
upon the weather conditions. In
New York the best results are OBJ
tanned in the northern counties
where the weather is unusually
severe in the winter and where
the birds arc fed and thrive at40
below zero Wcat her. He said that
some of the old birds in Vermont
must have come from the original
stock reared by DR.. w. S. Webb
of Shelburne some 20 years ago.
After his address he was question
ed both as to pheasant culture and
the matter Of prohibiting fshino
in streams.
At the conclusion of his adj