Excerpt from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society: Twentieth Annual Meeting We are in a lull as regards fish cultural work here, but the aquaria will probably interest members, and I would like you to look into our pond culture with the shad. We have about 2,000,000 in the West Pond near the monument, and probably half will survive and be turned out in the Potomac as fish three inches long. When we make this system general in our rivers, and pursue on a sufficiently large scale, I hardly see any limit to the abundance we can create. Similar methods will doubtless be applied in time to the salmon, whitefish, and pike-perch. I think it will be of interest to call the attention of members to this work. I shall urge the broadening of our organization so as to invite and include in its membership individuals and representatives of all associations, societies, or clubs interested in the fisheries, whether from a practical, economic, scientific, or sentimental standpoint. It would be a great thing to accomplish under your administration. It would lift us at once from a society of fish culturists to a plane of the Deutsche Fischerei Verein. Such an organization, popularized and exploited as it may be, would attract to its membership men of influence and character in all professions and business pursuits, and would become a power in directing, influencing, and controlling public opinion. It is a matter of profound regret to me that I cannot be with you, as I have many things to talk about. Yours faithfully, Marshall McDonald. Mr. Kauffmann, from the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club, addressed the Society, reciting what had been done towards arranging for the entertainment of the members, and extended the invitation from the Club to dine at Harvey's on Wednesday evening. On motion of Dr. Cary, of Georgia, the invitation to dine was accepted with thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.