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~, ~`~~ <br />The feeding test in the 10' x 2.5' x 2' tank appeared to be more suc- <br />cessful as to the number of fry that died in a two week feeding period. irs- <br />timations and counts of dead fry removed when tanks were cleaned ranged from <br />0 to SO per day. Most generally mortalities ranged from 8 to 20 per day. <br />The major problem encountered was the saran cloth that covered the screen <br />plugged easily and quickly, Only once did the screen plug and overflow. <br />An estimate of 5,000 to 10,000 fry were lost down the drain. When fry were <br />enumerated and stocked about. 8,500 were missing from the tank. This method <br />of starting fry worked well, with the exception of the plugged screen, to <br />' to hold the fry until adequate zooplankton had developed in the pond for <br />the fry to be stocked. hopefully, this method will not be necessary in <br />the future years. <br />Rearing Ponds for Fry. ', <br />A 0.1 surface acre pond was started filling on February 27. Fertiliza- <br />tion used was 100 pounds of manure and 80 pounds of 18-46-0 on the pond <br />bottom before filling, and weekly treatments of 20 pounds manuare and 30 <br />pounds 18-46-0. Water temperatures were in the low 50° range which was <br />not conducive to plankton production. <br />The fry were fed in a holding house tank on 50% protein trout starter <br />diet until March 23 at which time plankton samples whoed that there was <br />enough plankton to support the fry. After stocking, samples were taken and <br />stomach analysis showed that the majority of food items eaten for the first <br />three weeks were rotifers. <br />GENERAL OBSERVATIONS <br />Razorback sucker adults are very docile and present little problem in <br />handling. The method of grasping the fish on the Caudle peduncle area and <br />17 <br />