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Show inches. When lies pond was recently cleaned out tt was estimated that more than 30.004 of the fry were alive, and ranged In length from a finger to tghr Inches. Similar ejperimente have been -onducted during the past two year, gnd Mr. Chambers says with equally successful success-ful reaults. The commissioner IS srranglng to have one or two of these ponds built In eah important stream In the state and to plant from 5o. OOn to 70.000 fry every year Tlieae fish will be fed and cared for from five to six months, after which time they will be turned too in the large st re me. Juet before oM weather. The work of planting will he done some) time in July. RETAfwivc povns PROVE SUCCESSFUL Such eiiTtplinnalhcVgood reealts have been obtained through hla experiments with -'retaining" ponds for fish that Fred W. Chambers, state fish snd game commissioner. laa decided to continue the work A 'etalnlng pond wss built In Fountain Ureen Tek Ksnpeie county, about ne ear ago. In which was planted approxlmsteiy 40.000 trout fry. ranging In length from one and one-half to two |