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commissioners, it was thoroughly inspected by Dr. Tarleton H. 

 Bean, fish culturist of the State of New York, who reported 

 that the establishment of the Sandwich Trout Company's 

 hatchery had a known capacity, and that it could furnish prob- 

 ably all of the fry and fingerlings needed for the waters of the 

 State. 



A survey of the premises at Sandwich and East Sandwich 

 was made in order that the development at these stations 

 might be conducted along a clearly defined line. In furtherance 

 of this general plan, Superintendent Hitchings recommended 

 that a pipe line be installed to the supply pond, that a new 

 hatching house be built at East Sandwich and that the capac- 

 ity of the Sandwich hatchery be increased by 15 new nursery 

 ponds and 5 cement brood ponds. 



Sutton Hatchery. Owing to the fact that this hatchery is 

 jointly connected with the Sutton game farm, it is difficult to 

 differentiate between the work at the game farm and at the 

 hatchery, as the assistants, four permanent and several tem- 

 porary employees, are employed for both fish and bird work. 

 The permanent men carry on the routine work, while temporary 

 employees are employed on construction work upon the hatch- 

 ery grounds. 



In 1913 the tanks for raising fry and early fingerlings were 

 covered with a roof shelter for use in the winter, thus increas- 

 ing the capacity of the hatchery to 2,000,000, almost doubling 

 the output at a cost of not over $250. In 1914, 6 concrete 

 troughs for holding fry and young fingerlings were built, and 

 the foundations laid for 4 more at the upper end of the hatch- 

 ery grounds. Drains of vitrified pipe were laid in the bottom 

 in such a manner that each separate pool could be cleaned 

 without disturbing the others. At the head of the breeding 

 pond the stone wall was faced with concrete and the brook 

 was walled for some distance. A concrete settling tank 8 by 

 12 feet was built to form a water supply for the upper hatchery, 

 and an embankment was made to carry a line of pipe to the 

 buildings. The old wooden walls in some of the rearing pools 

 were replaced by concrete, and 2 new concrete ponds jp#e^- 

 built. 



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