Il6 RETORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



weather, and until a change for the better is made, I would recommend the closing of 

 this hatchery for at least five months of the year. 



The output from this hatcher}- for the past year was 303,000 brook trout fry, 

 35,000 brown trout fry, and 40,000 lake trout fry. 



At the Pleasant Valley Hatchery, situated about two and one-half miles from Bath, 

 Steuben county, is located one of the three best plants owned by the State. 



At the commencement of the year additional land and water privileges were 

 purchased by the State, and $3,245 was obtained by special appropriation for building 

 breeding and rearing ponds, grading and putting the grounds in proper shape, and 

 the close of the year finds this (one of the youngest liatcheries of the State) in the 

 very front rank of production. 



The dwelling-house has been extensively repaired antl made tenable for the fore- 

 man. The grounds were drained and graded from the dwelling-house to the hatchery, 

 and about all the ponds. All of the ponds were built in the most substantial manner 

 possible, and stocked with breeding fish from Caleilonia and the Long Island 

 hatcheries. Next year will see this hatchery making almost daily shipments of fry 

 and fingerlings for nearly three months, which certainly speaks well of the location, 

 water, etc. This hatchery ranks second in the number of fingerlings on hand. 



The output from this hatchery last year was 239,000 book trout fry, 40,000 

 brown trout fry, 30,000 rainbow trout fry, 35,000 lake trout fry, 6,000 lake trout 

 fingerlings, and 118 adult black bass, and the ponds now contain nearly 40,000 

 fingerlings ready for distribution. 



At the Cold Spring Hatchery, located at the head of Cold Spring harbor, Suffolk 

 county, N. Y,, both fresh and salt water fish are hatched. 



During the year many needed improvements and additions have been made at this 

 hatchery ; I will name a few of the principal ones. 



A lobster hatchery was built on one of the docks in the harbor, and equipped for 

 the work from the main hatchery, a short distance above. The construction of several 

 new breeding ponds and the grading and filling necessary in anticipation of still 

 further enlargement of the ground and ponds in the future, have been accomplished. 

 In the hatcher}- proper all of the available space has been filled with additional 

 hatching troughs. A hot-water s}'stem of heating the building has also been placed 

 in position. With all of these additions, another year will see fish going out from this 

 hatchery, and into the public waters of the State, for nearly six months of the year. 



The following figures will show what gratif}-ing results were attained during the 

 year ending September, 30, 1896, and there still remain in the ponds for distribution 

 something like 30,000 fingerlings. The output of ever}- kind of fish from this 

 hatchery last year was far above an\- pre\ious }-ear. It was as follows: 883,000 



