FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. II5 



above Old Fortje, but it was September before an agreement could be reached, too 

 late to be of much service this year. This brook is a most desirable one on which to 

 locate rearing ponds, and as soon as we obtained possession, material was ordered, 

 and the foreman in charge was instructed to complete all the rearing ponds that it was 

 possible to build before freezing weather set in. The coming year will probably see 

 many thousands of fingerling brook trout raised and distributed from this new annex 

 to the Fulton Chain hatchery. 



Many improvements and repairs have been ordered for the interior of the hatchery, 

 so that more room can be provided for holding the fry until later in the spring' before 

 sending them out. All of the fry intended to be raised to fingerlings in the annexed 

 rearing ponds must necessarily have room provided for them in the hatchery, so that 

 for the first two months or more of their existence they can be cared for and fed in the 

 hatchery. 



The old plan in vogue at the Fulton Chain hatchery of keeping the breeding 

 ponds stocked, by catching the breeding trout in the adjacent lakes, has been ordered 

 stopped, and hereafter we shall raise stock fish enough to keep our ponds filled to 

 their utmost capacity. Many thousand fingerlings have been sent to the P'ulton chain 

 of lakes from the Caledonia hatchery during the past year. 



During the year there were turned out from this hatchery 53 1,000 brook trout 

 fry, 45,000 brown trout fry, 379,000 lake trout fry, 4,000,000 frost fish fry, 2,000 

 brook trout fingerlings, 500 yearling brook trout, and 75 five-year-old brook trout. 



At the Sacandaga Hatcher)-, located in the town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton 

 county, but little has been done except to save what stock fish we had at the hatchery. 

 This hatchery is so located that nothing can be done toward increasing its facilities. 

 All efTorts on the part of Foreman Boehm (and he is as conscientious and painstaking 

 as any foreman in the State) avails but little. It is impossible for him to more than 

 keep the supply even with that of the preceding year. 



This section of the country greatly needs a hatchery, but it is very expensive to 

 maintain one on the present site. It is an impossibility to raise even a few fingerling 

 trout of any kind with the present water supply. The results obtained at this 

 hatchery are very unsatisfactory. 



During the year this hatchery has turned out 110,000 brook trout fry, 38,000 

 brown trout fry, 250,000 lake trout fry, and 2,000,000 frost fish fry. 



At the Heaver Kill Hatchery, located at Rockland, Sullivan county, operations were 

 entirely suspended during about three months last summer, and the foreman and help 

 were given other work, or dropped from the pay-roll. This was necessary on account 

 of the water supply not being of the required quality to carry trout during the warm 



