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Mr, George Kelsey, a neiglibor, and they will be very much needed 

 in further pond repair work. 



]^ew line fences must be built in the early spring. A motor 

 boat and a horse and wagon are very much needed. Plenty of 

 brood bass can be caught, but a boat and a horse are necessary to 

 get them to the station. The barn needs repairs and an ice house 

 should be built this winter. — Reported by ^Vallace D. Rhines, 

 Acting Foreman, Ogdenshurg, N. Y. 



NOTES ON SPECIES 



Rosy Faced Minnow (Notropis ruhrifrons) 

 Foreman Dan E. Miller contributes the following notes on this 

 beautiful little minnow : 



" In regard to the rosy faced minnow, I find on or about 

 July 6, 1914, these fish were found in a small bay west of Ange- 

 vine's, on the north shore of Oneida lake. I sent my son to get 

 some of them, which I sent to you. I find that, on July 20th, 

 in using these minnows for black bass bait, in placing them on 

 the hook, the spawn came from them very freely. They are very 

 quick and lively fish. When taken out of the water the back is 

 green, sides and belly silvery, fins yellow, nose and nape covered 

 with small prickles, nose and face pinkish. This is a very pretty 

 fish, about three to four inches long. 



These minnows have never been seen in this lake before, and 

 we presume they have worked up from Lake Ontario through the 

 Barge canal (Oswego river) to Three River Point, then up Oneida 

 river into the lake. At the time they were used for bait, the bass 

 struck them several times, and in any ordinary fishing season I 

 would expect to hear of good catches from them." 



Shad 



Permits to catch shad on Friday and Saturday nights for the 

 purpose of furnishing eggs to the Linlithgo station were issued 

 on May 1, 1914, to Albert Munson, of Port Ewen, and Jacob 

 Pindar, of Rhinecliff. The season was a very unfavorable one, 

 and the number of eggs secured was small ; but the Pennsylvania 

 Commission of Fisheries gave the State 1,000,000 fry in exchange 



