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pond. I do not thiuk it worth while to send any more salmon- 

 eggs to this State unless it be in the way of experiment, as tbis is the 

 only water suited to their development. It discharges itself after a 

 course of six miles into the Sandusky Bay, thence into Lake Erie. It 

 has four dams in this short distance, and I doubt if a law could be 

 passed at present to oblige the construction of fishways. 



E. STERLING. 

 Professor S. F. Bated, 



United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 



E— WlSCOiS^SIX. 



An arrangement was made with Mr. H. F. Dousmau, of "Waterville, 

 Wis., to afford two troughs in his hatching-house for the care of the sal- 

 mon-ova to be supplied for the State of Wisconsin. As the Eastern 

 States had assumed the expense of the care of the eggs and the dis- 

 tribution of the young fish from the hatching-house to the waters in 

 which the}' were to be placed, it was thought desirable that the Western 

 States should show a like amount of public spirit, though they were 

 not as well prepared, having neither fishery commissioners nor funds 

 appropriated for the purpose of fish-hatching. Several gentlemen of 

 Wisconsin were consulted by letter and in i^erson, and a bill appropriat- 

 ing §500 for the purpose was presented to the State legislature and 

 passed, affording more than sufficient means to carry out the work for 

 the season. Among those who were active in obtaining the appropria- 

 tion were Dr. J. W. Hoyt, president of the Wisconsin Academy of 

 Science and Art; Dr. I. A. Lapham, of Milwaukee; and Hon. L. J. Far- 

 well, of Madison. 



The first lot of spawn, 9,000 eggs, was received March 3, in very good 

 condition, only 100 dead ones being found among them. A second lot 

 came to hand on the 10th of the month, about 18,000 eggs, and with 

 350 dead ones. A third lot of 13,000 arrived March 19, with 1,000 of 

 them dead. The spawn were received at Milwaukee and cared for be- 

 tween that place and Waterville, under the direction of Dr. I. A. Lap- 

 ham. 



Mr. Dousman was in correspondence with Mr. Atkins, of Bucksport, 

 Me., with reference to the care of the eggs, and gave them his personal 

 care and attention. On the 13th of March, the first young fish made 

 its appearance, and before the last of the month all of the first lot were 

 hatched. By the 1st of April, the second lot were also hatched, and 

 within a few days all of the eggs remaining good were hatched. 



Mr. Dousman started with 7,000 young fish on the IGth of April for 

 the Menomonee River, and on the 17th turned them into the stream. 

 They were put into the river at a rapids where the bottom was rocky, 

 and which he deemed a favorable x>lace for the young salmon. 



