294 DOMESTICATED TROUT. 



1872. 



In February, 1872, the trout and salmon from these 

 ponds took a silver medal and a bronze medal at the exhi- 

 bition of the New York State Poultry Society at Albany. 



The trout hatched out this year have done wonderfully 

 well ; up to the present time (August), very few losses in- 

 deed have occurred. 



Some of the young fry which hatched in England from 

 the eggs sent over last fall are now in possession of Her 

 Majesty Queen Victoria. The salmon hatched last year 

 (yearlings) are looking finely, although much dwarfed. In 

 June of this year, Mr. Parnaby, of Keswick, England, 

 visited the Cold Spring Trout Ponds for the purpose of 

 obtaining some black bass to carry across the Atlantic. 

 A large quantity of these fish were furnished him, and 

 were doing well, at last accounts, when the steamer con- 

 veying them sailed from New York. 



The demand for trout and trout eggs has been good this 

 year at the Cold Spring Farm, and two new plank ponds 

 have been built. Other plans of improvement were con- 

 templated, but the proprietor having been appointed 

 Deputy Commissioner of the United States to conduct 

 the salmon breeding on the Pacific Coast, has left them 

 to be carried out by his agent in charge. 



A pecuhar feature about this farm is that it hatches eggs 

 at the halves for all the neighboring trout-raisers, they pre- 

 ferring to have their eggs hatched so, to incurring the risk 

 and labor of doing it themselves. 



