706 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Upper Clackamas (Oreg.) substation—The usual egg-collecting operations 
yielded a disappointing total about one-third as large as that of the previous year. 
The Chinook eggs were transferred to the main Clackamas station to be hatched, 
and the fry were planted in the waters from which the eggs were derived. 
Little White Salmon (Wash.) substation—While racks were installed during 
late August and early September, low water retarded spawning until September 
23. A good yield of chinook eggs was had until the close of the season on October 
13. Sockeye salmon were noticed in the Little White Salmon River, and 60,000 
eggs were secured. More might have been obtained except for inability to trap 
the fish in a rack designed for the larger chinooks. Steelhead and brook-trout 
eggs transferred here were hatched and reared to fingerling size. Seventy barrels 
of salmon were salted for fish food. 
Big White Salmon (Wash.) substation—Preparations for the spawning runs 
were made in Big White Salmon River and Spring Creek. The number of eggs 
taken during the season exceeded that of the previous year, and the 4,315,000 
secured from Spring Creek established a record for that field. The latter has 
been built up from a stream barren of salmon to a first-class egg-collecting station 
by virtue of frequent and heavy stockings. About 4,000,000 eyed chinook eggs 
were shipped, part of them going to the Clackamas station and the remainder to 
the Oregon fish commission. Fingerling fish were retained until May, when the 
exhaustion of the food supply of salted salmon necessitated their release. Two 
hundred and fifty thousand were retained for marking experiments, to be con- 
ducted by the division of scientific inquiry with the view of securing data on the 
migrations and survivals of fingerlings of various ages. A number of brook trout 
were hatched and distributed to the bureau’s applicants and for the account of the 
Klickitat County Game Commission. 
Rogue River (Oreg.) substation.—The opening of the chinook-salmon spawning 
season at this point occurred on August 16, and eggs were taken until October 4, 
the season’s collection amounting to 3,271,000. A very high proportion of male 
to female fish (frequently 8 to 1) was experienced. A new rack for intercepting 
silver and steelhead salmon was erected in Elk Creek, but high water retarded 
the collections. The flooding of the station grounds permitted the escape of all 
fish, but no property damage was suffered, although the water was 3 feet deep 
in some of the buildings. 
Applegate Creek (Oreg.) substation——The work at this point is confined to the 
silver and steelhead salmons. Egg collections of the former were very light, only 
650,000 being obtained. A large run of steelheads aroused expectations of a good 
yield from that species, but freshets carried away part of the dam and rack and 
allowed most of the fish to escape. In spite of this mishap the egg collections 
amounted to 1,250,000. 
Salmon (Idaho) substation —One hundred and thirty thousand rainbow-trout 
fingerlings carried over from the previous season were distributed in local barren 
streams and in Williams Lake with the aim of establishing an egg-collecting field. 
Racks erected in the Pahsimeroi River in June were washed out by a cloud-burst 
in July; consequently the take of eggs in this field was largely negligible. Spawn- 
ing operations in the Lemhi River yielded only about half the number of eggs 
secured the previous year, an unusually dry season being given as the cause. 
Eggs were incubated at the main station at Salmon, Idaho. Three million 
chinook eggs were transferred to this point for the purpose of determining the 
effectiveness of feeding ‘‘spring’’ and ‘‘fall” fingerlings. No fish under 1144 
inches in length were released. 
Wind River (Wash.) substation.—Results at this station were unsatisfactory, 
with collections less than half as large as the previous year’s take. No eggs were 
hatched here, all of them being transferred to other points. This station, the 
property of the State of Washington, is in such condition that there is little hope 
of making it highly productive without a heavy expenditure of funds, and it is 
suggested that it be discontinued. 
Barrp (Cauir.) STATION AND SUBSTATIONS 
{W. K. Hancock, Superintendent] 
A series of mishaps prevented the full realization of expectations at the Baird 
station. At this point dependence is placed in the seining of chinook salmon 
below the racks for an egg supply. Escape of fish through openings in the rack 
and high and muddy water materially checked operations with the early fall 
run of fish. During the winter high water carried out a supply dam and washed 
out some rearing ponds. The construction of racks in the spring was attended 

