PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1927 709 
heavy increase over the collections of the previous year was noted. <A 78 per cent 
whitefish hatch was achieved, which is an excellent return for that species. 
The Cape Vincent station has become an important factor in the production 
of trout by virtue of rearing stations under its direction. Brook, rainbow, and 
Fia. 4.—Preparing fish for distribution from nursery troughs, Watertown, N. Y. 

Loch Leven trout were hatched at the main station and transferred to cooperative 
nurseries at Malone, N. Y.; Averill, Vt.; and the substations at Watertown and 
Barneveld, N. Y. At the close of the fiscal year the latter two were feeding 
527,000 and 277,000 fingerlings, respectively. 
Swanton (Vt.) substation—The usual cooperative agreement between the 
States of Pennsylvania and Vermont and the Bureau of Fisheries was the basis 
of operation at this station for the past year. A period of warm weather early 
