PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1940 589 
made of such units during the season for the purpose of furnishing 
technical advice to the cooperators. 
Four species of trout were handled by the East Orland (Maine) 
hatchery. The take of green eggs from the station’s brook-trout 
brood stock was 4,569,985, of which 3,200,000 eyed eggs were shipped 
to other Bureau stations. Lake-trout eges were received from the 
Cape Vincent (N. Y.) station, and rambow-trout eggs from the Neosho 
(Mo.) unit. Approximately 5,000 rainbow-trout fingerlings are 
being held for future brood stock. The State of Maine Department 
of Inland Fisheries and Game and the Salmon Club of Bangor 
cooperated in the collecting and transporting of wild Atlantic salmon 
to the hatchery for spawntaking. Twenty-five fish were collected 
and from 11 of these 113,000 green eggs were taken. An attempt is 
being made to collect salmon from a fish trap installed at the up-river 
end of the fishway at the Bangor dam and hold them for future spawn- 
ing. The trap was installed in June 1940 and a number of salmon 
have been taken. 
Rainbow, brook, and brown trout and catfish were handled at the 
Nashua (N. H.) hatchery. Dry feeds were successfully used, and 
trout were produced much more economically. The repair of the 
station property which was damaged by a hurricane last year was 
almost completed. W. P. A. labor cut and yarded approximately 
300,000 board feet of white pine logs, and slightly more than half the 
logs had been sawed into lumber by the close of the fiscal year. One 
carload of the lumber was shipped to the station at Craig Brook, 
Maine. There also was approximately 400 cords of wood cut from 
the tree tops and limbs. 
Due to an infestation of furunculosis in 1939, all the brood stock 
at the National Forest (N. H.) station was disposed of and it was 
necessary to secure eggs from another source. One million brook- 
trout eggs were purchased from a commercial hatchery, from which a 
hatch of 96.9 percent was obtained. No further loss was sustained 
from furnunculosis, but some sac fry were lost from whitespot disease. 
Further loss occurred in June, due to octomitis which readily responded 
to treatment. Fry, fingerlings, and yearlings were distributed in the 
States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. There was very 
little expense connected with the distribution, as the fish that were not 
called for by applicants were distributed by fish and game depart- 
ments. Under the auspices of the W. P. A., many needed repairs and 
improvements were made to buildings and ponds. 
The fish-cultural activities of the St. Johnsbury (Vt.) unit were 
carried on in close cooperation with the Fish and Game Service of 
Vermont. Brook-trout eggs were hatched and distributed in the fry 
stage. The output of brook-trout fry was somewhat less than in 
previous years, but this was offset by the increase in the number of 
brown trout and landlocked salmon handled. Smallmouth black bass 
fry were received from the Hartsville (Mass.) station and placed in 
rearing ponds for subsequent distribution. The brown-trout and 
landlocked-salmon eggs handled were collected from wild fish by the 
Vermont Fish and Game Service. 
The Pittsford (Vt.) station handled brook and rainbow trout. A 
sufficient stock of brook-trout brood fish is held to assure a minimum 
production of 50,000 fingerlings for distribution. Very satisfactory 
results are reported on the selective breeding for increased egg pro- 
