594 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
460,000 of the output were assigned to the Ocala National Forest for 
restocking waters in that public area. Improvements were made to 
the station under the auspices of the W. P. A. as follows: Completed 
drainage system for the series of 24 one-acre ponds; installed 30-inch 
drain in Beecher holding lake; regraded bottoms of ponds, including 
Beecher holding lake; removed obsolete water system; installed 
laboratory heating system; and numerous minor repairs to buildings. 
Compared with last year’s total output at the Uvalde (Tex.) unit, 
there was a total reduction of 13 percent, with an increase of approxi- 
mately 26 percent in the production of largemouth black bass. These 
differences were due to an emphasis on bass production which resulted 
in tripling the output of this species in comparison with other varieties. 
Approximately 1% million fish were distributed, including 206,700 
fingerling sunfish and 91,400 Rio Grande perch. In addition to the 
above, a total of 480 adult brood stock were assigned to the new unit at 
Inks Dam, Burnet, Tex. The extremely unfavorable weather con- 
ditions prevalent at many of the hatcheries during the spawning 
season of the bass was not experienced at Uvalde. 
The production of the two species propagated at the Burnet hatch- 
ery was entirely satisfactory. The year’s yield of largemouth black 
bass was 19,390 per acre of water, and the production of crappie was 
3,655 per acre. A total of 64,975 fingerling fish were produced. 
Construction and painting of all station buildings, including resi- 
dence, garage, office, and bachelor quarters, shop-garage, and fish- 
holding house were completed. The grading and landscaping of the 
building area was completed and water lines for sprinklmg were 
installed. The hatchery grounds were enclosed with a woven wire 
fence and cattle guards were constructed at the more important 
entrances. Although all 14 ponds are,completed, a number remain to 
be treated to reduce seepage. 
Owing to intensive daphnia culture and artificial feeding, the San 
Marcos (Tex.) unit was able to effect a substantial increase in the 
production of fingerling fish; even though the pond area of approxi- 
mately 12% acres was not increased. Two or more species are pro- 
duced in each of a number of the ponds. The maximum per-acre 
production of fingerling fish at this hatchery was achieved with bream, 
at 80,000, followed by largemouth black bass at 51,000. 
The San Angelo (Tex.) station, which has a pond area of 45 acres, 
produced more than 787,000 black bass, sunfish, channel catfish, and 
crappie, all of fingerling size. No major construction work was 
prosecuted, but minor repairs were made to buildings and ponds. 
The program to enlarge the pond system at the Fort Worth (Tex.) 
station was continued during the year. This unit now has 20 ponds 
embracing a total area of approximately 35 acres. From the ponds 
that could be used more than 279,000 fingerling black bass, warmouth 
bass, crappie, bream, and channel catfish were collected and dis- 
tributed. The production of channel catfish, which is one of the more 
difficult species of warm-water fishes to handle artificially, was very 
gratifying. 
Minor repairs necessary to the maintenance and operation of the 
station were made at the Tishomingo (Okla.) hatchery. Five species 
of pondfishes were handled, comprising largemouth black bass, blue- 
gill sunfish, green sunfish, crappie, and catfish. The local demand for 
panfish is much greater than for other species. An average of 17,000 
