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to them. The sharp demaiul, however, will be for rainbow trout and 

 bass so that the unsatisfactory results with the brook trout partic- 

 ularly will in no way hamper the usefulness of the station. One 

 carload of rainbow trout was furnished in addition to approximately 

 100,000 fingeriings delivered from the station. 



"WARM-WATER OR POND-FISH STATIONS 



A group of hatcheries in the Southern States propagating bass, 

 sunfish, crappie, catfish, etc., was called upon to supply a very heavy 

 demand for these varieties required for stocking a tremendous area of 

 streams and lakes throughout the South. As a whole, the production 

 was up to the limits which might be reasonably expected from the 

 space available for their work. There are natural limitations upon 

 the production of pond fish per unit area of pond and the only means 

 of increasing the output beyond certain limits is to provide additional 

 pond space. 



In Georgia, the Warm Springs station and a leased auxiliarv near by 

 produced 1,190,000 fish of which over 600,000 were bass. This 

 exceeds the previous 3'ear's output by 64,000 and constitutes a new 

 high record. The spring supplying the water for the ponds was 

 protected by a frame shed or covering and by fencing. 



At the Valdosta (Ga.) station which depends largely upon natural 

 rainfall for water supply, there was a curtailment of output owing to 

 limitations of the water. Slight!}' less than 100,000 fish were dis- 

 tributed but the output of this station consists almost entirely of 

 larger fish — 6 inches or more in size with consequent higher stocking 

 value. 



The Edenton (N.C.) station has concentrated more strongly upon 

 the production of pond fish than upon the propagation of shad for 

 which it was originally established, with a satisfactorj^ output of the 

 former. 



At Tupelo, Miss., a successful season's output was achieved partic- 

 ularly in regard to the production of fingeriings which was increased 

 to over 90 percent of the total as far as bass are concerned. A surplus 

 of bream over the amount required for filling applications in that 

 territory was also produced. A concrete retaining wall was con- 

 structed along the creek adjoining station property in order to prevent 

 the pond banks from being washed away. The Alice ville (Ala.) 

 substation formerly operated under this station was discontinued on 

 Januar}' 1, being turned over to the State of Alabama. Over 78,000 

 bream and 5,000 bass were distributed prior to the transfer. 



The Marion (Ala.) substation was placed in operation with 12}^ 

 acres of ponds available for use and two artesian wells drilled for 

 supplying the ponds. Ninety-five thousand bass were produced 

 during the spring months and distributed to applicants. The results 

 achieved at this station are highly creditable since the first construc- 

 tion work was commenced during May 1932, and almost 100,000 fish 

 were distributed within a year after that date. 



At San Marcos, Tex., activities were on a normal basis with a con- 

 siderable increase in the output of bass over the previous season. 

 The output of crappie was somewhat reduced in view of the fact that 

 drought dried up some. of the natural and artificial tanks used for 

 watering stock in that territory from which the supply of crappie has 

 previously been obtained. 



