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over 400 percent in the production of bream, the deliveries to appli- 
cants amounting to 2,199,000. Efforts to propagate crappie were 
largely unsuccessful. "The depredations of fish-eating birds have 
rendered it difficult to maintain an adequate brood stock at this 
station. 
The Orangeburg, 5S. C., station established an all-time record in the 
production of pondfishes. This was due partially to the creation of 
additional pond space at a small auxiliary located at St. Matthews, 
S.C. The total output of all species from all sources was 727, 000 
fingerlings, an increase of 173,000 over the previous year. This 
hatchery directed the activities of an auxiliary at Hoffman, N. C., 
which was in the process of construction during the major part of the 
year. However, six ponds were utilized for fish production with a 
yield of 172,000 ‘try and fingerlings, largely bream. The Orangeburg 
station has experimented with the production of the red-breasted 
sunfish, a highly desirable species, which is limited in its normal] 
distribution. 
The new Tennessee Valley Authority hatchery at Norris, Tenn., 
operated by the Bureau, entered full production for the first time and 
produced over 400,0C0 bass fry in four acres of water. Many of these 
were distributed to rearing ponds within the T. V. A. area. 
The Mammoth Springs, Ark., station suffered a recession io its 
production of smallmouth bass but made up for this reduction by an 
increased ovtput of largemouth bass. Lack of adequate rearing space 
necessitated distribution of much of the hatch in the fry stage. 
The activities at the Louisville, Ky., station were of necessity 
seriously affected by the disastrous flood which completely inundated 
the station grounds. Much of the equipment was badly damaged or 
completely ruined. Roadways were washed out and practically all 
brood fish were lost. Those surviving produced only a limited number 
of fry so that the distribution amounted to only 40,000 smallmouth 
bass fry and 85,000 fingerlings. Strenuous efforts were made to 
secure additional brood stock during the spring months with the aid 
of the State Fish and Game Department. This met with compara- 
tively little success, however, and this station contributed little toward 
the aggregate output of the Bureau’s hatcheries. Rehabilitation work 
was undertaken with the assistance of the Works Progress Adminis- 
tration and the National Youth Administraton. At the close of the 
year much of the damage to buildings, grounds, ponds, etc., had been 
repaired. 
The Harrison Lake, Va., station has not yet reached the level of 
production which should be maintained when conditions in the new 
ponds bave become more stable. 
In the Texas field the Uvalde station was not completed sufficiently 
early to secure a worthwhile output of fish. Elsewhere in this territory 
production approximated normal figures. 
In summary, it may be said that the pondfish hatcheries offer the 
greatest opportunity and need for improvement as to methods and 
extension of facilities, and this situation was given the fullest con- 
sideration in planning the program for the fiscal year 1938. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TERRITORY 
As in the past, semicontrolled rearing ponds were operated at three 
points in the Upper Mississippi Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Two 
