52 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
The following table shows the daily collection of eggs received and 
fry hatched and planted at Edenton during the season: 










| | 
segs nae sigee “loam 
- ggs atched | ggs atche 
Date. received.| and | Date. received and 
| planted. | | planted. 
; 65, 000i Air 23 poses. pecan esa ae meley il OOO nl mele S10" 000 
; 80; 000!|)' Asprs24 2325252 ee 153755000 15090! 000 
dl 558,000 || Apr. 25--. 2,060,000 | 1,575, 000 
‘ 582,000 || Apr. 26_-- 2,410,000 | 1,690,000 
a4: 135,000 || Apr. 27_-- 3, 725,000 | 2,755, 
: 190,000 || Apr. 29--.--- 1,990,000 | 1,450, 000 
iG 9833000) ||| Ajpr 73022-2222) - = 3,915,000 | 1,225,000 
: 1,208,000 |) May 1-....-...--.-------] 4,870,000 | 2,900,000 
3 835,000 || May 2-------------------| 5,140,000 | 4,190,000 
, GSO ||| Misty aeeee = eee ee 4,675,000 | 3,645,000 
Apr. 3160:,0005 |p Marya (455%. 28 eee 2,835,000 | 2,360,000 
Apralgincesn sso eeeeeees 3 MOL O00 N22) 2440000 DMiane (Genesee canoes eee 2,240,000 | 2,030,000 
Apri l3igte tis = eee 1,393, 000 SIATO00 NG Maywiase. s- en eee 2,395,000 | 2,175,000 
IAD Pela Ho sesee eo cee sane 928, 000 30050008 MiMiaiy aan cee nee Seren roe , 040, 000 910, 000 
April6c teats et ee. ot 1, 257, 000 700000) Miayp 394 eae etre > tes ees 5, 000 825, 000 
(Amr aliitaes oe enna eee 3, 458, 000 | 1,686,000 || May 10.-..---....-.-.--_- 190, 000 175, 000 
AprnlS <2pe e222: eee 354655000), 5 25200: 000))| Mayle oe 5a eee 350, 000 335, 000 
NG) ott kt eae Sk eT 3;,000;000 | 2; 253,000) ||| May lb=- 22. 2-2 2s. 99, 000 79, 000 
INDRA eee ane eee 3,530,000 | 2,387,000 a ——. 
IAT eee: eres 3, 405,000 | 2,005, 000 Totalliys* se e ee 75, 400, 000 | 51,280, 000 


ERWIN STATION, TENNESSEE (ALEX. JONES, SUPERINTENDENT). 
The fingerlings on hand at the beginning of the year (130,560 rain- 
bow trout and 2,500 black bass) were carried until fall and fed as 
usual on a mush made of shorts, corn meal, and beef liver. They were 
distributed between October and December, the output being 1,258 
black bass and 89,125 rainbow trout, not including 5,000 trout held 
for brood stock. 
For the purpose of testing the merits of a manufactured preparation 
called animal meal, two 1,000 lots of rainbow trout were counted and 
weighed on October 22 and placed in ponds 9 and 10, where they 
remained until December 11, when they were again counted and 
weighed. The food given the fish in pond 9 consisted of a mush com- 
posed of 6 parts corn meal, 14 parts shorts, 3 parts animal meal, and 1 
of salt. During the period mentioned the fish in pond 9 consumed 96 
pounds of this material, the cost of same being $1.31,.and on Decem- 
ber 11 they were found to have made a gain of 3 pounds, their weight 
on October 22 being 6% pounds. Each pound of fish gained therefore 
cost 43.6 cents. The fish in pond 10 weighed 7 pounds at the com- 
mencement of the experiment, and when taken out on December 11 
showed a gain of 8} pounds. In this pond 96 pounds of food were 
used, costing $1.58, making the cost of each pound of fish gained 19 
cents. The preparation given this lot consisted of 3 parts shorts and 
corn meal to 2 parts of liver. 
Similar tests were made later in the same ponds with two 500 lots, 
the fish being held until May 20. Those fed on the preparation con- 
taining the animal meal were found to have gained 37 pounds, at a 
cost of 15 cents per pound, and the other lot had gained 77 pounds, at 
a cost of 8} cents per pound. As the food used in these experiments 
was carefully weighed and the conditions were identical, it seems 
apparent that liver and mush are preferable. 
