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In Oregon " it has been found that the extremely young fry thrived 

 on a mixture of ground dried salmon and mush (composed of mid- 

 dlings and other wheat products). Milk curds from near-by cream- 

 eries also proved satisfactory. The older fish are fed on ground 

 smelt, lampreys, spent salmon, both dried and salted, and offal from 

 the canneries, some loose and some packed in 1 -gallon cans. An 

 excellent food is broken-up ice-cream cones. This latter food also has 

 the advantage of not sinking to the bottom and thus polluting the 

 water: and because it floats at the surface the surplus can be lifted 

 out with a dip net. 



SALMON SOLD AFTER STRIPPING. 



For many years it was the custom after the eggs had been stripped 

 from the salmon to either give the carcasses to the Indians or to bury 

 them. In 1917, under stress of the great demand for fish caused by 

 the war, L. H. Darwin, fish and game commissioner of Washington, 

 after an analysis by chemists had shown that the flesh was w-nole- 

 some food, offered for sale, at a low rate, these spawned-out fish. 

 The offer was accepted by several of the cities of the State, some of 

 which established municipal markets at which these sahnon, as well 

 as other food products, were otfered for sale at prices ruling lower 

 than those in the commercial markets. It is probable that the 

 economic utilization of these salmon will be permanent, and will 

 prove a source of considerable profit to the States which sell them. 



SALMON HATCHERIES ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



Below is shown a list of the salmon and steelhead-trout hatcheries 

 operated on the Pacific coast during the year 1919: 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISUERtES. 



AIa.ska: 



Afognak. 



Yes I '.ay. 

 California: 



Baird. 



Battle Creek. 



Hombrook. 



Mill ("reek 

 Oregon : 



Clackamas. 



Applegate. 



Snake River. 



Rogue River. 



Upper Clackamas. 

 Washington : 



Baker I>ake. 



Bird.sview. 



Brinnon. 



Darrington. 



DuckaljiLsh. 



Illabott Creek. 



Quilcene. 



Big White Salmon. 



Little White Salmon. 



STATE OF CALII'ORNIA, 



Siason. 

 Brookdale. 

 Price ( "reek. 

 Ukiah. 



STATE OF OREGON. 



Wallowa River. 



McKenzie River, 



Salmon River. 



Bonneville. 



Santiam River (eyeing station). 



Klaakanine. 



Willamette River (eyeing station). 



Kagle Creek. 



Snake River (Idaho). 



Tillamook. 



Yac^uina. 



Siunlaw. 



Umpqua. 



South Coos. 



Coquille. 



Alsea. 



Rogue River. 



" ICearing rind Fpofling Salmon Fry In Oregon. By R- E. Clanton. Transactions, Pacific Fislierios 

 society, mi, p. «l 94. Seattle, 1913. 



