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of a limited number of eggs at the nominal cost of 3 cents per thou- 

 sand f. o. b. the State hatchery at either Richfield or Sigurd, Utah. 

 As an outcome of this arrangement 1,647,000 green eggs were secured. 

 The policy of stocking the Kyune Reservoir liberally each year with 

 rainbow trout and brook trout was continued, and prospects are en- 

 couraging for early results in the way of egg collections from this 

 body of water. 



The results from the brood stock of native black-spotted trout 

 were disappointing in the extreme, only 23,000 eggs being taken 

 from the 240 three-year old female fish in the station ponds, and these 

 proved of inferior quality. No satisfactory explanation of this 

 failure is at hand, except that it seems to coincide with the results 

 of past efforts to domesticate this species of trout at other stations 

 of the bureau. All of the brood fish appeared to be constantly 

 healthy. They have made a satisfactory growth, and no excessive 

 mortality has been observed. Nevertheless, but few of the fish 

 showed signs of fecundity at the spawning season. This station is 

 now holding in ponds in an experimental way a small number of the 

 common catfish obtained from the Mississippi River. 



The rearing capacity of the station was increased during the 

 year by the construction of four ponds, each 4 by 50 feet in dimen- 

 sions, with natural earth sides and bottoms, supplied with water 

 from the hatchery overflow. A further improvement to the pond 

 system was effected by diverting surplus water from the Strawberry 

 irrigation canal. This water is always turbid, and it has been a 

 source of great annoyance, not only at the bureau's station, but at 

 the State hatchery and to local agriculturists. By the cooperation 

 of all interested parties a considerable amount of work has been 

 accomplished toward the construction of ditches and flumes to divert 

 this waste water to the dam, and a marked improvement has resulted. 



NEW ENGLAND TROUT AND SALMON STATIONS. 



This group includes the five stations and their substations located 

 in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachu- 

 setts, whose work is concerned principally with the brook and rain- 

 bow trouts and the landlocked salmon, though small numbers of such 

 species as yellow perch, pike perch, smelt, and small-mouthed black 

 bass also appear in their outputs. 



BERKSHIRE (MASS.) STATION. 

 [W. A. Casler, Superintendent.] 



This station, situated in Berkshire County, Mass., near the village 

 of Hartsville, was acquired under a deed of gift. At the time the 

 property was taken over all buildings, walks, and ponds were in 

 need of immediate repairs. Such repair work has been accomplished 

 as rapidly as possible by devoting each year a portion of the very 

 limited funds available for the operation of the station thereto. At 

 the present time the buildings are all much improved, and the 

 grounds have been maintained with reasonable care. The condition 

 of the dams in many of the ponds is such that practical repairs can 

 be accomplished only by a greater expenditure than is possible under 

 the amount available for the maintenance of the station, and the 



