PEOPAGATIOX AND DISTKIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1938 487 



for the restocking- of New York waters. The output of smallmouth 

 black bass at Cape Vincent was 20 percent in excess of hist season. 

 Several cooperative nurseries, located throughout the State of New 

 York, were supervised. 



In addition to handling a limited number of pondfish, the White 

 Sulphur Springs, W. Va., station distributed 1,600,000 trout. Most 

 of these w^ere planted in the waters of West Virginia in cooperation 

 with the State Conservation Commission. W. P. A. employees were 

 engaged in enlarging ponds and landscaping the surrounding grounds. 



The Rochester, N. Y., station, which was operated in cooperation 

 with Monroe Count}^, reared the greater percentage of its output of 

 trout to legal size before liberating them in waters under the control 

 of the county park officials. Several thousand bass were also pro- 

 duced for the stocking of Monroe County waters. 



In addition to a normal output of trout and pondfish, the Wythe- 

 ville, Va., station received 525,000 pike-perch eggs and planted the 

 resultant fry in New River. The propagation of largemouth black 

 bass was discontinued. The pond space which was heretofore utilized 

 for the handling of this species was used for rearing smallmouth black 

 bass which are more in demand for the stocking of surrounding waters. 

 Several thousand rainbow and brook-trout fingerlmgs were assigned to 

 the States of North Carolina and Virginia. 



At the Lamar, Pa., station, and its auxiliary at Ogletown, approxi- 

 mately one-half million trout were reared and released in the waters 

 of western and central Penns3dvania. In order that this station can 

 collect and hatch its own eggs, a hatchery building is being constructed. 

 C. C. C. labor was utilized in the construction of this unit and the 

 landscaping of the surrounding grounds. A site for bass ponds was 

 cleared. 



Five cooperative feeding stations, handling approximately 700,000 

 trout, were operated under the direction of the Northville, Mich., 

 station. The output of pondfish was in excess of 100,000. At the 

 close of the year a new wall between the spring reservoir and the 

 highway was being constructed by W. P. A. employees. 



The output of the Manchester, Iowa, station varied but little from 

 that of last year. Of the 1% million rambow trout eggs collected, 

 approximately 1}^ million were shipped to other Bureau and State 

 hatcheries. The output of pondfish was again very small. All station 

 buildings were given two coats of paint by W. P. A. emplo3"ees. 



APPALACHIAN AND BLUE RIDGE TROUT STATIONS 



As the Walhalla, S. C, station was incomplete at the beginning of 

 the season, it was necessary to ship in trout from other points for 

 rearing purposes. Consequently, only a limited number of trout were 

 handled and they were planted in the waters of the national forests. 

 The hatchery building was completed durhig the early fall which 

 enabled this station to incubate eggs for the first time. There were 

 1,000,000 brook and rainbow trout eggs handled and, at the close of 

 the year, there were on hand approximately 750,000 fish from these 

 eggs. The Forest Service rearing stations at Frankhn, N. C, and 

 Clayton, Ga., are under the jurisdiction of this station. 



The Smokemont, N. C, station, which is operated for stocking the 

 Great Smoky Mountain National Park, reported a normal production 



