XXXII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
m. The Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). 
The Northville Station—At the Northville ponds 186,750 eggs were 
taken. From December 28, 1856, to February 9, 1887, 82,000 eggs were 
shipped away, 10,000 to England, the remainder to Minnesota, Dela- 
ware, and Pennsylvania, and to the Central and Wytheville Stations. 
27 young fish were sent away and 4,000 fry were retained for breeding 
purposes. 
The Wytheville Station—in December, 1886, 193 breeders were re- 
ceived from the Northville Station. In April 5,000 fry came from the 
Central Station. In January, 1887, 26,508 eggs were received from 
Northville and %5,000 from Mr. R. E. Follett, of Windham, Conn. 
During May ana te 1887, 750 yearlings and 2,488 fry were planted 
in suitable streams in Maryland and Virginia. 
n. The Saibling (Salvelinus alpinus). 
The Cold Spring Harbor Station.—In February and March, 1887, three 
shipments, each containing about 20,000 eggs of the saibling, were re- 
ceived from Berneuchen, Germany. 3,000 eggs from the first lot were 
repacked and sent to the State hatchery at Plymouth, N. H., where they 
arrived in good condition. The sound eggs of the second shipment 
were mixed by mistake with eggs of the brown trout received from Ger- 
many at the same time, and were distributed in this state to the hatch- 
eries at Corry, Pa., Wytheville, Northville, and Cold Spring Harbor. 
15,000 good eggs from the last shipment were sent safely to the North- 
ville Station March 17, and hatched soon after; but the fry refused to 
eat, and most of them died of “blue sac” and starvation. 
o. The Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush). 
The Northville Station.—6,150 lake trout, hatched in January and 
February, 1886, were sent te Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. 
Owing to a lack of available funds no eggs were taken. 
The Wytheville Station.—During the fiscal year 188687, 800 yearlings 
were sent to the Central Station, 50 to the Gasconade River, Missouri, 
and 350 were planted in streams near the station. 
The Cola Spring Harbor Station.—150,000 eggs were received from 
Northville December 19,1885. 80,000 fry were distributed to waters in 
and near the Adirondacks; 5,000 to Monroe, N. Y.; 5,000 to Gloucester, 
Mass.; and 20,000 to Long Island waters. An attempt to rear some of 
the fry at the hatchery was unsuccessful, on account of the high tem- 
perature of the water. In June, when it reached 60° Fahrenheit, the 
young began to die, and none liv ad until September. 
The Bucksport Station.—100,000 fry were obtained from eggs received 
from Northville. Of this naniiee 35,000 were kept for rearing; 1,439 
were placed in Craig’s Pond June 17; and 2,113 in Pond B June 22. 
Upward of 31,000 were kept in the troughs and fed on liver, refuse 
meats, salt codfish, insects, and entomostraca. 
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