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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



shipped to applicants in the United States and foreign countries and to 

 other stations of the Commission, as indicated in the following table: 



Distribution of rainbow-trout eggs from Wytheville Station for year ending June 30, 1895. 



Date. 



1804 



Dec. 22 



25 



29 



31 



1895 

 Jan. 5 



7 

 12 

 14 

 29 

 Feb. 1 

 4 

 4 



Consignee. 



Charles G. Atkins. . , 



do 



Slaij. "W. Turner 



Mr. Raveret-Wattel . 



Destination. 



Grepu Lake, Mo . . 

 Bucksjjort, Me . . . 

 Bertrix, Belgium. 

 r'6camp, France.. 



No. of 

 eggs. 



Maij . W. Turner \ Bertrix, Bolgium 



Rev.H. B.Wolryche-'WLitmorc. . . Bridgoiiortb, England 



S.G. Worth " 



William Burgess 



Prof. AV . K. I{ rooks 



D.U.McLinn 



do 



Prof. E. G. Harrison 



Total 



U. S. I'^i.sh Commission, Washington, D. C. 



Malvcrn Wells, England 



Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. . 

 Plymouth, N. H 



Bryn Mawr, Pa 



15, 000 

 25, 000 

 25, 000 

 25, 000 



25, 000 

 25, 000 

 11,000 

 25, 000 

 200 

 25, 000 

 25, 000 

 2,000 



228, 200 



The remainder were held at the station and produced 108,000 fry, 

 118,100 eggs being lost in incubation. Owing to excessive muddy water 

 during the spring very heavy losses were sustained, so that in June 

 there were left on hand only 83,000 fingerliugs by actual count. Tlicie 

 were 5,500 fry planted in April. 



A consignment of 10,000 rainbow-trout eggSAvas received on May 17 

 from the California State Fish Commission at Beswick, Cal., but owing 

 to the warm weather and length of time on the way they were all dead 

 when the box was opened, having apparently batched en route. 



The breeding stock at the close of the year was as follows : GOO trout 

 4 to 10 years old; 1,900 fish 40 months old; 890 28 months old, and 

 700 10 months old. 



Blacl; bans. — The stock of brood fish was increased by 52 2-year-old 

 large-mouth bass from the fish ponds, Washington, D. C; but on April 

 7 all of the old stock and 28 of the 2- year-old fish were lost in an over- 

 flow of the ponds. The remaining 24 spawned early in May, and on 

 June 30 there were estimated to be 5,000 fry in tlie i)ond. 



Owing to the difficulty in collecting the fry of the bass from breeding 

 ponds, the use of artificial nests is recommended. 



Rode ba.sfi. — The ponds containing these fish were affected in the same 

 way by floods as the black-bass ponds, but the loss of breeders was not 

 so great. They spawned in May. Everything Indicates a good crop 

 of fry, but it is impossible to give accurate figures unless the ponds are 

 drawn and the fry counted, which is not deemed desirable. 



Tench. — During the early winter 50 2-year-old tench were received 

 from the fish jwnds, Washington, D. C, and placed in a small pond 00 

 by 7.") feet, fed with water from Tates Eun. The fish were noticed 

 spawning on May 31, June 7 and 20, and at the close of the month 

 many fry (;ould be seen in the pond. 



Car)). — The carp si)awned in the ponds early in June, and will yield 

 euough to supply all demands. 



