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experienced Superintendent have increased to such an ex- 

 tent that now there are but few less than 14,000 on hand. 



From 250,000 fry planted in 1882, a large portion of which 

 were from purchased eggs, the work has so far developed that 

 almost 3,000,000 fry have just been put into streams in vari- 

 ous parts of the state as the result of the past winter's work : 

 the eggs from which they were hatched being entirely ob- 

 tained from stock fish in the ponds. 



New blood and strength has been infused into this fish by 

 adding from time to time trout caught in neighbrring streams, 

 by exchanges of eggs with the New York and Wisconsin 

 Commission, and with the United States Commission at its 

 Northville station, from which place some yearlings have also 

 been received. 



From the four breeding-ponds with which the work started 

 at Paris, it has been found necessary to add others, until at 

 present there are 21 breeding and four wild ponds in which 

 the fish are kept, and the supply of water is still sufficient to 

 add a number more as they may be required. 



During last year a new hatching-house, at a cost of a little 

 over $4000, was built, which was fitted with every conven- 

 ience that the experience of the Commissioners and Super- 

 intendent could suggest. This house is 82 j4 feet long by 40 

 feet in width. Water is brought through a 12 inch pump-log 

 from the creek above and carried into the house by two iron 

 pipes which discharge into two large tanks ; from these it 

 passes into the feed troughs and thence into the hatching 

 troughs through brass faucets. The water is wasted through 

 open drains, paved and cemented, into the creek below the 

 largest wild pond. The hatching-troughs are 14 feet in 

 length by j foot in width and placed in groups of three. 



The capacity of the house is about 3,500,000, and with the 

 old one which is still available about 5,000,000 fry can be 

 safely and conveniently handled. Thus the Commissioners 

 hope to meet the rapidly increasing demand for trout and to 

 furnish good sport for the angler in every part of the state 



