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Table IX. — Statement of operations in the spaivninrj season of 1872, tfc. — Continuecl. 



1872. 

 Oct. 29 

 Oct. 29 

 Oct. 29 

 Oct. 29 



Oct. 30 



; Oct. .31 



^Oct. 31 



I Oct. 31 



Oct. 3 

 Oct. 3 

 Oct. 3 



Oct. 3 



Oct. 3 



Oct. 3 



Nov. 



Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 



Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 



^Nov. 1 



Nov. 1 



Nov. 1 



Nov. 1 



Mother salmon. 



C28 



^28 



31 



C30 



^29 



32 



28 



36i 



2Si 

 31 



27 



2^1 



28 V 

 .30' 

 30 

 30} 

 35 

 36 



29 i 

 30" 

 29i 



30i 



ft 

 I 36 

 130 

 I 31J 

 [29h 

 35i 



f28 

 J 29 



130 



.5, 900 



4, 400 



7,600 



300 



3,300 

 900 

 900 



I l.-WO 

 I 1,100 

 (. 1, 100 



700 



700 



500 



300 



1,000 



400 



2,700 



4,400 



2,000 



4,100 



8,200 



7,800 



14, 200 



7,600 



10, 900 



9,800 

 C, .500 

 7,000 

 16, 300 



11,400 



30, 300 



100 

 100 

 100 



85 



100 

 100 

 95 



100 

 100 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 91 h 



100 



100 



100 



100 

 100 

 100 



97i 



97:V 



100' 

 100 



95 

 100 



92i 



92i 

 100 

 100 



97i 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10 J 

 100 

 100 



Eeniarks. 



Well luilted from two males. 



Female was strippefl yesterday ; es 

 this lot came with much blood; 

 fresh. 



■rs of 

 milt 



Milted as usual : handled with care. 



Milted ns usual, handled carefully till after 

 adhesion, then jiouiod heavily. 



Milted as usual, then poured heavily before 

 adhesion. 



Watered immediately after milting. 



yUlt talceu in water. 



EjifTs ; water ; 4 minutes ; milt. (Foimulas 

 of this sort indicate the exact order of 

 procedure and the time that elapses at 

 each iuterval ; thus in the above instance, 

 the eggs were taken tirst, then water 

 was added, then, after the lapse of 4 min- 

 utes, milt was added.) 



Dry method, but milt taken first. 



Miit; water; 1 minute ; eggs. 



Milt; water; 3 minutes; eggs. 



Milt; water; 2 minutes; eggs. 



Milt; water; eggs. 



Not milted at all. 



Usual way. 



Cairied to hatching-house during adhesion. 



Water ; milt ; stir a few seconds ; eggs. 



Stood long before milting or watering. 

 This lot comes from a sscoiid stripping or 

 all the females used before. 



Milt; 10 minutes; cggs; then as usual. 



Milt taken from fish several hours in ad- 

 vance and kept in open dish. 



Five males used. 



After standing 1 hour, in two pans, these 

 csgs were still adherent, and were car- 

 ried to hatchiug-house in that condition. 



