﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  LI 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  acclimatization 
  pond, 
  No. 
  20, 
  which 
  has 
  au 
  area 
  of 
  17,500 
  sciuare 
  

   feet. 
  Ill 
  Pond 
  Ko. 
  5, 
  where 
  there 
  was 
  very 
  little 
  vegetation, 
  a 
  close 
  

   watch 
  was 
  kept, 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  noting 
  the 
  spawning 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  

   fish, 
  but 
  in 
  no 
  instance 
  were 
  they 
  observed 
  to 
  nest, 
  though 
  a 
  few 
  fry 
  

   appeared 
  in 
  June. 
  The 
  vegetation 
  in 
  Pond 
  No. 
  20 
  is 
  very 
  dense, 
  and 
  

   the 
  results 
  attained 
  were 
  apparently 
  much 
  better, 
  as 
  hundreds 
  of 
  fry 
  

   an 
  inch 
  in 
  length 
  were 
  observed 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  June. 
  The 
  

   crappie 
  are 
  so 
  delicate 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  impracticable 
  to 
  handle 
  them 
  during 
  

   warm 
  weather, 
  and 
  no 
  effort 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  young 
  brood, 
  but 
  

   the 
  old 
  lish 
  were 
  taken 
  out 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  smaller 
  pond. 
  

  

  Golden 
  ide. 
  — 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  stock 
  of 
  golden 
  ide 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  Pond 
  

   No. 
  4 
  and 
  commenced 
  spawning 
  on 
  April 
  21. 
  The 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  

   water 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  was 
  54°, 
  but 
  it 
  fell 
  to 
  11° 
  on 
  the 
  24th, 
  causing 
  the 
  

   loss 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  eggs. 
  A 
  few 
  days 
  later 
  16 
  specimens 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  set 
  

   aside 
  for 
  shipment 
  to 
  Nashville 
  spawned, 
  the 
  temperature 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   beiug 
  58°. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  successfully 
  hatched 
  within 
  10 
  days, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  several 
  hundred 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  hsh 
  on 
  

   hand. 
  Their 
  food 
  consists 
  of 
  cornmeal 
  and 
  liour. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  the 
  spotted 
  catfish 
  and 
  rock 
  bass 
  on 
  hand 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  

   Nashville 
  for 
  exhibition 
  purposes. 
  As 
  usual, 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  carp 
  and 
  

   tench 
  were 
  hatched 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  bass, 
  and 
  a 
  sufficient 
  

   number 
  of 
  goldtish 
  were 
  reared 
  for 
  stocking 
  the 
  public 
  parks. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  winter 
  the 
  old 
  tool-house, 
  the 
  fences, 
  and 
  the 
  partitions 
  

   around 
  the 
  i^onds 
  were 
  removed; 
  a 
  driveway 
  was 
  constructed 
  from 
  

   Executive 
  avenue 
  to 
  the 
  office, 
  and 
  the 
  grounds 
  were 
  further 
  improved 
  

   by 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  ornamental 
  tiower 
  beds. 
  

  

  Wytheville 
  Station, 
  Virginia 
  (George 
  A. 
  Seagle, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  The 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  ponds 
  and 
  buildings 
  was 
  such 
  that 
  it 
  became 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  expend 
  $800 
  in 
  improvements 
  during 
  the 
  fall. 
  These 
  con- 
  

   sisted 
  of 
  the 
  subdivision 
  of 
  the 
  bass 
  ponds 
  into 
  9 
  spawning-ponds 
  by 
  

   the 
  construction 
  of 
  wooden 
  and 
  earthen 
  partitions, 
  and 
  the 
  painting 
  and 
  

   repairing 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  superintendent's 
  residence. 
  

  

  The 
  stock 
  of 
  fish 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  distribution 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  the 
  trout 
  numbered 
  81,054; 
  

   2,200 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  retained 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   were 
  planted 
  in 
  public 
  and 
  private 
  waters. 
  Very 
  few 
  black 
  bass 
  were 
  

   reared 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  ponds, 
  but 
  the 
  out- 
  

  

  