﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LVII 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition. 
  They 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  hatching 
  on 
  March 
  28 
  and 
  32,000,000 
  were 
  planted 
  during 
  the 
  

   months 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  May, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  After 
  completing 
  the 
  distribution 
  and 
  j)lacing 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  order, 
  

   Mr. 
  Downing, 
  the 
  foreman, 
  was 
  detached 
  and 
  ordered 
  to 
  Woods 
  Hole, 
  

   and 
  Mr. 
  Thayer, 
  flsh-culturist, 
  to 
  North 
  ville. 
  The 
  station 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  a 
  watchman 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  QuiNCY 
  Station, 
  Illinois 
  (8. 
  P. 
  B.\rtlett, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  Indications 
  in 
  June 
  seemed 
  favorable 
  for 
  a 
  successful 
  season's 
  work, 
  

   as 
  the 
  winter 
  had 
  been 
  an 
  open 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  bass 
  and 
  crappie 
  spawned 
  

   early. 
  Three 
  carloads 
  of 
  tisli 
  were 
  distributed 
  between 
  July 
  6 
  and 
  22 
  to 
  

   applicants 
  in 
  Minnesota, 
  Dakota, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  Mississippi, 
  

   but 
  heavy 
  rains 
  occurred 
  on 
  July 
  25, 
  which 
  stopped 
  all 
  work 
  until 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  10, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  resumed 
  and 
  continued 
  until 
  November. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  fishes 
  furnished 
  to 
  applicants, 
  collections 
  of 
  breed- 
  

   ers 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  Wytheville 
  and 
  Neosho 
  stations 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  Fish 
  

   Commission 
  ponds, 
  Washington, 
  I). 
  C. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  station 
  

   furnished 
  for 
  distribution 
  the 
  following 
  adults 
  and 
  yearlings: 
  32,375 
  

   black 
  bass, 
  3,418 
  crappie, 
  1,025 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  and 
  1,700 
  pickerel. 
  In 
  

   addition 
  to 
  this 
  output, 
  immense 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  fishes, 
  such 
  

   as 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  catfisli, 
  sunflsh, 
  and 
  other 
  indigenous 
  species 
  were 
  

   collected 
  from 
  overflowed 
  lands 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  

   Illinois 
  rivers. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  winter 
  the 
  boiler-house 
  built 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  was 
  

   enlarged, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  buildings 
  were 
  painted, 
  and 
  the 
  boats 
  and 
  seines 
  

   were 
  overhauled. 
  Owing 
  to 
  continued 
  high 
  water 
  during 
  the 
  si)ring 
  no 
  

   collections 
  of 
  fry 
  were 
  made. 
  

  

  Manchester 
  Station, 
  Iowa 
  (R. 
  S. 
  Johnson, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  The 
  superintendent 
  assumed 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  January. 
  As 
  

   the 
  work 
  of 
  construction 
  had 
  not 
  advanced 
  sufficiently 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  

   to 
  permit 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  trout 
  eggs, 
  consignments 
  of 
  lake 
  and 
  

   rainbow 
  trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  Northville 
  and 
  Neosho 
  during 
  the 
  

   winter. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  2,500 
  

   of 
  the 
  rainbows, 
  were 
  distributed 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  These 
  were 
  reserved 
  

   to 
  be 
  reared 
  for 
  brood 
  stock. 
  Efforts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  stock 
  of 
  

   bass 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  ponds 
  were 
  ready, 
  bnt 
  the 
  first 
  consignment 
  of 
  brood 
  

   fish 
  received 
  from 
  Quincy 
  developed 
  fungus 
  shortly 
  after 
  their 
  arrival 
  

  

  