﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LXVII 
  

   Temperatures. 
  

  

  Battle 
  Ckeek 
  Station, 
  California 
  (John 
  P. 
  Babcock 
  in 
  charge). 
  

  

  Recognizing 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  increasing 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  quinnat 
  salmon 
  

   on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast, 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  arranged 
  to 
  erect 
  a 
  hatchery 
  

   on 
  lands 
  controlled 
  by 
  the 
  California 
  Commission 
  on 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  ; 
  also 
  

   to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  and 
  operate 
  the 
  hatchery 
  erected 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  com- 
  

   mission 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  agreement: 
  

  

  This 
  agreenieut, 
  made 
  this 
  20th 
  day 
  of 
  October, 
  A. 
  D. 
  1896, 
  by 
  and 
  between 
  J. 
  J. 
  

   Brice, 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  acting 
  for 
  and 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries, 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  part, 
  and 
  H. 
  F. 
  Emeric, 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  

   Cal., 
  acting 
  for 
  and 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Fish 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   California, 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  part, 
  witnesseth: 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  does 
  hereby 
  agree 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  and 
  

   assume 
  the 
  entire 
  control 
  and 
  management, 
  nnder 
  the 
  personal 
  supervision 
  of 
  Chief 
  

   Depiitj' 
  Babcock, 
  of 
  the 
  spawning 
  station 
  located 
  ou 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  F. 
  R. 
  Love, 
  at 
  

   Battle 
  Creek, 
  State 
  of 
  California; 
  and, 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries, 
  operate 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  at 
  said 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  to 
  their 
  fullest 
  

   capacity. 
  

  

  The 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  does 
  hereby 
  agree 
  to 
  pay 
  all 
  the 
  operating 
  expenses, 
  

   including 
  the 
  salaries 
  and 
  wages 
  of 
  all 
  men 
  employed, 
  from 
  October 
  1, 
  1896, 
  until 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season's 
  operations 
  at 
  said 
  Battle 
  Creek. 
  

  

  The 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  also 
  agrees 
  to 
  deliver 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   part 
  that 
  amount 
  of 
  eyed 
  salmon 
  spawn 
  which 
  the 
  said 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  

   may 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  hatch 
  at 
  the 
  Sisson 
  hatchery. 
  

  

  The 
  hatchery 
  built 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  has 
  a 
  

   capacity 
  for 
  about 
  18,000,000 
  eggs, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  one-story 
  frame 
  building, 
  

   144 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  40 
  feet 
  wide, 
  lighted 
  by 
  skylights 
  in 
  the 
  roof 
  and 
  shut- 
  

   tered 
  windows 
  in 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  ends. 
  It 
  contains 
  two 
  distributing- 
  

   troughs 
  and 
  92 
  hatching-troughs, 
  one-half 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  IG 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  

   16 
  inches 
  Avide 
  and 
  0^ 
  inches 
  deep 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  1(1 
  feet 
  long 
  by 
  12 
  

   inches 
  wide 
  and 
  6^ 
  inches 
  deep. 
  The 
  troughs 
  are 
  arranged 
  in 
  sections 
  

   of 
  four, 
  securely 
  bound 
  together, 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  abutting 
  against 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tributing 
  boxes, 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  take 
  their 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  carry 
  

   it 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  below. 
  At 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  each 
  hatching-box 
  is 
  a 
  tin 
  aerator, 
  

   10 
  inches 
  by 
  4^ 
  inches, 
  with 
  perforated 
  bottom. 
  Each 
  trough 
  has 
  a 
  

   capacity 
  for 
  200,000 
  eggs, 
  and 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  admitted 
  to 
  each 
  is 
  

   24 
  gallons 
  per 
  minute. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  P. 
  Babcock, 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Commission, 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  

   of 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  operate 
  the 
  station 
  to 
  its 
  

   fullest 
  capacity. 
  The 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  October 
  20 
  and 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  continued 
  till 
  November 
  23, 
  when 
  the 
  retaining-racks 
  were 
  carried 
  

  

  