XXXIII.-REPORT UPON THE HATCHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 

 PENOBSCOT AND LAND-LOCKED OR SCHOODIC SALMON IN THE 

 SPRING OF 1882. 



By Fred. Mather. 



Gonceriiing the operations of hatching Penobscot salmon and land- 

 locked salmon at Roslyn, N. Y., and distributing them to waters in the 

 State of New York, I have the honor to report as follows : 



PENOBSCOT SALMON. 



I received your order to try and obtain the use of a hatching house 

 near New York, for the i^urpose of hatching 120,000 Penobscot salmon 

 eggs, on January 16. I immediately wrote to Mr. Thomas Clapham, 

 Roslyn, N. Y., whom I knew to have one that was not in use. The next 

 day he telegraphed me that I was at liberty to use his house and that 

 he would afford me every facility in his power. I then ordered hatch- 

 ing frames, wire cloth, &c., and on the 20th went to Roslyn and ordered 

 new troughs. The same day, Mr. Blackford telegraphed me of the arri- 

 val of the eggs at his i^lace in Fulton Market, New York. Mr. Clap- 

 ham's hatchery had not been used in some years, and the floor of the 

 building was two feet below ground. He had thrown in earth and 

 made a pond of it. This had to be drained, cleaned, and repaired. On 

 the 28th the frames, troughs, &c., were tarred, and the eggs sent for. 

 They were received in good order (144 dead) and put out. Mr. Atkins 

 telegrai)hed that 80,000 more were coming, and I had more troughs 

 made and tarred. The second lot arrived at Roslyn Febi uary 4, also in 

 good order (37 dead), and the first were hatching freely. 



On the 15th of February I learned from Mr. Atkins that 37,500 more 

 eggs were coming, and I telegraphed to Roslyn to have four more troughs 

 made, and the next day went down with the eggs, and tarred the new 

 troughs, and on the 17th 50,000 additional eggs arrived. These last 

 two lots were also in good order (203 dead), but they did not do well 

 after hatching, on account of the insufficient tarring of the troughs, 

 which were of new pine. On the 23d these looked so badly that I de- 

 termined to double them up in the other troughs and char the ones the 

 fish were in. The fish had a peculiar white liver, presenting a curious 

 spotted appearance as they lay in mass, and there was considerable 

 " dro])sy " or blue swelling. In this connection I will take the liberty 

 of calling your attention to extracts from a paper which I read before 



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