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Of yearlings, 29,100 were sent out. mostly to parties in Michigan, 

 Pennsylvania, and New York. Six thousand fingerlings were, shipped 

 to persons in Michigan and Indiana. 



When the brook-trout fry were 2 months old they began to die, and 

 the loss continued as long as any of the fry were on hand, or until 

 about July 1, 1894. It is thought that this loss was caused by the fact 

 of the parent fish being diseased, a parasite attaching itself to their 

 gills. About the beginning of March, when the disease was discovered, 

 the fish were apparently clean, and from fifteen to thirty minutes after 

 being attacked they would die. From early in March until in May over 

 3,000 of the parent fish, mostly from those 2 years old, died. 



Von Behr trout. — Between October 31 and December 23 there were 

 taken 235,000 eggs. Of these, 135,000 were distributed as follows: 

 Troutdale Fish Farm Company, Mammoth Spring, Ark., 5,000; E. 

 Chazari, City of Mexico, Mexico, 20,000; R. F. Follett, fish commis- 

 sioner, Sheffield, Mass., 20,000; Minnesota Fish Commission, 20,000; 

 Vermont Fish Commission, 20,000; Wyoming Fish Commission, 15,000; 

 Green Lake Station, 25,000; Neosho Station, 10,000. 



From the 24th of January to the 29th of March 14,972 fingerlings 

 were distributed to parties in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, 

 Iowa, and Kentucky. 



Loch Lev en trout. — Of this species 205,500 eggs were taken between 

 October 30 and December 30. From these the following distributions 

 were made: California Fish Commission, 20,000; Minnesota Fish Com- 

 mission, 20,000; Green Lake, Me., Station, 20,000; Leadville, Colo., 

 Station, 10,000; E. Chazari, inspector-general of pisciculture, City of 

 Mexico, Mexico, 25,000. 



Yearlings distributed, 10,000; fingerlings, 24,000. 



Lake trout. — Eggs numbering 2,603,000 were received at the station 

 during the season from Alpena, Mich., and 21,099 from the World's 

 Fair on the 1st of November. Distributions of these eggs were made 

 between January 17 and 19, as follows: Caledonia, N. Y., hatchery, 

 300,000; F. A. Brackett, fish commissioner, Winchester, Mass., 100,000; 

 S. S. Watkins, superintendent Minnesota Fish Commission, St. Paul, 

 100,000; A. M. Musser, Salt Lake City, Utah, 100,000; C. C. Warren, 

 fish commissioner, Boxbury, Vt., 300,000; Nebraska State Fish Com- 

 mission, 100,000; B. E. Follett, fish commissioner, Sheffield, Mass., 

 100,000; Green Lake, Me., Station, 50,000; Putin-Bay, Ohio, Station, 

 125,000; World's Fair, 54,000. Of this latter number, 21,099 were 

 returned to the Northville Station November 1. 



The number of fingerlings distributed between June 13 and 26 was 

 102,000: C.N. Clark, Cape Vincent, N. Y., 30,000; Lake Huron, off 

 Sugar Island, 40,000; Lake Huron, off Alpena, 30,000; E. C. Daytow, 

 Kalamazoo, Mich., 2.01)0. 



Yearlings distributed, 19,423, to parties in New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Montana. There were deposited in Lake 

 Hurou, near Alpena, Mich., 145 fish, 1, 2, and 3 years old. 



