924 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The fifth shipment was made ou the 12th of October, as follows : 



To K W. Clark, Northville, Mich 240,000 



E. A. Brackett, Winchester, Mass. 80,000 



Samuel Wilmot, Ontario, Canada 80,000 



A. A. Eeed, jr., Providence, R. I 240,000 



A. P. Rock wood, Salt Lake City, Utah 100,000 



Dr. W. A. Pratt, Elgin, 111 80,000 



Besides these, 50,000 eggs were sent to New Zealand, consigned to 

 Charles Kaeding, San Francisco. There were also 80,000 eggs shipped 

 to Seth Green, Rochester, N. Y., the 18th of October. 



Before the earlier eggs were all sent off, those of the California reserve 

 began to hatch, the first fish making its appearance the 4th day of Octo- 

 ber. The remaining eggs hatched out very rapidly, it being safe to say, 

 I think, that in the latter part of October a hundred thousand salmon 

 hatched every day. 



(Jp to the time of the present writing, returns had been received from 

 the first two lots. These read as follows: 



From C. L.Ditman, Stillwater, Minn., who received 200,000 eggs: 

 *' Salmon-eggs arrived in fine condition. — C. L. Ditman." 

 From S. S. Watkins, Redwing, Minn., who received 200,000 eggs: 

 "V/atkins got eggs in good order on sixth. — R. O. Sweeney, Fish 

 Comr." 



From B. F. Shaw, Anamosa, Iowa, who received 300,000 eggs: 

 "•The spawn arrived in fine condition. — B. F. Shaw. Per Slocum." 

 From N. W. Clark, Northville, Mich., who received 208,000 eggs: 

 "One lot of eggs arrived yesterdav in good condition. — N. W. Clark 

 & Co." 



From George H. Jerome, Niles, Mich., w^ho received 800,000 eggs: 

 "Very little loss; eggs sui^erior. — Geo. H. Jerome." 

 From N. W. Clark, Northville, Mich., who received 480,000 eggs: 

 *'Last lot of eggs 4 per cent. loss. — N. W. Clark & Co." 



3. — Labor and cost of the eggs. 



The cost of caking and maturing these eggs was about $8,000. There 

 were 8,170,000 impregnated eggs obtained, making the cost per thousand 

 less than $1. 



The following statistics may perhaps be interesting to the curious in 

 such matters as showing what is involved in carrying on this work on 

 so large a scale : 



There were in bulk almost 100 bushels of salmon-eggs. To mature 

 these eggs 1,200,000,000 foot-pounds of water were pumped from the 

 river by the wheel-pump. It took 160 bushels of moss from Mount 

 Shasta and over 800 yards of mosquito-bar to pack the eggs. When 

 packed they filled 158 boxes 2 feet square by G inches deep. It took 79 

 crates, containing 2 boxes each, to hold the boxes of eggs. The whole 

 lot of eggs sent East weighed, when packed, 20,000 pounds, and the 

 express charges paid Wells, Fargo & Co. were about $3,000. 



