84 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
The eggs acquired were of superior quality, only 9,000 having been 
discarded by December 31, when the outlines of the embryos were 
clearly visible. It was anticipated that more than 200,000 would hatch, 
but on January 15 an unexpected death rate was encountered and its 
continuance for a month materially reduced the stock. A minute white 
spot on the egg resulted, in the course of two days, in a growth of 
fungus. The source of fatality is charged to careless handling in the 
process of picking, when the eggs were exposed to the higher air tem- 
perature of the room for unnecessarily long periods. On April 5 all 
were carefully washed, picked, and spread evenly on 81 trays, and the 
contents of several trays being ascertained by counting, the whole 
number was found to be 166,000. Hatching was observed as early as 
April 8, and at the end of the month no eggs remained. A subsequent 
table indicates the success attending the stock in the fry stage. 
Brook trout.—Egg collections were from wild fish taken from Wink- 
empaugh Brook, a tributary of Branch Pond, 10 miles distant. On 
October 19 two employees, provided with equipment for establishing a 
trap to arrest the progress of ascending fish, were dispatched to the 
‘scene. The trap was at once put in place, and eleven days after 1 
male and 10 females were taken, from 5 of which, then ripe, 10,000 
eggs were secured, these being delivered at the station the same day. 
The weight of one of these fish was about 5 pounds. During one 
night, about the middle of November, 54 female trout were taken. The 
ineffective arrangement of the trap permitted nearly all male fish to 
escape, and this, together with injuries sustained from the cutting of 
minks and muskrats, and a sudden freshet, led to the unobstructed 
passage of probably two-thirds of all fish ascending. There were 72 
females captured, a portion of which escaped before their eggs were 
stripped. The Winkempaugh trout are the genuine Salvelinus fonti- 
nalis, ranging in weight from 2 to 5 pounds, and exhibiting brilliant 
markings. The coliection of eggs amounted to 109,400, of which 8,500 
were treated with milt of landlocked salmon without result. Besides 
the above, a few unproductive eggs were acquired from fish captured in 
the Great Brook traps. The eggs in development turned out poorly, 
as a result of defective fertilization, the greater portion being discarded 
by December, many of those remaining showing up as “ringers.” 
Other trout eqggs.—Egegs additional to those already mentioned were 
in the nature of express consignments, represented below: 
Date. Kind. | Number. Whence derived. 
Saneles| Atlantic salmon 225-2 osc ne cee eleraecnescme ss 10, 000 | Craig Brook Station, Maine. 
2Bi-o!) W/Gnal De) oan ee cenconseerQtonsoenetecoedecesnS | 50, 000 Northville Station, Michigan. 
Bosal Cla VOtro ut: eee eae canes Sire oe ne ren ers ee ereer reas | 50, 000 Do 
2oen hoch evenstroul on. ot sce a et coe eee eee nae. | 30, 000 Do. 
On arrival there were dead, of the first three kinds named, 8, 13, 
and 16, respectively. A consignment of rainbow trout eggs arrived — 
February 6 from Neosho Station, all having perished en route from 
delay consequent upon a railroad accident. 
