REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 113 
\lots of eggs, aggregating 463,500, were shipped to other points, as 
/shown by the following statement: 
Date. Consignee. Number. 
= 
oo TU SS Sess eee H.M. Garlichs, Missouri fish commissioner......-------.-..--+---+ 20, 000 
l Be ra aS aA a wind bois Central Station, U.S. F.C., Washington, D.C ...-...-.---.--.------ 15, 000 
2h] 2 ae eee eae Pere do Soe aT ERS SNS Sey Ar en, EON UREN GP ALL ene aaa 17, 500 
| 1,5 SSBB ESe eee ael ERIE igh o CeatS sea  A a here ee Da NE Fa BP ED OE 20, 000 
Uso “Spee scbadaaods Wy thevil Station, DWiyihte wile: (Vaiss ees oe oe ces eee 15, 000 
Tis qacepaneeeeuobaal asset ssi Seka amps Oy 1 Lie ihe ee en ocean en SRS Loa 15, 000 
Rene eR pene aed OR s= ae mer eee SEES Noe ae TS he Sead 33, 000 
' 3) oe aoe Opntital Stations Usorn. G.wWasbine tone Cans csscecsen thea seca 29, 000 
ee te ed tt EL Oj ed hese ene aE ae ee 23, 000 
2, oe Saeene Cac, Warren: Mermont COMMISSIONED =— c= oe ae eels ce eee pee 36, 000 
5 BS eee ee rade Lake Station, U.S. F.C., Green Lake, Me.................. 30, 000 
Sete rece st eit Duluth Station, U. S.F. C., Duluth, MGM =sa=t~ 5 = clerstaia ofa e See ae eee 14, 000 
| sia Renee Me ECE OER PEgsbL DRE betes Menon a eae e ESD Re ERSTE EP Per tO0e Ue ee 45, 000 
oS See COREE SOE Cie ae eu See UUs ne AE DESC a BBS ch CARR AC DEES EOSOS Sar Aen bee sec AaM Ear eee 16, 000 
| “gut RAUL SECT 307 os (oe eee ee ae Me ee ere wee es ot Oa SEL Soe e Te 22, 000 
pees acne akin, cieisie = ote jane a Bay Station, U.S. F.C., Put-in Bay, Ohio....-.......-.---- 21, 000 
ney eat ad SEES SS ICY ES Ga AR SATE PE UAL: EES 7 GOI oO SOS SE AN 27, 000 
Ube S i Se ee ey ee WN pepe ape ae tae naire eee eee omintcce hia ne tea abies dome 20, 000 
eee ar aeh Bei MORE es ek: Sev Oe RRP URE ee Ste! een SSS AE a 7, 500 
PO on ela cyoicte rcioion ath’ M. E. O’Brien, superintendent Nebraska Fish Commission. ....... 21, 000 
BEES c ce cicinsn.cf ve.e =| sine a LO ers ers meta oer elate Se sie int sien saree tee ice cere eiem emer ne sicire eee 16, 500 
Wotallssertcctes shise eis tees earls cicowsc ssh ac qucleccmtanmeacaoacnaem se 463, 500 
With the exception of one package lost in a railroad accident while 
‘en route to Green Lake Station, the eggs were received in good condi- 
tion and were pronounced to be of high grade. No sphagnum moss 
being available for the unexpetted shipments, fine shavings of common 
grades of sponge were used for packing the eggs on the canton-flannel 
trays. It was found that a much larger amount of Jabor was required 
to prepare it than sphagnum moss, but, its expansibility being more 
uniform, the pack could be much more evenly effected and with greater 
‘safety. Moreover, this material can be reused upon being subjected to 
boiling. One pound is sufficient to pack 15,000 eggs, it not being used 
in the outside packing employed to exclude atmospheric heat. 
The eggs retained for hatching and rearing were 74,700, which by 
April 17 afforded 60,000 fry, then placed in pools for rearing. The eggs 
being of different ages, the hatching was prolonged until March 26. 
Losses in fry during the hatching process were 7,838, of which 6,051 
were killed by the choking of an inlet pipe by a small fish. 
In May an epidemic occurred in one of the pools, about 8,000 fry 
dying, but the mortality was soon arrested by applying salt and earth. 
Pond species.—In February preparations were commenced in antici- 
pation of the spring spawning of pond fishes, the water areas being 
drawn and cleaned and all necessary materials brought together in 
proper condition. In the four weeks succeeding April 10, constituting 
the height of the spawning and hatching season, there was a rainfall 
of 8.8 inches, accompanied by five severe hail-storms and three wind- 
storms, the latter carrying bunches of moss and willow roots laden 
with glutinous eggs out of the ponds, thousands of additional eggs 
and young being destroyed by hailstones and raindrops. Owing to 
the flooded condition of the large streams there was an influx of 
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