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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  feeding 
  of 
  5 
  000,000 
  young 
  salmon 
  was 
  under- 
  

   taken. 
  These 
  fish 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  troughs 
  in 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   new 
  ponds. 
  The 
  food 
  at 
  first 
  consisted 
  of 
  steelheads 
  and 
  Dolly 
  

   Varden 
  trout 
  ground 
  to 
  suitable 
  size, 
  but 
  as 
  this 
  supply 
  of 
  food 
  lasted 
  

   only 
  about 
  eight 
  weeks, 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  then 
  fed 
  on 
  do-over 
  salmon, 
  

   ground 
  to 
  suitable 
  fineness, 
  which 
  diet 
  was 
  continued 
  until 
  the 
  fish 
  

   were 
  liberated 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  in 
  July. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  there 
  remained 
  

   about 
  700,000 
  fingerlings 
  averaging 
  two 
  inches 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  length. 
  

   Plants 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  5,000,000 
  fry, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  fed, 
  were 
  

   made 
  along 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  until 
  the 
  final 
  plants 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  sockeye 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1914, 
  30 
  barrels 
  

   of 
  spawned 
  fish 
  were 
  salted 
  for 
  feeding 
  to 
  the 
  fry 
  next 
  spring. 
  If 
  this 
  

   food 
  proves 
  to 
  be 
  satisfactory, 
  larger 
  quantities 
  may 
  be 
  prepared 
  in 
  

   subsequent 
  seasons. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1914, 
  three 
  fry 
  ponds 
  were 
  constructed, 
  each 
  being 
  

   60 
  feet 
  long, 
  12 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  2 
  feet 
  deep 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  with 
  slop- 
  

   ing 
  bottom, 
  giving 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2^ 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  end. 
  These 
  ponds 
  

   are 
  lined 
  with 
  heavy 
  plank 
  and 
  the 
  bottoms 
  and 
  sides 
  are 
  caulked 
  

   to 
  make 
  them 
  water-tight. 
  They 
  are 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  just 
  

   below 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  retaining 
  wall 
  which 
  fronts 
  the 
  

   creek; 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  hatchery's 
  overflow. 
  

  

  Among 
  other 
  fixed 
  improvements 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  

   16 
  by 
  28 
  foot 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  for 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   modation 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  electric 
  power 
  plant 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  12-inch 
  turbine 
  

   driving 
  a 
  dynamo 
  capable 
  of 
  furnishing 
  power 
  for 
  one 
  hundred 
  16- 
  

   candlepower 
  lamps. 
  All 
  buildings 
  and 
  the 
  grounds 
  are 
  now 
  lighted 
  

   by 
  electricity. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  25 
  the 
  new 
  bunk 
  house 
  occupied 
  by 
  temporary 
  employees 
  

   was 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire, 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  apparently 
  a 
  defective 
  

   flue. 
  The 
  building 
  was 
  rebuilt 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  ArOGNAK. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Afognak 
  station 
  during 
  1913 
  the 
  take 
  of 
  sockeye-salmon 
  

   eggs 
  numbered 
  10,989,000. 
  Plants 
  of 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  these 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  made 
  chiefly 
  from 
  February 
  to 
  June, 
  1914, 
  and 
  aggregated 
  

   7,761,700. 
  In 
  addition 
  12,034,399 
  humpback 
  sahnon 
  fry, 
  which 
  

   resulted 
  from 
  the 
  13,900,000 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  taken 
  the 
  previous 
  sea- 
  

   son, 
  were 
  planted, 
  mostly 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May. 
  Also 
  in 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  plants 
  of 
  50,000 
  coho 
  fry 
  were 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  74,600 
  eggs 
  

   collected 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  fall. 
  Operations 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery 
  w^re 
  much 
  

   hampered 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  influx 
  of 
  volcanic 
  ash, 
  a 
  fresh 
  deposit 
  of 
  

   which 
  resulted 
  from 
  another, 
  though 
  less 
  violent, 
  eruption 
  of 
  Mount 
  

   Katmai 
  in 
  September, 
  1913. 
  This 
  ash 
  was 
  so 
  troublesome 
  that 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  fry 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  out 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  