﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

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  the 
  grouud 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  ;i 
  pumj) 
  driven 
  in 
  a 
  well 
  10 
  feet 
  deeji. 
  Con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  the 
  pumpis 
  a 
  10-horsepowerboiler, 
  which 
  is 
  covered, 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  well, 
  by 
  a 
  neat 
  shed. 
  A 
  small 
  slied 
  was 
  also 
  erected 
  and 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  troughs 
  constructed 
  for 
  holding 
  bass 
  intended 
  for 
  immediate 
  

   shipment 
  and 
  for 
  assorting 
  bass 
  before 
  putting 
  tliem 
  in 
  the 
  j)onds. 
  The 
  

   pumping 
  plant 
  is 
  so 
  arranged 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  can 
  be 
  forced 
  into 
  the 
  

   ponds 
  direct, 
  or 
  into 
  the 
  tanks, 
  the 
  ponds 
  being 
  supplied 
  by 
  gravity, 
  or 
  

   it 
  can 
  be 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  ponds 
  and 
  tanks 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  The 
  

   pumping 
  apparatus 
  and 
  the 
  buildings 
  were 
  erected 
  during 
  May. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  present 
  facilities 
  the 
  chief 
  difficulty 
  in 
  holding 
  fish, 
  for 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  is 
  eliminated, 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  danger 
  of 
  their 
  dying 
  from 
  

   fungus 
  with 
  the 
  new 
  water 
  supply, 
  it 
  being 
  as 
  clear 
  as 
  spring 
  water 
  

   and 
  almost 
  chemically 
  pure. 
  If 
  the 
  fish 
  reach 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  good 
  con- 
  

   dition, 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  loss 
  from 
  any 
  cause 
  will 
  be 
  slight. 
  As 
  already 
  

   stated, 
  they 
  are 
  first 
  carefully 
  assorted 
  as 
  to 
  size, 
  and 
  those 
  showing 
  

   any 
  injury 
  are 
  placed 
  by 
  themselves; 
  twenty-four 
  hours 
  determines 
  

   which 
  ones 
  are 
  unfit 
  for 
  transportation, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  

   river. 
  The 
  fish 
  seem 
  to 
  harden 
  by 
  keeping, 
  and 
  when 
  taken 
  from 
  warm 
  

   water 
  their 
  color 
  becomes 
  much 
  darker 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days. 
  In 
  past 
  seasons 
  

   the 
  greatest 
  losses 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  live-boxes, 
  where 
  the 
  temperature 
  

   of 
  the 
  water 
  frequently 
  ranged 
  from 
  90° 
  to 
  100°, 
  but 
  since 
  comi)leting 
  

   the 
  ponds 
  and 
  obtaining 
  the 
  new 
  water 
  supply 
  the 
  loss 
  in 
  holding 
  has 
  

   decreased 
  perceptibly. 
  

  

  The 
  cost 
  of 
  constructing 
  the 
  ponds, 
  including 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  the 
  

   pumicing 
  plant 
  and 
  erection 
  of 
  sheds 
  and 
  troughs, 
  was 
  less 
  than 
  $700, 
  

   exclusive 
  of 
  services 
  of 
  regular 
  employees, 
  who 
  were 
  utilized 
  in 
  this 
  

   work 
  when 
  not 
  otherwise 
  engaged. 
  

  

  Neosho 
  Statiox, 
  Missouui 
  (W. 
  F. 
  Page, 
  SupkrintendeKt). 
  

  

  Buring 
  the 
  year 
  considerable 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  the 
  

   way 
  of 
  painting 
  and 
  repairs 
  to 
  buildings 
  and 
  fences: 
  various 
  improve- 
  

   ments 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  x)onds 
  and 
  the 
  conduits; 
  outlets 
  and 
  inlets 
  

   of 
  the 
  trout 
  pools, 
  originally 
  made 
  of 
  oak, 
  were 
  replaced 
  by 
  terracotta 
  

   gutter 
  pipe. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tables 
  show 
  the 
  total 
  preciiiitation 
  during 
  the 
  j'ear 
  

   and 
  the 
  maximum, 
  minimum, 
  and 
  mean 
  air 
  temperatures 
  by 
  months: 
  

  

  Month. 
  

  

  -July 
  

  

  August 
  . 
  .. 
  

  

  September 
  

  

  October 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  NovembiT. 
  

  

  December. 
  

   -January. 
  .. 
  

  

  February 
  . 
  

  

  March 
  . 
  .'. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  April 
  

  

  May 
  

  

  Jiiiio 
  

  

  4.50 
  

   1.25 
  

  

  3. 
  .10 
  

   1..10 
  

   2.50 
  

  

  13.25 
  

  

  a 
  Raiu 
  gauge 
  overran 
  in 
  the 
  storm 
  of 
  December, 
  and 
  the 
  amount 
  was 
  calculated 
  from 
  other 
  data. 
  

  

  