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A similar trial made later proved a Mlure. 



From the. above table of losses and the round figures given as planted 

 it will be seen that there is a discrepancy of only 208 fish, and these are 

 on my side. Further, my estimate of the eggs received exceeds that of 

 Colonel McDonald by about 5,000. The cool spring water, say, of abont 

 G0° (the mean of the above table is 00°. 7), seems to account for the 

 absence of fungus on the dead eggs. Having hatched shad eggs in iced 

 water (see Eeport U. S. Fish Commissioner for 1873-74, and 1874-'75, 

 pp. 372, 376), and on the rivers of the Atlantic coast from the Pamunkey 

 to the Connecticut, where it has often reached 80°, I fiiul sjjring water 

 at about 60° to be the best medium for shad eggs which I have used. 

 In the summer of 1884 I made an examination of the shad fisheries of 

 the Hudson for the New York fish commission to find the best i)lace 

 to take eggs. There are several points on the river where eggs can be 

 obtained, and these lie between Kingston and Hudson. The catch of 

 fish during the season of 1884 was a very fair one, owing, no doubt, to 

 the plantings by the State and by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



.SALMON (SALMO SALAR). 



During the spring of 1883 295,000 salmon were distributed to the 

 headwaters of the Hudson and Salmon Kivers, in the State of New 

 York, being the fry from 350,000 eggs of the Penobscot salmon received 

 from the United States salmon works at Orland, Me. 



In 1884 there were planted in the same waters 448,700 fry from 500,000 

 eggs received from Orland. Tables giving the particulars of the dis- 

 tributions will be found at the close of this report. The Sahnon River 

 referred to is the one emptying into Lake Ontario near Pulaski, Oswego 

 Count}', New York, and not the Salmon liiver of Franklin County, New 

 York, which Hows ninth ii.to the Saint Lawrence River. 



LANDLOCKED SALMON (S. SALAR, Var. SE13AGO). 



In 1883 100,000 eggs of this splendid lake salmon were received from 

 the U. S. Fish Commission from the breeding establishment in Maine, 

 in charge of Mr. Charles G. Atkins, Professor Baird reserving 10,000 

 of the fry to be distributed as he miglit direct, and the remainder to be 

 at the disi)osal <jf the New York commission. Eighty-five thousand 

 fry were distributed, as per table. 



In 1884 there were received 41,500 eggs of this fish, most of which 

 were sent to the Bisby Club, at Bisby Lake, Herkimer County, New 

 York, at the request of General E. U. Sherman, of the board of New 

 York fish commissioners. 



POPULARITY OF THE STATION. 



The station has become very popular among people in this portion of 

 the State, a most substantial proof of which is the fact that after its es- 

 tablishment by the State fishery commission it was feared that it would 



