﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LXXIX 
  

  

  average 
  period 
  of 
  incubation 
  being' 
  125 
  days. 
  The 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  

   water 
  used 
  varied 
  from 
  32° 
  to 
  43° 
  Fahr., 
  the 
  average 
  being 
  34-4°. 
  The 
  

   shipments 
  of 
  eggs 
  for 
  the 
  season, 
  amounting 
  to 
  42,800,000, 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  

   increase 
  of 
  11,800,000 
  over 
  those 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  were 
  made 
  principally 
  

   during 
  December 
  and 
  January, 
  of 
  which 
  total, 
  2,000,000 
  were 
  sent' 
  to 
  

   the 
  National 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  Association 
  of 
  England 
  ; 
  2,000,000 
  to 
  the 
  

   German 
  Fishery 
  Association, 
  through 
  Herr 
  von 
  Behr, 
  its 
  president; 
  

   1,000,000 
  to 
  the 
  Swiss 
  Government 
  ; 
  1,000,000 
  to 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  by 
  way 
  

   of 
  California 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  stock 
  went 
  to 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  

   Minnesota 
  ; 
  2,000,000 
  to 
  the 
  central 
  station 
  at 
  Washington 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  

   rest 
  to 
  three 
  States 
  and 
  one 
  Territory, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Lakes. 
  In 
  general, 
  the 
  shipments 
  reached 
  their 
  destinations 
  in 
  

   good 
  condition, 
  and 
  but 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  percentage 
  of 
  loss 
  was 
  reported. 
  

   In 
  every 
  instance 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  carefully 
  bandpicked, 
  and 
  the 
  details 
  

   of 
  each 
  shipment 
  were 
  carefully 
  attended 
  to. 
  The 
  car 
  work, 
  also, 
  was 
  

   very 
  successful, 
  owing 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  two 
  cars 
  instead 
  

   of 
  one 
  as 
  heretofore, 
  which 
  prevents 
  the 
  accumulation 
  and 
  overcrowd- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  fry 
  and 
  allows 
  of 
  their 
  disposal 
  while 
  in 
  a 
  vigorous 
  condition. 
  

   In 
  the 
  nineteen 
  trips 
  the 
  two 
  cars 
  ran 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  over 
  10,000 
  miles, 
  no 
  

   roads 
  making 
  any 
  charge 
  for 
  this 
  service, 
  except 
  the 
  Chicago 
  and 
  North- 
  

   western. 
  Whenever 
  possible, 
  a 
  tug 
  was 
  procured, 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  make 
  

   the 
  deposit 
  of 
  fry, 
  care 
  being 
  taken 
  to 
  convey 
  them 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  2 
  

   miles 
  from 
  shore. 
  

  

  The 
  Alpena 
  Station. 
  — 
  The 
  work 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  con- 
  

   junction 
  with 
  that 
  at 
  North 
  ville, 
  and 
  10,000,000 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  taken 
  in 
  at 
  

   Alpena 
  were 
  repacked 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  North. 
  ville 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  better 
  

   facilities 
  for 
  shipping. 
  During 
  the 
  season 
  08,000,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  received 
  

   at 
  the 
  Alpena 
  hatchery. 
  Most 
  of 
  this 
  supply 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  shore 
  

   of 
  Lake 
  Huron 
  and 
  from 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  20,000,000 
  being 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   new 
  territory 
  along 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Michigan 
  where 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   taken 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  December 
  10, 
  when 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  still 
  spawning. 
  The 
  

   hatching 
  season 
  at 
  Alpena 
  was 
  about 
  a 
  month 
  later 
  than 
  at 
  Northville, 
  

   but 
  the 
  busy 
  periods 
  at 
  the 
  two 
  hatcheries 
  about 
  coincide. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  hatched 
  at 
  both 
  stations 
  for 
  distribution 
  to 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Lakes 
  was 
  92,000,000 
  (distributed 
  from 
  Northville, 
  52,000,000 
  ; 
  

   from 
  Alpena, 
  40,000,000), 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  4,000,000 
  over 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   year, 
  while 
  the 
  number 
  actually 
  planted 
  was 
  considerably 
  greater 
  than 
  

   last 
  year, 
  owing 
  to 
  slighter 
  losses 
  in 
  transportation. 
  These, 
  fry 
  were 
  

   distributed 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  lakes 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  To 
  Lako 
  Huron 
  30,000,000 
  

  

  To 
  Lake 
  Michigan 
  29,000,000 
  

  

  To 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  15,000,000 
  

  

  To 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  T 
  12,000,000 
  

  

  To 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  - 
  0,000,000 
  

  

  92, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  