﻿LXXXIV 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  Northville 
  Station.— 
  The 
  work 
  done 
  with 
  this 
  species 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  season 
  was 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  preceding 
  

   year. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  collected 
  was 
  1,475,000; 
  of 
  which 
  1,031,000 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  away, 
  and 
  115,500 
  fry 
  hatched. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  

   and 
  spring 
  75,500 
  fry 
  Avere 
  sent 
  to 
  various 
  points 
  in 
  Michigan, 
  Indiana, 
  

   and 
  Ohio, 
  while 
  40,000 
  fry 
  were 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  Thus 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  1,146,500 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry 
  successfully 
  handled. 
  More 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  taken 
  at 
  Thompson, 
  Mich., 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  

   than 
  at 
  any 
  other 
  point, 
  though 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  attempt 
  in 
  that 
  region, 
  

   while 
  many 
  were 
  also 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  shoals 
  of 
  Thunder 
  Bay 
  and 
  

   vicinity 
  in 
  Lake 
  Huron. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  P. 
  Wires 
  and 
  

   his 
  assistants, 
  of 
  the 
  Alpena 
  station, 
  and 
  were 
  at 
  once 
  forwarded 
  to 
  

   Northville, 
  wit-h 
  scarcely 
  any 
  loss 
  in 
  transit. 
  Of 
  the 
  eggs 
  distributed, 
  

   50,000 
  each 
  were 
  reshipped 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fred 
  Mather 
  to 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Fisch- 
  

   erei-Verein 
  of 
  Germany, 
  the 
  National 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  Association 
  of 
  En- 
  

   gland, 
  and 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  Switzerland; 
  while 
  25,000 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  

   Mexico. 
  The 
  remaining 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  twelve 
  States 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  cen. 
  

   tral 
  station 
  at 
  Washington. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  shipments 
  

   arrived 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  except 
  that 
  to 
  Mexico, 
  which 
  was 
  too 
  long 
  on 
  

   the 
  way 
  and 
  was 
  probably 
  exposed 
  to 
  too 
  high 
  a 
  temperature. 
  

  

  ft. 
  The 
  Rainbow, 
  California, 
  or 
  Mountain 
  Trout 
  (Salmo 
  irideus). 
  

  

  The 
  McCloud 
  River 
  Station. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Livingston 
  Stone 
  retains 
  the 
  general 
  

   superintendence 
  of 
  this 
  station, 
  while 
  Mr. 
  Loren 
  W. 
  Green 
  was 
  there 
  in 
  

   person 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  work 
  during 
  the 
  season. 
  The 
  spawning 
  

   began 
  a 
  little 
  later 
  this 
  year 
  than 
  heretofore 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  last 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  usual, 
  the 
  first 
  eggs 
  (15,000) 
  being 
  taken 
  on 
  December 
  27, 
  1885, 
  and 
  

   the 
  last 
  (3,000) 
  on 
  April 
  the 
  29th 
  following. 
  A 
  violent 
  storm 
  visited 
  

   the 
  river 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  spawning 
  season, 
  which 
  caused 
  

   some 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  trout 
  by 
  making 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  very 
  muddy. 
  

   This 
  storm 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  remarkably 
  dry 
  winter, 
  which 
  was 
  unfa- 
  

   vorable 
  to 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  spawning 
  trout 
  and 
  caused 
  very 
  few 
  eggs 
  to 
  be 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  April. 
  A 
  total 
  of 
  313,600 
  eggs 
  was 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   son, 
  which 
  was 
  very 
  creditable 
  under 
  the 
  circumstances. 
  Of 
  the 
  246,000 
  

   eggs 
  sent 
  away, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  one 
  lot 
  to 
  Washington 
  that 
  was 
  

   frozen 
  in 
  transit, 
  all 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Green's 
  

   method 
  of 
  packing 
  seems 
  very 
  satisfactory. 
  There 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  

   planted 
  in 
  the 
  McCloud 
  River 
  28,700 
  fry, 
  and 
  11,300 
  were 
  hatched 
  for 
  

   the 
  ponds 
  at 
  the 
  station. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  the 
  trout 
  in 
  the 
  McCloud 
  River 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  

   were 
  observed 
  to 
  be 
  dying 
  from 
  some 
  unkuown 
  disease. 
  The 
  symptoms 
  

   were 
  peculiar, 
  and 
  the 
  disease 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  contagious, 
  being 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  communicated 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  by 
  the 
  fish 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  

   river, 
  and 
  attacking 
  chiefly 
  the 
  larger 
  trout. 
  This 
  has 
  probably 
  greatly 
  

   reduced 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  spawners 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  lS85-'86. 
  

  

  