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  WORK 
  AT 
  COLD 
  SPRING 
  HARBOR. 
  HI 
  

  

  at 
  Orland, 
  Me., 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Atkins. 
  Four 
  cases, 
  containing 
  

   250,000 
  in 
  all, 
  arrived 
  ou 
  January 
  15, 
  1885, 
  at 
  7 
  p. 
  m., 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  

   and 
  were 
  unpacked 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  at 
  10 
  a. 
  m. 
  The 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  

   water 
  was 
  44 
  degrees 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  the 
  same. 
  Three 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  eighty 
  eggs 
  were 
  found 
  dead 
  on 
  unpacking. 
  On 
  January 
  22 
  we 
  

   received 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  four 
  additional 
  cases, 
  containing 
  the 
  re- 
  

   mainder 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  equally 
  good 
  condition. 
  They 
  were 
  

   unpacked 
  the 
  next 
  morning 
  at 
  8 
  o'clock, 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  pack- 
  

   ing 
  being 
  34 
  degrees, 
  while 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  our 
  troughs 
  was 
  36 
  degrees. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  dead 
  eggs 
  in 
  this 
  last 
  lot 
  was 
  1,930. 
  In 
  none 
  of 
  these 
  

   cases 
  were 
  there 
  any 
  indented 
  eggs, 
  which 
  is 
  always 
  a 
  sign 
  of 
  lack 
  of 
  

   moisture 
  in 
  the 
  package, 
  and 
  I 
  cannot 
  too 
  highly 
  commend 
  the 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  packed 
  for 
  domestic 
  shipment. 
  Of 
  

   these 
  500,000 
  eggs, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  accounted 
  for 
  in 
  exact 
  figures 
  in 
  the 
  

   tables 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  report, 
  our 
  loss 
  was 
  75,000 
  in 
  eggs 
  or 
  fry 
  

   and 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  those 
  different 
  deformities 
  which 
  are 
  familiar 
  to 
  flsh- 
  

   culturists. 
  Of 
  the 
  425,000 
  remaining, 
  270,000 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  trib- 
  

   utaries 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  in 
  Warren 
  County, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  100,000 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  

   the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  River 
  in 
  Sussex 
  County, 
  N. 
  J.; 
  50,000 
  

   were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River; 
  and 
  5,000 
  were 
  distributed 
  privately. 
  

  

  should 
  arouse 
  anglers 
  and 
  game 
  projectors 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  crop 
  is 
  not 
  destroyed. 
  

   [J. 
  H. 
  R.,TROY, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  Jane 
  7, 
  1886.] 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  P. 
  Schuyler, 
  of 
  Troy, 
  has 
  writtcu 
  to 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  M. 
  Backus, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  that 
  

   on 
  Monday 
  last 
  a 
  14i-pouud 
  salmon 
  was 
  caught 
  at 
  the 
  State 
  dam, 
  making 
  the 
  third 
  

   within 
  a 
  week, 
  whose 
  aggregate 
  weight 
  was 
  35 
  pounds. 
  Mr. 
  Backns 
  writes 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Blackford 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  impression 
  at 
  Troy 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  State 
  legisla- 
  

   ture 
  made 
  an 
  appropriation 
  for 
  a 
  fishway 
  at 
  Troy, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  bnilt. 
  Mr. 
  

   Schuyler 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  iisli 
  referred 
  to 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  last 
  one 
  killed, 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  few 
  knights 
  

   of 
  the 
  angle 
  intend 
  to 
  take 
  matters 
  in 
  hand," 
  and 
  that 
  his 
  brother 
  lias 
  notified 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  that 
  all 
  fish 
  taken 
  in 
  future 
  must 
  be 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  adds: 
  "I 
  

   believe 
  the 
  waters 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  dam 
  are 
  swarming 
  with 
  salmon 
  that 
  are 
  

   unable 
  to 
  get 
  above 
  the 
  dam." 
  

  

  Two 
  salmon 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  here. 
  These 
  must 
  lie 
  fish 
  that 
  were 
  planted 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  years 
  ago 
  by 
  the 
  TI. 
  S. 
  Fish. 
  Commission 
  from 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  hatchery. 
  I 
  saw 
  

   the 
  first 
  shipment 
  taken 
  to 
  North 
  Creek 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mather 
  in 
  1882, 
  while 
  they 
  were 
  on 
  

   the 
  platform 
  at 
  Saratoga, 
  and 
  expressed 
  my 
  opinion 
  to 
  him 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  doubtful 
  if 
  

   they 
  would 
  ever 
  return, 
  because 
  they 
  were 
  so 
  small. 
  I 
  am 
  prepared 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  

   more 
  will 
  come. 
  [D. 
  Y. 
  SMITH, 
  Troy, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  June 
  7, 
  1886.] 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  2d 
  day 
  of 
  June 
  some 
  fishermen 
  took 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  just 
  

   below 
  the 
  State 
  dam 
  at 
  this 
  city, 
  a 
  strange 
  fish, 
  some 
  10 
  pounds 
  in 
  weight. 
  They 
  

   presented 
  the 
  fish 
  to 
  their 
  employer, 
  who 
  was 
  also 
  ignorant 
  of 
  its 
  proper 
  name 
  and 
  

   species, 
  but 
  found 
  it 
  very 
  good 
  eating. 
  Yesterday 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  fish 
  was 
  taken 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  It 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  city, 
  and 
  in 
  the. 
  evening 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  

   of 
  inspecting 
  a 
  fine 
  male 
  salmon, 
  which 
  measured 
  28 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  16 
  in 
  girth, 
  and 
  

   weighed 
  10 
  pounds 
  8 
  ounces. 
  Did 
  not 
  the 
  legislature 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  

   a 
  fishway 
  in 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  dam 
  ? 
  If 
  so, 
  let 
  us 
  have 
  it 
  at 
  once. 
  [SEYMOUR 
  

   VAN 
  SANTVOORD, 
  Troy, 
  N. 
  Y.,June 
  1. 
  L8SG.] 
  

  

  These 
  adult 
  salmon, 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt, 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  planting 
  in 
  1882, 
  which 
  was 
  made 
  

   from 
  the 
  hatchery 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Clapham, 
  at 
  Roslyn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  