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  OPERATIONS 
  AT 
  NORTHVILLE 
  AND 
  ALPENA. 
  

  

  125 
  

  

  Fifty-five 
  thousand 
  five 
  hundred 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  272 
  spawners 
  

   one 
  year 
  old, 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  204 
  from 
  each 
  ; 
  79,400 
  eggs 
  from 
  269 
  spawners 
  

   two 
  years 
  old, 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  295 
  ; 
  90,100 
  from 
  137 
  spawners 
  three 
  years 
  

   old, 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  657. 
  On 
  December 
  31, 
  25,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  

   W. 
  D. 
  Marks, 
  superintendent 
  Michigan 
  commission, 
  Paris, 
  Mich., 
  in 
  ex- 
  

   change 
  for 
  an 
  equal 
  number 
  of 
  same 
  species 
  which 
  were 
  hatched 
  at 
  

   Northville 
  Station 
  and 
  mostly 
  retained 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes. 
  In 
  con- 
  

   nection 
  with 
  this 
  maybe 
  mentioned 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  305 
  yearling 
  and 
  two- 
  

   year-old 
  wild 
  trout 
  in 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  June 
  from 
  the 
  streams 
  of 
  Northern 
  

   Michigan 
  and 
  successful 
  shipment 
  of 
  same 
  to 
  the 
  Northville 
  Station. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  date, 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  taken- 
  from 
  

   females 
  of 
  different 
  ages, 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  males 
  used: 
  

  

  ONE 
  TEAK 
  OLD. 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  27. 
  

  

  30. 
  

  

  31. 
  

  

  Nov. 
  1. 
  

  

  s 
  I 
  S 
  I 
  No. 
  of 
  

   "3 
  I 
  5 
  I 
  eggs. 
  

  

  1S85. 
  

   Oct. 
  22 
  1 
  4 
  

  

  200 
  

   2,000 
  

   2,000 
  

   2,400 
  

   3,800 
  

   3,700 
  

   1,900 
  

   2,800 
  

   4,200 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  1885. 
  

   Nov. 
  4... 
  

  

  5... 
  

  

  G... 
  

  

  7... 
  

  

  9 
  .. 
  

   10... 
  

   11... 
  

   12 
  .. 
  

   13... 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  1885. 
  

  

  Nov. 
  15 
  9 
  i 
  9 
  

  

  20 
  [ 
  13 
  13 
  

  

  25 
  7 
  6 
  

  

  30 
  '■■ 
  4 
  4 
  

  

  Dec. 
  10 
  ! 
  3 
  3 
  

  

  272 
  

  

  No. 
  of 
  

  

  eggs. 
  

  

  1,710 
  

   2,000 
  

   1,200 
  

   1,000 
  

   800 
  

  

  55,500 
  

  

  TWO 
  YEAKS 
  OLD. 
  

  

  1885. 
  

   Oct. 
  16 
  ... 
  

  

  20.... 
  

  

  21.... 
  

  

  24.... 
  

  

  25. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  26.... 
  

  

  27.... 
  

  

  28.... 
  

  

  29 
  ... 
  

  

  30.... 
  

  

  31 
  ... 
  

   Nov. 
  1.... 
  

   o 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  1885. 
  

   Nov. 
  4 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  1885, 
  

   Nov. 
  19 
  . 
  

  

  20.. 
  

  

  21.. 
  

  

  22 
  . 
  

  

  23.. 
  

  

  24.. 
  

  

  25.. 
  

  

  26.. 
  

  

  27.. 
  

   Dec. 
  18.. 
  

  

  31.. 
  

  

  2>i9 
  

  

  5,400 
  

   4,800 
  

   5,000 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  200 
  

   7,200 
  

   1,400 
  

   1, 
  600 
  

  

  400 
  

   3. 
  500 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  79, 
  400 
  

  

  THREE 
  YEARS 
  OLD. 
  

  

  1,500 
  

   1,500 
  

   1,400 
  

   2,000 
  II 
  

   1,700 
  

  

  800 
  

   1,600 
  

  

  600 
  

   2, 
  200 
  

  

  2, 
  800 
  

  

  3, 
  200 
  

   1, 
  200 
  

   2, 
  000 
  

   2, 
  200 
  

  

  Nov. 
  

  

  1885. 
  

   1... 
  

  

  1885, 
  

   Nov. 
  16.. 
  

  

  18.. 
  

  

  20.. 
  

  

  21.. 
  

  

  23.. 
  

  

  24 
  . 
  

  

  26.. 
  

  

  28.. 
  

  

  Dec. 
  4.. 
  

  

  7.. 
  

  

  11.. 
  

  

  300 
  

   1,600 
  

   6,400 
  

   3,800 
  

  

  600 
  

  

  800 
  

   1,600 
  

  

  400 
  

   1,200 
  

  

  800 
  

   1, 
  60Q 
  

  

  90, 
  100 
  

  

  Total, 
  225,000. 
  

  

  