﻿[7] 
  OPERATIONS 
  AT 
  NORTH 
  VILLE 
  AND 
  ALPENA. 
  127 
  

  

  on 
  Thunder 
  Bay, 
  and 
  Epoufette 
  and 
  Thompson 
  on 
  Lake 
  Michigan. 
  The 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  Superintendent 
  S. 
  P. 
  Wires 
  and 
  assistants, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Alpena 
  Hatchery, 
  all 
  of 
  whom 
  have 
  had 
  several 
  seasons' 
  experience 
  

   in 
  spawn 
  gathering, 
  thus 
  insuring 
  care 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  and 
  forwarding. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  October, 
  the 
  fish 
  contin- 
  

   uing 
  to 
  spawn 
  into 
  November. 
  During 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  

   the 
  first, 
  part 
  of 
  November 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  by 
  boat 
  to 
  Detroit, 
  

   thence 
  bj 
  r 
  rail 
  to 
  Northville, 
  with 
  scarcely 
  any 
  loss 
  in 
  transit 
  of 
  the 
  

   many 
  shipments, 
  showing 
  good 
  work. 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  packers 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   patch 
  by 
  carriers. 
  The 
  season 
  was 
  not 
  marked 
  by 
  auy 
  noteworthy 
  

   changes 
  in 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  hatching, 
  having 
  failed 
  by 
  various 
  experi- 
  

   ments 
  in 
  finding 
  one 
  more 
  satisfactory 
  or 
  successful 
  than 
  that 
  used 
  in 
  

   preceding 
  years. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  spring 
  1,031,000 
  eggs 
  and 
  

   75,500 
  fry 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  various 
  points 
  in 
  this 
  and 
  foreign 
  countries, 
  

   and 
  40,000 
  fry 
  were 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  making 
  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 
  auy 
  other 
  point, 
  although 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  attempt 
  

   in 
  that 
  region. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Tulian, 
  who 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  in 
  that 
  

   section, 
  writes 
  as 
  follows: 
  " 
  The 
  first 
  trout 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  Thomp 
  

   son 
  on 
  October 
  31. 
  The 
  fish 
  had 
  then 
  just 
  commenced 
  to 
  spawn. 
  At 
  

   this 
  time 
  only 
  the 
  small 
  trout 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  grounds 
  were 
  spawning. 
  

   The 
  large 
  trout 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  grounds 
  commenced 
  spawning 
  November 
  

   10, 
  and 
  were 
  still 
  spawning 
  freely 
  when 
  the 
  work 
  closed 
  on 
  November 
  

   21. 
  We 
  collected 
  during 
  this 
  time 
  nine 
  cases 
  of 
  eggs, 
  all 
  taken 
  from 
  

   fish 
  caught 
  by 
  two 
  tugs." 
  

  

  LANDLOCKED 
  SALMON. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  19 
  a 
  case 
  containing 
  29,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  received 
  

   at 
  this 
  station 
  from 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Atkins, 
  of 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Stream, 
  Maine. 
  

   Only 
  100 
  dead 
  eggs 
  were 
  picked 
  out 
  when 
  unpacked, 
  having 
  come 
  

   this 
  long 
  distance 
  in 
  exceptionally 
  fine 
  condition. 
  They 
  were 
  immedi- 
  

   ately 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  hatching 
  boxes, 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  remained 
  till 
  

   after 
  hatching. 
  April 
  8 
  they 
  commenced 
  to 
  hatch, 
  and 
  were 
  all 
  through 
  

   by 
  the 
  14th. 
  From 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  transfer 
  to 
  hatching 
  boxes 
  till 
  all 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  only 
  475 
  dead 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  out. 
  The 
  fry 
  were 
  transferred 
  

   from 
  boxes 
  to 
  nursery 
  tanks 
  into 
  water 
  varying 
  in 
  temperature 
  from 
  38° 
  

   to 
  50°. 
  On 
  April 
  27th 
  10,000 
  fry 
  were 
  shipped 
  in 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commis 
  

   sion 
  car 
  No. 
  2, 
  to 
  the 
  township 
  of 
  Hayes, 
  Clare 
  County, 
  Mich., 
  and 
  

   planted 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  lake, 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Cedar 
  River, 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  

   nominal 
  loss 
  in 
  shipment. 
  The 
  12,000 
  fry 
  delivered 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Eli 
  Tinlin, 
  

   agent 
  of 
  the 
  Michigan 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  on 
  May 
  15, 
  were 
  planted 
  the 
  

   day 
  following 
  in 
  Eapid 
  Eiver, 
  tributary 
  to 
  Torch 
  Lake, 
  Kalkaska 
  and 
  

   Antrim 
  Counties, 
  Michigan. 
  

  

  