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  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  tiCHOODIC 
  SALMON. 
  

  

  147 
  

  

  houses. 
  In 
  suite 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  temperature 
  prevailing 
  iu 
  November, 
  the 
  

   water 
  was, 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  December, 
  cooled 
  down 
  to 
  34° 
  F., 
  and 
  

   the 
  general 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  greatly 
  accelerated 
  as 
  

   had 
  been 
  anticipated. 
  All 
  the 
  eggs 
  remained 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  house 
  till 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  15, 
  when 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  moved 
  to 
  the 
  cove 
  house 
  in 
  an- 
  

   ticipation 
  of 
  packing 
  and 
  shipment. 
  

  

  The 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  defective 
  eggs 
  (127,055 
  in 
  all) 
  reduced 
  the 
  stock 
  

   to 
  806,700, 
  of 
  which 
  041,000 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  parties 
  

   contributing, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Party. 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  .. 
  

  

  Maine 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  . 
  

   New 
  Hampshire 
  

  

  Amount 
  

   of 
  contribu/ 
  

  

  tion. 
  

  

  1578 
  01 
  

   500 
  1)0 
  

  

  31 
  ii 
  

  

  300 
  00 
  

  

  1, 
  G7cS 
  01 
  

  

  Computed 
  

   share. 
  

  

  222, 
  000 
  

   192,000 
  

   115.000 
  

  

  115,000 
  

  

  044, 
  000 
  

  

  l^ti's- 
  

  

  actually 
  

  

  delivered. 
  

  

  222, 
  000 
  

   189,000 
  

  

  115,000 
  

   115,000 
  

  

  011,000 
  

  

  A 
  detailed 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  transfer 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Table 
  IV, 
  sub- 
  

   joined. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  reserved 
  225,700, 
  which 
  was 
  9,005 
  iu 
  excess 
  of 
  the 
  legal 
  

   minimum, 
  there 
  were 
  lost 
  but 
  428 
  eggs 
  and 
  463 
  fry, 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   224,809 
  were 
  liberated 
  in 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  between 
  June 
  14 
  and 
  23, 
  1886. 
  

  

  