XXXII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



m. The Brook Trout (Salcelinus fontinalis). 



The Nbrthville Station. — At the Northville ponds 1S6,750 eggs were 

 taken. From December 28, 1886, to February 9, 1887, 82,000 eggs were 

 shipped away, 10,000 to England, the remainder to Minnesota, Dela- 

 ware, and Pennsylvania, and to the Central and Wytheville Stations. 

 527 young fish were sent away and 1,000 fry were retained for breeding 

 purposes. 



The Wytheville Station. — In December, 1880, 193 breeders were re- 

 ceived from the Northville Station. In April 5,000 fry came from the 

 Central Station. In January, 1887, 20,508 eggs were received from 

 Northville and V5,000 from Mr. R. E. Follett, of Windham, Conu. 

 During May and June, 1887, 750 yearlings and 2,188 fry were planted 

 in suitable streams in Maryland and Virginia. 



n. The Saibling (Salvelinus alpinus). 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station. — In February and March, 1887, three 

 shipments, each containing about 20,000 eggs of the saibling, were re- 

 ceived from Berneuchen, Germany. 3,000 eggs from the first lot were 

 repacked and sent to the State hatchery at Plymouth, K. II., where they 

 arrived in good condition. The sound eggs of the second shipment 

 were mixed by mistake with eggs of the brown trout received from Ger- 

 many at the same time, and were distributed in this state to the hatch- 

 eries at Corry, Pa., Wytheville, jSTorthville, and Cold Spring Harbor. 

 15,000 good eggs from the last shipment were sent safely to the North- 

 ville Station March 17, and hatched soon after; but the fry refused to 

 eat, and most of them died of "blue sac" and starvation. 



o. The Lake Trout {Salvelinus namaycush). 



The Northville Station. — 6,150 lake trout, hatched in January and 

 February, 1880, were sent to Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. 

 Owing to a lack of available funds no eggs were taken. 



The Wytheville Station.— -During the fiscal year 1SSG-'S7, 800 yearlings 

 were sent to the Central Station, 50 to the Gasconade Eiver, Missouri, 

 and 350 were planted in streams near the station. 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station.— 150,000 eggs were received from 

 Northville December 19, 1885. 80,000 fry were distributed to waters in 

 and near the Adirondacks; 5,000 to Monroe, N". Y.; 5,000 to Gloucester, 

 Mass.; and 20,000 to Long Island waters. An attempt to rear some of 

 the fry at the hatchery was unsuccessful, on account of the high tem- 

 perature of the water. In June, when it reached (J0° Fahrenheit, the 

 young began to die, and none lived until September. 



The BucJcsport Station.— 100,000 fry were obtained from eggs received 

 from Northville. Of this number 35,000 were kept for rearing; 1,139 

 were placed in Craig's Pond June 17; and 2,113 in Pond B June 22. 

 Upward of 31,000 were kept in the troughs and fed on liver, refuse 

 meats, salt codfish, insects, and entomostraca. 



