REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XLI 



planted in Grand Lake Stream. Of sea salmon or Penobscot salmon 

 eggs a neb stock of 1,099,000, resulting from the winter's work, were 

 available for division among the contributors to the fund. Of the as- 

 signment made to the United States, 779,000, nearly all were distributed 

 in February, 1887, 25,000, however, being retained at the station for 

 hatching, in order to make experiments in the rearing and feeding of 

 the young during the following spring and summer. 



New York. — At the fish -cultural station located at Cold Spring Har- 

 bor, Long Island, and owned and operated by the State of New York, 

 certain privileges have been granted to the Uuited States Commission 

 gratuitously from year to year. During 188G considerable work was 

 done under this agreement by Mr. Fred Mather, superintendent, in' 

 hatching the eggs and distributing the fry of the following species to 

 the rivers and lakes of New York, namely: Lake whitefish, lake trout, 

 brown trout, shad, and Penobscot and land-locked salmon. Experi- 

 ments were also made in the hatching of smelt and torn-cod. 



Virginia. — The Wytheville Station, located on the summit of the Al- 

 leghany Mountains in southwestern Virginia, is leased from that State, 

 and has been in charge of Col. Marshall McDonald, with Mr. George 

 A. Seagle as superintendent. Many improvements and additions made 

 to the station in 1885 rendered it practically complete in all its appoint- 

 ments for the season of 18SG, and more extensive operations were car- 

 ried on this year than hitherto. The following species were under cul- 

 tivation : The rainbow, brook, and brown trout, laud-locked salmon, 

 red eye, black bass, carp, and tench. 



Michigan. — The stations at Northville and Alpena, Mich., are oper- 

 ated mainly in the interests of the whitefish fisheries of the Great 

 Lakes, but at the former station lake, brook, rainbow, and brown trout, 

 and saibling were also propagated during 1S8G. Both stations are in 

 charge of Mr. Frank N. Clark. Northville Station is the headquarters 

 for the whitefish work and is kept open during the entire year, but the 

 Alpena Station is closed during the summer. During the season of 

 1880, 129,400,000 eggs of the whitefish were obtained from the fisheries 

 of Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan. Of this number 56,800,000 were 

 placed in the hatchery at Alpena, and 72,000,000 were sent directly to 

 Northville ; but subsequently 21,000,000 were transferred from Alpena 

 to Northville. The collection of eggs continued from November 4 to 

 December 2. Of the total number, 32,600,000 eggs were distributed 

 mainly to State hatcheries, and 62,070,000 were hatched and the fry 

 planted in Lakes Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, and two smaller 

 lakes in the State of Michigan. 



California. — The salmon station at Baird, Cal., on the McCloud River, 

 was not operated during 1886, but the collection of eggs of the rain- 

 bow or California trout was continued as usual at the McCloud River 

 Station, the season lasting from December, 1885, until May, 1S86. The 

 total number of eggs taken was 221,425, this having been a smaller 



