[5] OPERATIONS AT NORTHVILLE AND ALPENA. 



TWO YEAKS OLD. 



THREE YEAKS OLD. 



733 



October 14 | 1 



October 24 \ 1 



October 25 1 



October 31 1 



November 1 8 



November 14 1 1 



1,000 



1,200 



800 



800 



5, 500 



600 



November 24 

 November 25 

 November 26 

 November 27 



Total . . 



400 

 2, 800 

 1,200 

 1, 000 



15,300 



Shipments of brook-trout eggs during the season of 188G-'S7. 



Date. 



1886. 



Dec. 28 



29 



29 



1887. 



Jan. 10 



15 



25 



Feb. 9 



Destination. 



Wytheville station. Wytheville, Va 



Dr. E. G. Shortlidge, Wilmington, Del , 



E. H. Frisbmutb,.ir., Philadelphia, Pa 



Dr. R. O. Sweeny, Saint Paul, Minn 



E. G. Black foul, New York city, for London, England 



Central Station, Washington, D. C 



Dr. R. O. Sweeny, Saint Paul, Minn 



Total 



No. of eggs. 



30, 00H 

 10, 000 

 5,000 



15, 000 

 10, 000 

 5, 000 



7, 000 



82, 000 



RAINBOW TROUT. 



The spawning of rainbow trout occurred from January 6 to April 25. 

 The total number of eggs taken was 196,350; total results, 50,000 eggs 

 shipped, and 25,000 fry hatched. Of the latter, 300 were shipped to J. 

 F. Miller, Eichmond, Ind., and the remainder were retained at the 

 station. 



About one-half the eggs were carried forward in hatching boxes as 

 usual, and the remainder on gravel. The loss on the eggs in trays 

 ranged from 80 to 95 per cent., while with those %n gravel the loss in 



