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to Manchester, Maine, to be hatched, and part of which was given to 

 the fish commissioners for the state of Massachusetts. About 3,000 

 fish were hatched at Manchester, which were distributed in various 

 waters to take care of themselves, except 800 which were placed under 

 the care of David C. Pottle, at Alna, a practical trout breeder. Mr. 

 Pottle has a number of artificial ponds supplied with spring water. 

 One of these, some two rods square, was allotted to the salmon. In 

 nine months they increased their size more than sixtj'-four times, 

 and probably nearly one hundred times. They were fed daily with 

 curdled milk, and out-weighed (five to one) fish of the same age that 

 were taken from their native waters. Of the portion of eggs received 

 by the state of Massachusetts, about 1,800 hatched ; but while the 

 fish were quite young fry they were accidentally mixed with a lot of 

 sea-salmon fry, and thus their identity was lost. It is worthy of note 

 that in tliis instance a comparison, side by side, of over 100 specimens 

 failed to show any specific difference between the fry of the sea- 

 salmon and the land-locked salmon. But the most extensive and best 

 organized effort to cultivate the land-locked salmon by artificial means 

 has been undertaken by the president of our Association, Rev. W. 

 Clift. The use of the hatching apparatus at Grand lake, which had 

 been prepared by the commissioners of Maine and Massachsetts, and 

 the right to take the spawn of Schoodic salmon, was granted to Mr. 

 Clift on condition that he should turn back into the stream one-third 

 of all he hatched. He began his work there with the aid of David 

 Dresser, of Princeton, Me., about October 1, 1870. Over TOO fish 

 were caught with the fly. About 256 males and 300 females were 

 stripped, producing 162,000 eggs, or about 540 to a female. A large 

 number proved to be unimpregnated. Out of the healthy eggs that 

 were successfully transported to the hatching boxes at Poquonoc 

 farm, 9,000 fry were hatched for the State of Connecticut, which 

 were distributed into nine lakes and rivers in different parts of the 

 State. Of the Poquonoc Company's fry, 7.200 were distributed in 

 Broad brook, April 21, 1871. Of the portion of eggs left at Grand 

 lake, 16,500 fry were hatched and returned to tlieir native waters. 

 Last fall (1871) Mr. Clift was not able to continue the collection of 

 spawn, owing to the occupation of the stream by the tannery com- 

 pany and the merciless destruction of the salmon on their spawning 

 beds by its employes, so that his experiment of the year before was 

 most timely and fortunate. Since the destruction of this noble 

 fish is permitted in its native haunts, it is one of the most gratifying 

 results of the science of fish culture that it has been instrumental in 



