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happened, that when a straggling ripe female has heen found, or 

 when the females have been ripened in confinement, ripe males 

 for fertilizing the eggs could not be found. On the other hand, 

 if the ripe females are captured during the three or four days 

 during which they are collected on the spawning beds, ripe males 

 will be found in abundance. When we caught the ripe females 

 in the Lamoille "Sturgeon Hole," we could have taken a quart 

 of milt from the males, if it had been necessary. 



9. The eggs of the Lake Sturgeon are easily hatched. Any 

 of the hatching jars in use for pike perch and white fish are 

 suitable for the purpose. Run a stream of water through the 

 jars with sufficient pressure to keep the eggs in healthy motion, 

 and they will hatch without trouble and without much loss. It 

 is highly probable that eighty per cent or ninety per cent, of 

 sturgeon eggs taken under favorable conditions will be hatched 

 in the future. 



