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Q. Now, liave yon taken that same process and moved tliose 

 eggs nx\nd\\ in the water after they were eyed, and did you iind 

 any tronbler 



A. Xo, not after they were eyed. 



Q. Did yon ever try them one day, three or four days old r 



A, Xo, I never did. 



Mr. Chtrk: Then try the experiment this winter, and see it' 

 you do not arrive at a })oint when yon should let them alone. 



Mr. Atkins : Thei-e is a point when they are very delicate — 

 we of course know that — and if the eggs are to be taken out of 

 the troughs and handled at that time, it must be done very care- 

 fully indeed so as not to injure them. 



Mr. Hubbard: Eainbow trout eggs we let lie for the first ten 

 days and then we can handle them. 



Mr. Atkins: Our a])])aratus allows us to handle tlicm at any 

 time. 



^Ir. Thom])son : As In-ing somewhat along the line of Mr. 

 Atkins' remarks, I want to state that while 1 cannot give ilir 

 exact figures, I can say in a general way that the eggs from the 

 Snnapee Lake brook trout moved in the manner indicated by 

 'Sir. Hubbard have always l)een amongst the l)est we liave ban 

 died at the Nashua Station. The fry hatched from them and 

 reared to the yearling stage being amongst our best and strongest 

 fish. This would definitely indicate that the embryos could not 

 have been greatly damaged by shipping in -the maimer and ai 

 the period mentioned. After the first picking on arrival, tbi're 

 was but small loss of eggs, ranking invariably well up with our 

 best lots; the fish were usually stronger than those hatched either 

 from the station eggs or those received from the Commercial 

 hatcheries. 



There is one point 1 lio not tliiid< was as well untlerstood as 

 it should be: Xot oidv were the eggs under discussion shipi>i'd 

 in fruit jars Imt after filling them to the toj) with water an«l 

 eggs, a rubber band was put on and the jar cover fastened down 

 so that it was absolutely air tight, the same as though preservin<r 

 fruit. You know the residt if air gets in fruit jars. The jars 

 were then jilaced in the shipping boxes surrounded l.v packing to 

 keep them from breaking and with a light eov^M-ing of i(v to 

 regulate the tenipi-rature. For eight hours at least while in 



