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after tlicy were taken and then ])ul in a l)askcl and covered n]) I'or 

 i8 days with a board antl left i)erfectly dark. When the hoard 

 was removed the top of the e_ii\i>-s was eovered with mud, you 

 coukhi't s^te an e.qg". hut as the v ater came n]) tliroumii the Iiasket 

 the under side oi the e^zi^' wa'^ perfectly clean, and liv niovini,'; the 

 basket up and down, the mud was washed off and the e.y^^^s would 

 be picked over. The loss wasn't near as much as in other bas- 

 kets, not near as nuich in this basket that was covered and not 

 disturbed. 



Mr. Dinsmore: Were any of those covered with fur.i^us? 



]\lr. Hubbard: There were a few. hut what f.w stuck to the 

 fundus didn't amount to as nuich as in those that had n(^t been 

 covered up. 



The President : Any further remarks on this subject? 



Mr. Clark: Von seem to touch upon the delicate sta.o^e of 

 the eiji^'s, but 1 don't hear anyone say when this staj^e is. and that 

 outifht to be answered in some way. 



The iVesident: I would say that we collect wild trout eggs 

 and we don't want to liandle them an_\' more than n (^essary after 

 the first day. We can, i)ut don't want to. 



Mr. Clark: Son'e exj^eriments were made by myself, and 

 davs and dates were given, which are now in the hands of the 

 United .'^tatcs Fish Conunission. and the experiments were very- 

 thorough, and we found we could handle them any time up to 

 the ciglith day as safely as after they are eyed. 



Mr. Thompson: .At what tem])erature? 



Mr. Clark: A temperatin-e of 48. I never should hesitate 

 to move green eggs an\ time up to that time, but between that 

 and v]> to the sixtetnlh and eighteenth day. I never should nu)ve 

 them. 



Mr. O'Mally: Speaking of the delicate stage. I have had 

 some experience the j^ast \ear and 1 find that salmon that are 

 handled after the eighth day don't do so well as those that are 

 left alone after the fifth day. I picked one basket right through 

 the whole season from start to finish, each day. and it survived, 

 hut those that I picked beyond the fifth da\ showed the effect of 



