REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LT 



time and lack of attention en route both lots arrived in poor condition, 

 only 1,000 eggs being saved from the tirst shipment and 7,000 from the 

 second. At the close of the year the fry resulting from them were 

 being fed on finely grated liver, and were apparently healthy. 



During the spring 2,000,000 pike-perch eggs were received from the 

 Missisquoi River, and the fry resulting, about 250,000, were planted in 

 Joe's Pond, near West Danville, Yt, and Silver Lake at Barnard. 



The fish food used at the station consists principally of beef livers. 

 Such waste material as could not be utilized in the ordinary method 

 was used for developing insect larva'. An odorless maggot box was 

 devised, consisting of a floating box tightly closed with a cover, the 

 lids extending down to the water, with a bottom of coarse wire cloth 

 covered with excelsior or straw, upon which the meat is placed. As 

 the maggots hatch out they work down through the excelsior and drop 

 out into the water, where the fish are lying in wait for them. 



At the request of Prof. J. W. Moenkhaus, of Cambridge, IMass., the 

 eggs of two brook trout were fertilized with milt of two lake trout during 

 the month of November. After supplying Professor Moenkhaus with 

 such specimens as he required, the balance of the eggs were hatched at 

 the station with slight loss, and on July 1 there remained 2,241 healthy 

 fry. These hybrids were of the same size as the brook-trout fry, but 

 resembled the lake trout in nature and markings. A larger number of 

 deformities occurred among these than is usual with either the lake or 

 brook trout. A notable feature consisted in not having a tail, or at 

 least a very sliglit tail compared with the body. 



The condition of the water supply of the station is ijractically the 

 same as heretofore. Ettbrts were made to increase it by driving wells, 

 under an act of Congress authorizing an exj)enditure of $3,000. Five 

 wells w ere driven, but only one yielded any water. 



During July the sui)erintendent's residence was completed. A new 

 pond was constructed and nursery ponds No. 7 to No. 12 were turfed and 

 plank walks built around them. 



Cape Vincent Station, New York (Livingston Stone, in charge). 



On account of the unusually stormy weather prevailing in October 

 and November no lake-trout eggs were collected on Charity Shoals 

 or any of the near-by fishing grounds, but arrangements were made to 

 conduct operations at Dunkirk during November, and from this source 

 822,500 eggs were secured. These hatched the following spring with a 

 loss of 346,505, and the 425,000 fry obtained from them were planted in 

 Lakes Ontario and Otsego. 



In December 15,000,000 white-fish eggs were transferred from Put-in 

 Bay. These were collected at Monroe Piers, Michigan, under unfa- 

 vorable conditions, and were of very poor quality. The fry hatched in 

 April, and were planted in Lake Ontario. During the winter several 

 shipments of brook-trout eggs, amounting to 361,480, were purchased 

 from private hatcheries in Massachusetts. The fry from these were 

 distributed in the spring to private applicants in New York. 



