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ponds and will lie released tliis I'all w lien eoiidit ions of the I'ivi'i- aiid 

 U'liiperature ai'e ravorable. 



We desire ajfaiii to call particular atleiilion lo ilie salmon run in 

 the Sacranienlo and San Joacpiin rivers. Already greatly depleted, 

 il is tlirealened with extermination, if measures are not taken at ont;*; 

 to increase the output oi' salmon I'ry I'l'om the hatcheries. The con- 

 struction of impassable dams and the diversion of water for irri<,'atioi. 

 is fast cuttin<>- off the last reniainiiii;' si)a\\tiin<;' beds in the tributaiy 

 sti'cams of these rivers and this excellcid fish is do!)ine(l to extcT-niina- 

 lion if prompt action is not takeii. This department lias calle<l atleii- 

 lion to this condition for the last four years, hut the legislature antl 

 the coinmercial fishermen as well as the general public pay no heed 

 to the rec(miinendations offei'cd and no action to save this tine fish is 

 taken. The Fish and (iame Conniiission is waging an uphill fight 

 wlien it comes to conservation as the people do not realize the destruc- 

 tion of wild life until it is too late. 



MOUNT SHASTA HATCHERY. 



During the season of 1920 and 1!)21. the Mount Shasta Hatchery has 

 lieen operated to its fullest, capacity, 10,966,000 salmon fry and 

 21.676,800 trout fry lieing hatched and distriliuted from this station. 

 The Mount Shasta Hatchery is one of tlie best equipped stations in 

 the country. The pond system alone furnished 18.000,000 trout eggs 

 during the last biennial period. These with the additional eggs 

 shipped from outside stations, gave this spleiidid total of trout fry 

 that were distril)uted throughout the state, from this hatchery. 



The Mount Shasta Hatchery has had the necessary repairs to keep 

 this important station in a condition to operate without unnecessary 

 loss and damage. During 1921, the following re])airs and improve- 

 ments were made: Lumber shed 18 feet by 20 feet, with corrugated 

 steel roof; garage 30 feet by 24 feet, 10 font walls; new foundation 

 under water tank that furnishes water to the superintendent's resi- 

 dence and cottages for the help; new culverts and gates in five of th^ 

 large ponds; new foundations under Hatchery B and old shingle roof 

 replaced with corrugated steel roofing; all troughs from Hatchery D 

 removed and new sills put in under the building and new columns 

 supporting the roof; also forty-six new troughs were installed in the 

 place of those too badly decayed for further use ; new sills were put 

 under Hatchery C and a new floor in the aisle; a new settling tank for 

 Hatchery E was built, 8 feet by 48 feet by 4 feet in depth ; an addition 

 to the carpenter and repair shop 12x16 feet was made, ceiling placeil 

 in the laundry at the superintendent "s residence; fourteen new electric 

 light poles were placed on the grounds and wires restrung; ne\\ 

 stringers placed under main bridge across the head of inlet ponds; 

 new furnace constructed in food prejiaration room. 



Repairs in 1922 : Waste gates repaired to date on i)onds 28, 29, 30 

 and also walls repaired on ponds 5. 39 and 40; hatcheries B. C, D, 

 meat house, woodshed, barn, lumber shed, repainted; other buildings 

 will be painted dui'ing the year; 800 feet of new railing placed around 

 ])onds to replace those that Avere rotted and falling down; 2^-ine:i 

 well driA'cn for domestic supply and connected with pump to supply 

 three of the dwellings on the hatchery grounds, as well as to fumisii 



