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water for irri.natiiii'' lawns and flower hcds; loiiiidalioii under iiatclicry 

 A rcnewod ; r('i)airs made on pond walls that had rotted and were un 

 safe; new floor plaecd in the li\iiiL;' room of the snperinterKh-nt's resi- 

 dence. A ^reat many other iniprovenicnls were made to maiiifain Ihe 

 ponds, hatcheries, power plant, truck, wagons and other things loo 

 numerous to mention in a brief report. 



A luimber of permanent improvements are needed at th(! Mount 

 Shasta ITateliei-y to improve conditions and reduce the cost of op(,'ra- 

 tions. One of the most important is the installation of a refrigerating 

 l)lant, wiiere ice could be made to supply tlie distribution cars as well 

 as to keep the fish food from getting tainted dni-ing the warm weather 



The large ])onds that the state has been leasing fi'om their owners 

 for the rearing of salmon fry have passed into other hands and if the 

 leases can not be renewed for a term of years, a new location should be. 

 found on some tributary of the Sacramento River, where suitable pond.s 

 for the rearing of salmon can be constructed and the salmon fry given 

 the benefit of several months of pond culture before being released 

 into the river. 



Money is needed to make these improvements. This state is progress- 

 ing and if the people desire to enjoy the angling in the many streams 

 of the state and save the salmon, the fish par excellence of all our 

 food fishes, file necessary funds must be furnished to the Fish and 

 Game Commii-sion to improve and enlai'ge the hatcheries and pond 

 systems for rearing of fish. It is up to the people to make their de- 

 cision, for in tlieir hands rests the futur-^ develo]nnent of fish cultural 

 work. 



BOGUS CREEK STATION. 



This fine egg-colleeting station has kept up its i-eeurd during the last 

 two years. There were 5.000,000 eggs collected during this period 

 and shipped to the different hatcheries. A number of improvements 

 were made during the two seasons last past: a tank for holding the 

 spawning fish was built 30 feet long, 8 feet wide and 8 feet high; a 

 board roof covered with malthoid roofing was placed over the tank ; the 

 old cal)in was torn down and a new four-room cottage was built for the 

 use of the station ; concrete foundations were placed under the holding 

 tank and a concrete toe wall was constructed under the raeks and a 

 concrete bed under the trap, besides other improvements to better 

 conditions at the station. 



HORNBROOK STATION. 



This station did not come up to expectation in 1921, owning to a 

 drought during the springs months, Init the conditions were nornuil in 

 the spring of 1922 and a good collection of eggs was had. During the 

 biennial period of 1920-1922, there was collected from this station 

 2,172,000 rainbow trout eggs. 



The following improvements were mad(^ at this station during the last 

 two years : 



Sixteen feet added to the holding tank, besides placing a concrete 

 toe wall under the racks across the bed of the creek, eight feet in widtli ; 

 two extra concrete piers were placed under the rack frame to support the 

 structure against the flood waters and a rock wall was built on the east 



