24 REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



During the past year a great deal of repair and improvement work 

 has been undertaken, the most important accomplished being the instal- 

 lation of new hatching troughs in "Hatchery A." The entire station 

 is in first class shape. 



By far the greater portion of the salmon cultural operations of the 

 department are carried on at Mount Shasta Hatchery. During the bien- 

 nial period a total of 23,363,000 Chinook salmon were reared and dis- 

 tri))uted from Mount Shasta Hatchery. Of this number a little over 

 16,000,000 have been distributed in the upper reaches of the Sacra- 

 mento and Klamath rivers during the spring and early part of the 

 summer, and the balance of over 7,000,000 have been reared in the three 

 salmon rearing ponds above referred to through the summer months. 

 The fry have an abundance of natural food in these lakes and an 

 unlimited flow of pure, cold, mountain water. They are also fed on 

 artificially prepared foods. 



The conditions under which the fry are reared are ideal and when 

 the season is favorable for their release into the streams after the first 

 fall rains, they are in most excellent condition for their long journey 

 to the sea. 



Located as it is at an altitude of 3500 feet above sea level on the 

 southern slope of Mount Shasta and in the heart of Strawberry Valley, 

 with a wonderful supply of pure cold water, as well as being within 

 a mile of the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which is but 

 a couple of hours by rail from the rainbow trout egg collecting stations 

 on the Klamath River, Mount Shasta Hatchery is ideally situated. It 

 has a capacity for handling not only the bulk of trout fry which can 

 be transported to practically every section of the state at a compara- 

 tively moderate cost with a minimum loss of fish, but is capable of 

 also rearing a sufficient number of salmon fry to maintain the salmon 

 run in the Sacramento River. 



KLAMATHON HATCHERY. 



In order that the run of Chinook salmon in the Klamath River might 

 be properly maintained, it was deemed essential that the department 

 increase the extent of its operations with reference to this locality. 



For many years past the Klamath River has been stocked each season 

 with Chinook salmon fry, the supply being principally obtained from 

 eggs taken from the Sacramento River. The United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries had operated the egg collecting station at Klamathon and the 

 eggs here taken were mostly shipped to Sisson, where they were hatched, 

 reared, shipped back and planted in the Klamath River. The Bureau 

 also hatched some fry at Klamathon and these fry were planted early 



