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(if 1!)20. we pfdciinMl over 2,()00,()00 o^gs from this station, despite 

 tlic cxtn-'iie (Iroutrht and unfavorable weather conditions, whidi 

 obtained I iuou<.':\(Mil the stale. 'I'lii' success of our operations at this 

 station this season was due to Itir instalhitioii of the new e(|uipment. 

 Th(> (>t:'trs were sliipjx'd to Fjill < 'I'cck I Iatclici\\- and to .Mount Shasta 

 Hatchery, wliere they wei'c "eyed'" anil reared for distribution throu<,di- 

 out diifei'cnt sections of the state. 



HORNBROOK STATION. 



TToriilirook Station, which is located on ( 'ottonwood Creek, near the 

 town of Ilornbreok, Siskiyou ('oiuit.\. produced 715,000 rainbow trout 

 eggs in the siiriuii' of l'.Ml> and this innnher coidd have been materially 

 increa.sed had tlu' I'acks been phuH'd in the stream lower down and had 

 we been better e(pnpped for egg collecting operations. 



A careful in\('st ii;ation of Cottonwood Creek with reference to 

 the collecting of I'ainliow trout eggs was made during the spring and 

 early sununer of l!)l!l. A lease for a new site was obtained from ^Mr. 

 Afarshall Horn and a permanent system of racks was installed therein 

 to trap the spawning trout as they ascend the stream. A new and larger 

 holding tank for tlie fish was also installed aiul with the ticw equip- 

 ment it was i)ossible to obtain 1,(J(HJ,000 trout eggs in the spring of 

 1!I20. These eggs were shipped, as soon as taken, to the Blount Shasta 

 I Fatchery. 



MOUNT WHITNEY HATCHERY. 



The Mount Whitney Hatchery, which is located near the town of 

 hidependence, Inyo County, and which was completed in the spring of 

 1917. has been operated each season to better advantage. This hatchery 

 lias the most extensive and complete e<iuipment of any of our statum.- 

 and the results obtained, especially during the past two years, have 

 demonstrated the success of the hatchery. The trout \'vy pi'oduced at 

 this hatchery are larger and more vigorous than those of any other 

 hatchery. This condition is due to the wonderful supply of pure, cold 

 water with which the hatchery is supplied from Oak Creek, and to the 

 fact that the fishcultural (equipment is superior to that of any other 

 station. While it is true that the station is located at a considerable 

 distance from some of the Southern California and San Joaquin Valley 

 sections, which receive their supply of trout therefrom, the transporta- 

 tion facilities are very good, the trains being run on schedules which 

 pernut of the fish tieing ddix-cfed to tlie applicants within but a very 

 short time of their leaving the hatchery. Consequently, the fry are in 

 the very best possible condition when planted in the streams. While 

 it ma.v appear, to one not familiar with the existing conditions, that 

 the distribution of the fish from Mount Whitney Hatchery is more 



