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Baird on the McCloud in April, and they have been observed spawning 

 in considerable numbers in the river above Baird early in May. 

 Although the spring run does not reach its height at Baird until late in 

 July, a good many salmon arrive earlier, and move farther up the river. 

 The number of these irregular salmon is so small in comparison with 

 those of the regular spring and fall runs that the fry resulting should 

 not materially affect the two sizes of fry hatched by the spring and fall 

 runs. 



On May 17th of the following year, after the winter rains, Hazel 

 Creek was again seined, and the largest salmon found was 2.82 inches, 

 the smallest 1.53 inches, with an average length of 1.79 inches. It will 

 be seen by comparing these figures with those of fish taken six months 

 before that none of the salmon of the two sizes then found remained in 

 the stream, and that the smaller size found on May 17th were hatched 

 since that time from eggs deposited by the salmon of the fall run. 



In the first week of September, 1897, I seined the lower end of Battle 

 Creek thoroughly, and found young salmon in considerable numbers 

 running from 3.08 to 4.58 inches, with an average length of 3,58 inches. 

 The next time this part of the stream was seined, on December 5th, it 

 was found that none of the salmon found three months before had 

 remained in the stream, but that their places were taken by a new lot, 

 averaging 2.39 inches. These salmon were spawned in the upper creek 

 by the spring run, had absorbed their yolk sacs only two months before, 

 and were already dropping down the river on their way to salt water. 



At the United States and State hatchery on Battle Creek practically 

 all of the fall run of salmon entering the stream were caught and their 

 eggs taken. Five million of the fry hatched from these eggs were 

 liberated in Battle Creek in February, 1898. They were liberated 

 before they had begun to feed, but it was estimated that their yolk sacs 

 would have been absorbed by the 10th or 15th of March. Mr. Cloud 

 Rutter, of the United States Fish Commission, seined the lower Battle 

 Creek on April 30th and found large numbers of salmon ranging from 

 1.40 to 3.45 inches, with an average length of 2.13 inches. This shows 

 a. gain of .45 of an inch per month in length. Although a large number 

 of salmon were found in Battle Creek, they were not found nearly as 

 abundant as they should have been had all the immense number 

 liberated remained in the stream. A very large part of them had 

 unquestionably drifted into and down the main river, and this within 

 a month and a half of the time they began to swim about and feed 

 after absorbing their yolk sacs. 



On April 28th Mr. Rutter found young salmon in the main river 

 ,a,t Red Bluff more abundant than he found them in Battle Creek two 

 days later. These salmon ran from 1.51 to 3.09 inches, and had an 

 average length of 2.16 inches. As they were found below the mouth of 



