34 Flail AND GAME CO AI MISSION. 



are 36 feet long, 8 feet 10 inches wide, and 5 feet deep, with walls 8 

 inches in thickness, and fonercte foundation. 



A new llunie, 250 I'eet long and .1-1 inches l)y IG iiielies, was built 

 from the main supjdy ditch to hatcheries C and D. A number of the 

 ponds were relined with new ])lank and inlets and outlets to six of 

 the ponds were renewed. The ditch was eidarged west of the hatchery 

 ground to make an additional fry pond. New screens were in.stallcd 

 in all the hatchery troughs during the period covered by this report. 

 Drain pipes were placed under the roads in front of Hatchery A. A 

 new drain from Hatchery A to Pond No. 8 was installed. A new room 

 was built in the attic of the foreman's dwelling and other improve- 

 ments to keep the station in repair, but just enough repair work was 

 done to prevent damage to the system of ponds and hatcheries so that 

 they could be operated. 



A number of improvements recommended to be constructed during 

 the coming biennial period are as follows : 



A new food preparation room, refrigerating plant and cold storage 

 rooms for keeping the fish food in good condition. A new" building 

 sliould be constructed to be used as a storage room for fish cans and a 

 paint room. This should have a steam boiler installed for steaming 

 the cans, keeping them sanitary, something essential to keep the fish 

 in good condition. 



One new corrugated drain pipe to take water from Hatchery A. One 

 galvanized drain to cross the road under the lane in front of Hatchery 

 A, as the present culvert is in bad condition. 



All the ponds, except two, should be relined with planking, in whole 

 or in part. The planking on these old ponds and walls should be 

 renewed, as they have been in use from ]■') to 25 years. The superin- 

 tendent's and foreman's cottages should be repaired; a concrete bridge 

 constructed over the inlet of pond system on the road leading across 

 the hatchery ground to barns and garage. These are only a few of 

 the many improvements that are necessary to keep this important sta- 

 tion in repair. 



An additional water supply should be furnished to this station if 

 it is to be operated to its fullest capacity, as the drought has affected 

 it several times in the past; also, the water owners are using water 

 from Spring Creek, from which this station receives its water supply, 

 and take their usual amount regardless of the seasonal conditions, 

 and the hatchery suffers accordingly. When the irrigation period was 

 on this spring, the farmers diverted so much water that there were 

 times when the fish in the hatchery, as well as in the ponds, were in 

 danger of suffering materially, if not perishing, for want of sufficient 

 water supply. A meeting was called at Sisson on ]\Iay 20, 1924, and 

 the water users diverting water above Mount Shasta Hatchery agreed 

 to turn back from their ditches sufficient water to maintain the hatcherj' 

 until seasonal conditions would bring about a larger flow in Spring 

 Creek. This we greatly appreciated, as it prevented serious loss and 

 damage to the fish at Mount Shasta Hatchery^ 



The auxiliary stations under the supei'\'ision of Mount Shasta 

 Hatchery were operated during the last biennial period to their fullest 

 capacity. These stations are Fall Creek Hatchery, Klamathon egg- 

 collecting station. Hornbrook egg-collecting station. Bogus Creek egg- 

 collecting station, and Camp Creek egg-collecting station. 



