AMERICA'S GREATEST PLAYGROUND 



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Spawning Station, Georgetown Station. Fish Under 2 Ft. of Water. Taken 



by E. P. (Vlathewson 



Anaconda: This is the largest station operated by the Commis- 

 sion at the present time. The building contains sixty cement troughs 

 which are capable of holding fifty thousand fry each for a short time 

 only, it being necessary to thin them out from time to time as the fry 

 Increase in size. The troughs will hold many times this number of 

 grayling, since they are much smaller fry. Numerous improvements 

 have been made during the past season. A new aerating system has 

 been installed, which will be a great help in conducting the work at 

 this station. It will be possible to hold more fry per trough with less 

 danger of their smothering than has prevailed during the past. A new 

 battery capable of holding 12,500,000 eggs during the incubation period 

 has been installed. It has proven to be much more efficient than the 

 old one had been. The ice house which was beginning to go to pieces 

 has been repaired. The water supply for this station has been im- 

 proved by having had several yards of drainage pipe installed at the 

 source of the water supply. The heating system in the cottage has been 

 completed. The system had been installed several years since but the 

 boiler and pipes had never been covered with asbestos. All the build- 

 ings at this station have been painted this season; in fact the entire 

 station has been given a thorough overhauling this season and is now 

 in A 1 condition. 



Georg'etown: This is an auxiliary of the Anaconda station. It is 

 no doubt the greatest spawning station in the world for the species of 

 eggs collected. Nearly twenty million grayling eggs as well as several 

 million native trout eggs have been collected during the past season. 

 A roof having a foundation 40 by 60 feet has been erected over the 

 spring at this station. The equipment in the hatchery has been im- 

 proved and it is believed that the loss on egg being eyed in the hatch- 

 ery will not be as great as has been experienced during the past. The 



