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STARTIN' YOUNG 



wooden floors in the old portion of the hatchery and laying concrete in their 

 stead. Steel columns to support the roof were substituted for the wooden 

 ones and improvements to better control the outlet water from the hatchery 

 were made. 



Re-shingling of a portion of the 

 hatchery dwelling has been start- 

 ed. Both hatchery and the dwell- 

 ing were repainted. The remaining 

 half of the hatchery floor is in 

 need of replacement by concrete 

 and the need for a combined gar- 

 age, storeroom and workshop is 

 paramount at the present time. 



Daly Hatchery (Hamilton) 



A combined three-car garage, 

 woikshop and storeroom has been 

 built at this station by the hatch- 

 ery personnel. Improvements to 

 the outside ponds also have been 

 made. This station was selected 

 to try out the installation of sev- 



Wliile his daddy. Deputy Game Warden 

 William. Ray Kohls, is patroling' his district, 

 this younofster is trying- his skill fcr some 

 trout in one of the abundant streams near 

 Ennis. 



eral of the circular wood ponds, eight feet in diameter. The results of these 

 trials have been very favorable and the installation of a number more is con- 

 templated. 



Considerable tiling, ditching and other improvements are needed at the 

 source of the water supply. There is an urgent need for additional, large 

 semi-natural rearing ponds to increase the output of fingerling trout. Land 

 has been acquired for this purpose during the present year. A dwelling is 

 needed for the foreman. 



Emigrant 



Satisfactory progress has been made at this station through the coopei'a- 

 tion of the WPA. A combined garage and workshop is virtually completed. 

 Major improvements also have been made to the dwelling for the assistants 

 and painting of the hatchery is finished. The installation of a ram and the 

 construction of large concrete reservoirs on elevated ground will give greater 

 efficiency to the existing water system and provide sufficient pressure for 

 fire protection. The water supply will justify the installation of several of 

 the circular ponds and the construction of at least four additional semi-natural 

 rectangular ponds for the rearing of fingerling trout appears as a necessity. 

 A general landscaping program should be initiated. 



Great Falls 



The value of this station has been greatly increased by the construc- 

 tion of two additional concrete circular ponds of forty feet diameter which 

 now brings this station to the limit of its pumping capacity. Since all the 

 water needed to supply this station must be pumped from the Giant Springs, 

 the development of a high-pressure spray system for these ponds has greatly 

 increased their carrying capacity and efficiency. 



