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  This 
  fungus, 
  thus 
  covering 
  the 
  eggs, 
  must 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  

   deleterious 
  effect 
  upon 
  them, 
  and 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  

   very 
  wrong 
  to 
  ascribe 
  to 
  it 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  a 
  goodly 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  In 
  considering 
  the 
  practical 
  bearings 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commission 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  season, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  useful 
  to 
  

   note 
  a 
  few 
  points 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  pay 
  particular 
  

   attention, 
  and 
  record 
  carefully 
  the 
  results 
  during 
  another 
  

   year's 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  handling 
  eggs 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  the 
  dry 
  method^ 
  of 
  impreg- 
  

   nation 
  should 
  be 
  adopted 
  upon 
  all 
  occasions; 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   and 
  milt 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  together 
  before 
  any 
  loater 
  ivhat- 
  

   ever 
  is 
  added 
  ; 
  a 
  little 
  water 
  should 
  then 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  

   mass, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  shaken 
  together 
  quickly, 
  yet 
  completely, 
  

   until 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  milt 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  mixed 
  ; 
  then 
  more 
  

   water 
  should 
  be 
  added, 
  a 
  second 
  shaking 
  given, 
  and 
  after 
  

   standing 
  ten 
  or 
  fifteen 
  minutes, 
  the 
  water, 
  or 
  the 
  greater 
  

   portion 
  of 
  it, 
  poured 
  off, 
  and 
  fresh 
  added. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  now 
  to 
  remain 
  quiet 
  until 
  transported 
  to 
  the 
  

   liatching 
  jars, 
  and 
  placed 
  therein. 
  I 
  am 
  convinced 
  that 
  this 
  

   is 
  the 
  only 
  practical 
  method 
  with 
  adhesive 
  spawn, 
  and 
  par- 
  

   ticularly 
  with 
  Smelt 
  spawn, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  best 
  results 
  will 
  

   follow, 
  if 
  the 
  trays, 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  gauze, 
  are 
  used, 
  upon 
  

   which 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  spawn 
  and 
  milt 
  fresh 
  from 
  the 
  fish. 
  

   The 
  meshes 
  of 
  the 
  gauze 
  covering 
  should 
  be 
  just 
  a 
  little 
  

   smaller 
  than 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  

   pass 
  through 
  before 
  they 
  have 
  had 
  time 
  to 
  become 
  attached. 
  

   The 
  gauze 
  should 
  be 
  just 
  dampened, 
  the 
  trays 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  

   pan, 
  without 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  spawn 
  shed 
  upon 
  them, 
  tlie 
  

   milt 
  then 
  being 
  shed 
  upon 
  the 
  spawn. 
  

  

  Water 
  is 
  then 
  to 
  bo 
  added, 
  just 
  sufficient 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  

   trays, 
  the 
  whole 
  shaken 
  gently 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   whole 
  mass 
  may 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  mixed^ 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  that 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  spawn 
  will 
  be 
  shaken 
  from 
  the 
  trays, 
  the 
  spawn 
  left 
  

  

  iVrasski's 
  method, 
  as 
  modified 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Atkins, 
  in 
  his 
  work 
  upou 
  

   the 
  Sahuon 
  spawa. 
  See 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commiisiouer'a 
  Report 
  1872-73, 
  

   page 
  240. 
  

  

  