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and ananalysis of the water demonstrated that it was 
not suitable for the trout work; and thereupon ground 
and water was rented at Boyne Falls, where through the 
liberality of Hon. Thos. 8. Cobb, of Kalamazoo, a tempor- 
ary hatchery was located. After one season’s use, how- 
ever, the dam was carried away by a freshet and the 
hatchery abandoned. The carp were retained at Pokagon 
for a while, but were soon after removed to Glenwood, 
where the carp hatchery has since been carried on under 
the supervision of Mr. Worden Wells, in ponds belonging 
to him, and with unvarying success. 
The whitefish plant for 1880 was ten million six hun- 
dred and ninety-five thousand, and for 1881 only three 
millions. The cause of the falling off was the difficulty in 
procuring the ova on account of storms, and the failure of 
the Detroit river fishery, where the fish had theretofore 
been obtained. About this time the methods of securing 
the ova were much improved under the suggestion and ex- 
periments of Oren M. Chase, who found it feasible to re- 
tain the fish in small crates through which the water 
flowed freely, and to handle the fish from day to day, and 
take the eggs when ripe, thus making a great saving of 
the eggs and resulting in but trifling injury to the adult 
fish. 
In July, 1881, the trout station at Paris, Mecosta county, 
was located on Cheeney Creek, and about 40 acres of 
land and the meander of the creek 15 rods wide across 120 
acres more were purchased. 
Here in the early fall of that year was built a trout 
hatchery 20 by 60 feet, a dwelling house and barn; and 
the hatchery and ponds at Pokagon were abandoned. 
The principal trout work of the State has been conducted 
at the Paris station ever since without any serious 
drawbacks. The work, however, has now about reached 
the limit of the water supply, and one neighboring stream 
