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The figures show that over 71 per cent. of the eggs 
taken produced fry, and the reports of a few years ago 
show that when we produced 50 per cent., and thought 
it good, Mr. Clark remarked that it was as good as 
might be done with adhesive eggs. 
That we have made rapid strides in the work of 
smelt hatching is shown by the table giving our yearly 
plantings, where it will be found that of the 55,000,000 
fry and eggs distributed in ten years almost half the 
number was sent out this spring. It should also be 
borne in mind that this great result was obtained from 
an insignificant stream that never contained smelts 
before—it was stocked by the New York State Fishery 
Commission. 
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N. Y., May to. 
