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sunk to the deeper, cooler strata of water, and the eggs kept 
in motion the same as at the surface; the portability of the 
whole apparatus over and to all new points for work. The 
covers similar to the Bell & Mather apparatus, but consider- 
ably improved, were also used successfully. 
Early in July operations were begun at South Hadley 
Falls, Mass., and at the time the work closed, July 2sth, 
about 3,018,000 were distributed and turned into the Con- 
necticut. 
To sum up, 110,000 shad were sent to California, 1,263,- 
ooo were put into tributaries of the Mississippi River, 
1,365,000 in the South Atlantic and Gulf rivers, and 1,588,- 
coo in the streams of New England, the larger portion in 
the Potomac—in all about 4,500,000 shad. 
At South Hadley Falls, Mr. Charles G. Atkins conducted 
a series of experiments on the estimation of shad-eggs, and 
is disposed to reduce the standard of estimation about 20 
per cent. below that we have used. There have been re- 
ductions of the standard from time to time from the first 
hatching of shad. Whether there is necessity for so great 
a reduction I shall be better able to say after testing the 
matter the coming season. 
Mr. Green differed as to what was (alluding to the ap- 
paratus described) the best apparatus for shad-hatching. 
-Some years ago, Mr. Green stated, the New York, Massa- 
chusetts, and New Hampshire Commissioners wanted him to 
come and hatch shad. He went, and got up a box to hatch 
shad with, and hatched 15,000,000. (Mr. Green described the 
hatching-apparatus by a diagram on the board.) 
A discussion arose in regard to certain infringements of 
patents, as alleged by Mr. Green. 
