42 FISH—CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
of course, in excess of any expected production; but in the 
organization of a shad station it is necessary to provide for the 
contingency of the great bulk of the eggs coming within an in- 
terval of a few days of each other. The form of hatching ap- 
paratus uséd during this season is shown in fig. 4. 
The general arrangement of a hatching-table for the collection 
of the young fish as they hatch in appropriate receivers or 
aquaria, is also shown in fig. 4. The present form of apparatus 
and the form contemplated in the first design, but only com- 
pleted recently, is indicated in fig. 5. 
Fig. 5.—Arrangemgnt of jars for hatching and collecting, as in use at present. 
