[3] PROPAGATION OF PENOBSCOT SALMON IN l8S3-'84. lOUD 



were forwarded to four hatching stations within the State : Norway, 

 Weld, Enfield, and Dennysville. Of the 300,000 sent to Norway, but 6 

 eggs died en route. They were hatched with little loss and were planted : 

 50,000 in the Little Androscoggin, a tributary of the Androscoggin, at 

 Norwaj% and the remaining 250,000 also in Norwaj^ in Crooked Kiver, 

 a tributary of Sebago Lake. Of the 200,000 sent to Weld, 45 died in 

 the packing case, 1,835 in incubation, and 12 in transportation of fry. 

 Of the fry, 75,000 were planted at Weld in Webb's Eiver, a tributary 

 of the Androscoggin, and 123,000 in brooks tributary to Sandy Eiver, 

 a branch of the Kennebec. To Enfield were sent 700,000 eggs, of which 

 130 died in the packing case. The incubation was conducted without 

 serious loss, and the fry obtained were planted in the Penobscot and 

 tributaries as follows : In the Penobscot, at Med way, 270,000 ; in the 

 Mattawamkeag, at Bancroft, 85,000; in the Piscataqnis, at Dover, 

 24,000; in the Mattawamkeag, at Island Falls, 24,000 ; in the mouth of 

 the Piscataquis, at Howland, 70,000; in the Mattawamkeag, at the vil- 

 lage of the same name, 215,000. Of the 40,000 sent to Dennysville, only 

 2 eggs died on the way, 100 died during incubation, and 39,500 were 

 planted in Denny's Eiver in the town of Dennysville. 



The lot of 30,000 sent to Northville, Mich., went through with the 

 loss of but 3 eggs on the road. In the course of incubation and devel- 

 opment 105 eggs and 632i fish were lost, and 29,260 young fish were 

 planted at the headwaters of Huron Elver, in Oakland County, Michi- 

 gan. 



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