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in fish culture and one which New York, with its large annual 

 expense for fish hatching and rearing, could not afford longer to 

 neglect." 



The Conservation Commission report for 1917 says: " The stream 

 survey of Oneida County, which was undertaken two years ago 

 upon an experimental hasis, has been completed and the results have 

 been published in a bulletin and distributed largely throughout the 

 county. This is the first time that the Commission has had avail- 

 able complete and absolutely accurate data regarding stream con- 

 ditions over any large area. Strange as it may seem, the state has 

 been shipping millions of fish for public waters without having 

 authentic information regarding the suitability of those waters for 

 the fish shipped. It is believed that the intensive study of Oneida 

 County and the working plans that have been evolved as a result 

 of this study will eventually overcome this difficulty for that one 

 county. It is the intention of the Bureau of Fish Culture to obtain 

 similarly reliable information as rapidly as possible for all of the 

 State's public waters. This is absolutely necessary if hit or miss 

 methods in fish planting are to be avoided, and if the efficiency which 

 has already been developed in the hatcheries is to be extended to 

 the streams." 



The Conservation Commission report for 1918 briefly reviews the 

 previous work in this direction and adds : " During the past summer 

 a survey was made of Tompkins County by Prof. G. C. Embody 

 of Cornell University, assisted by one of his students ; and a full 

 report on that county is in the course of preparation. Efforts were 

 made to obtain men qualified to make surveys in other counties, but 

 they were found to be practically unobtainable. The training 

 required for this work is possessed by very few men and those who 

 might otherwise have been obtained were engaged in war work. It 

 is hoped that arrangements may be made during the next season to 

 undertake surveys of the waters of other counties. 



"So far only the running streams have been covered, because of 

 the long time and special equipment necessary for lakes. It is 

 desirable to undertake this work on the lakes as rapidly as possible, 

 for the purpose of making them most productive of the species of 

 fish best suited to them." 



In the Conservation Commission report for 1919, reference was 

 again made to Embody's survey of the streams of Tompkins County 

 concerning which the report says : " Inasmuch as many of the 

 streams have their sources in adjoining counties, it seemed advisable 

 to complete the survey of the adjoining watersheds in other counties. 

 This work has been done during the past summer under the direc- 

 tion of Prof. Embody, who was unable personally to give a great 

 deal of time to it, but directed the work of the two assistants who 

 worked in conjunction with him the previous year. " ^ 



In 1917 the Conservation Commission published its survey of 

 Oneida County streams by Clemens ('17). The following are stated 

 to be the main points investigated and reported upon : 



I. Source, length, width, depth and water into which each empties. 



