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  to 
  a 
  greater 
  distance. 
  Attention 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  turned 
  

   to 
  securing 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  than 
  was 
  formerly 
  

   obtained. 
  At 
  first 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  was 
  

   simply 
  to 
  attend 
  the 
  nets 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  and 
  take 
  such 
  

   eggs 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  spawning 
  females, 
  but 
  later 
  it 
  

   was 
  found 
  expedient 
  to 
  collect 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  pen 
  them 
  

   until 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  ripened, 
  when 
  the 
  eggs 
  could 
  be 
  

   secured. 
  In 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Streams, 
  Maine, 
  where 
  the 
  

   land-locked 
  salmon 
  were 
  hatched, 
  it 
  became 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   handle 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  at 
  a 
  small 
  cost. 
  If 
  the 
  fish 
  

   were 
  to 
  be 
  secured 
  one 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  or 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  nets 
  

   of 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  it 
  would 
  take 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  to 
  

   handle 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  propagation 
  would 
  be 
  enormous. 
  

   The 
  superintendent, 
  Mr. 
  Atkins, 
  had 
  therefore 
  devised 
  

   a 
  plan 
  of 
  stretching 
  nets 
  across 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   which 
  the 
  fish 
  ascended 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season, 
  and 
  

   turning 
  them 
  from 
  their 
  course 
  into 
  net 
  basins 
  which 
  were 
  

   placed 
  there. 
  It 
  then 
  required 
  no 
  labour 
  to 
  catch 
  the 
  fish, 
  

   except 
  that 
  of 
  stretching 
  the 
  nets 
  and 
  placing 
  the 
  poles. 
  

   The 
  fish 
  remained 
  in 
  the 
  basin 
  until 
  they 
  were 
  ripe, 
  

   requiring 
  no 
  food 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  the 
  men 
  went 
  out 
  with 
  

   dip 
  nets, 
  took 
  them, 
  secured 
  the 
  eggs, 
  and 
  turned 
  the 
  fish 
  

   back 
  again 
  into 
  the 
  stream. 
  At 
  the 
  hatchery 
  in 
  California, 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  fish, 
  a 
  dam 
  had 
  been 
  

   placed 
  across 
  the 
  McLeod 
  river, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  might 
  be 
  

   intercepted 
  in 
  ascending, 
  and 
  be 
  secured 
  in 
  considerable 
  

   numbers 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  At 
  the 
  

   white-fish 
  hatcheries 
  at 
  Northville, 
  Michigan, 
  pounds 
  had 
  

   been 
  made 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  placed 
  

   for 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  until 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  perfectly 
  ripe, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   entire 
  number 
  taken, 
  or 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  percentage, 
  might 
  be 
  

   impregnated. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  old 
  method 
  of 
  

   handling 
  the 
  eggs, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  spread 
  out 
  on 
  trays 
  in 
  

  

  