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cent of them being ripe, though no ripe females were found. It is 

 expected that they will produce quite a number of eggs next season. 



Earl}^ in September arrangements were made for the collection of 

 brook-trout, lake-trout, landlocked-salmon, and golden-ti'out eggs at 

 the various field stations operated in previous years. The outlook 

 was very discouraging, on account of the protracted drought, the 

 water in all the surrounding ponds and streams being very low. 



The following table shows the field stations operated, number of 

 fish captured, and yield of eggs from the various sources: 



stations. 



Winkempaiigh Brook 



Do 



Patton Pond 



Do 



Flood Pond 



Do 



Cold stream Pond 



Do 



Green Lake 



Do 



Species. 



Brook trout 



Landlocked salmon. 



Brook trout - - . 



Landlocked salmon. 



Brook trout 



Golden trout 



Lake trout (togue). 

 Landlocked salmon. 



Brook trout - - 



Landlocked salmon. 



Males. 



Females. 



Total. 



34 



71 



105 



38 



54 



92 



78 



60 



138 





3 



3 



^9 



11 



60 



id 



21 



64 



45T 



511 



968 



37 



36 



73 



4 



8 



12 



47 



48 



95 



Yield of 

 eggs. 



109,500 

 191,000 

 116,000 



13,500 

 10,000 

 750,000 

 60,000 

 13,000 

 93,000 



The fish captured at the various auxiliary stations were liberated 

 as soon as stripped, with no loss. The eggs collected at Winkempaugh, 

 Flood Pond, and Patton Pond were transferred to the station as soon 

 as fertilized, and arrived in fair condition, the losses averaging from 

 7 per cent to 14 per cent. Those from fish penned at Great Brook 

 were delivered without loss. The eggs collected at Enfield were eyed 

 at the State hatchery and then transferred, the lake-trout eggs arriving 

 on November 28 and the salmon eggs in February. 



The water supply at this station was very unsatisfactory throughout 

 the winter. The temperature of the water dropped in November from 

 45° to 32^°, and it remained intensely cold until spring. This seriously 

 retarded the development of the eggs, those of the brook trout being 

 in the water 125 days and of the salmon 132 days before showing the 

 eye-spots. These unfavorable conditions caused serious losses. 



In addition to the eggs collected in Maine, 300,000 lake-trout eggs 

 were received from North ville and 200,000 brook- trout eggs were pur- 

 chased from dealers in Massachusetts. The latter arrived in excel- 

 lent con(iition, the entire loss on the 200,000 being about 13 per cent. 

 Of the lake-trout eggs collected at Cold Stream Pond, 350,000 were 

 turned over to the State of Maine. 



The fry commenced hatching early in March, and in April and May 

 587,000 lake-trout, 323,644 brook-trout, and 6, 990 golden-trout fry were 

 distributed. At the close of the year the following were on hand: 



Species. 



Calendar year in which fish were 

 hatched. 





1900. 



1898. 



1897. 



1896. 



Landlocked salmon 



183,077 



149 



1,368 

 448 





270 



Steelhead trout . . .. 



493 





Brook trout 















