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about one-half of these being kept until they were fingerlings. The rest 

 were planted as fry. We finished shipping fish on August 14, having 

 filled in all 1,369 applications, which is an increase over last season. 



About 30,000 black spotted trout were raised here this year to be 

 planted in the hatchery preserve waters for stock fish. Considerable 

 difficulty is experienced in trying to raise these fish here as a species of 

 hydra is found in the water that kills the young fry. 



A larger number of whitefish eggs were taken from nearby waters this 

 year than have been taken in an)/ previous year for some time. This is 

 due largely to the stocking of these waters in recent years, and shows a very 

 gratifying result. The surplus eggs which could not be handled here were 

 sent to Constantia hatchery. 



Last year we had considerable trouble carrying fish in galvanized cans. 

 As an experiment this year we tried giving these cans two coats of white 

 shellac on the inside, with the result that the fish carried in them equally as 

 well as in the tin cans which had not been treated with shellac. We find 

 the shellac much superior to paint for this purpose. 



A new cement pond has been built to replace the old wooden one which 

 had become unfit for use. A new chimney built from the ground up on the 

 hatchery building has replaced the old one and is much safer, not requiring 

 the use of so much pipe in the building. 



Another year it will be necessary to build new walks and I would advise 



that they be' built of cement as the work can be done by the men employed 



here and the cost would not be much greater than if built of wood. 



Respectfully yours, 



Milo F. Otis, 



Foreman. 

 Upper Saranac, October 9, 1909. 



Caledonia Hatchery 



To the Forest, Fish and Game Commission: 



The work at this hatchery has been very successful the past year. We 

 have filled 925 applications. 



The output of fingerlings has been larger than in previous years; we 

 distributed 1,876,450 fish. 



