322 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



A 10 horse-power engine, with a pump for taking water from the Roe- 

 liff-Jansen Kill, and delivering a five-inch stream of water into the reservoir 

 has been installed. We have had to use it only on two short occasions 

 while the gravity system was under repair. The hatchery and its workings 

 have been a source of much interest to the many visitors during the season. 



The total number of shad was 1,235,000; of herring hatched 9,500,000. 

 I think the small percentage of herring hatched was due to the length of 

 time the fish remained in the drift nets. Being dragged through the water 

 affects the eggs, although the fish were alive. This being our first season, 

 it is hoped an improved method can be employed, with better results in 



the future. 



Respectfully yours, 



Grant E. Winchester, 

 Linlithgo, October 9, 1909. Foreman. 



Oneida Hatchery 



To the Forest, FisJi and Game Commission: 



The total output of fry from Oneida Hatchery far exceeds that of any 

 previous season. In regard to the pike perch, there never were so many 

 running up Scriba creek to spawn as this year in the recollection of some 

 of the oldest inhabitants, so it shows an increase of these fish in Oneida 

 Lake. During the spawning season we caught nearly 100,000 adult pike 

 perch. We successfully filled the hatchery with eggs and hatched 108,- 

 300,000 fry, of which over 85,000,000 were planted in Oneida Lake and the 

 others were delivered to 191 different places in the State and planted in 

 suitable waters. 



We also hatched 10,000,000 blue pike fry from eggs collected in Lake 

 Erie. These were all planted in Lake Erie at Dunkirk. 



The small-mouthed black bass did very nicely this season, as the out- 

 put of fry was 105,000 of which 67,000 were planted in Oneida Lake and 

 the rest delivered to 197 different places in the State; also 1,800 were raised 

 to fmgerlings and planted in Oneida Lake. Some are left in the ponds 

 (estimated at about 1,000) which I wish to raise to yearlings. 



Last fall whitefish eggs were taken from Lake Placid and Canandaigua 

 Lake and we turned out 11,000,000 fry. These were planted in Lake 



