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Pond Enemies 



Muskrats, meadow voles, skunks, crawfish and worms continue to 

 cause trouble at such pond stations as Constant ia and Linlithgo. Foreman 

 Scriba has had more annoyance from the muskrat, the crawfish and certain 

 boring worms than from anything else. By constant . watchfullness and 

 the skillful use of traps the muskrats and other rodents are kept down, 

 but there seems no good way to prevent the depredations of the crawfish 

 and worms, except the use of a cement wall in all embankments. 



State Fair 



Preparations were made as usual for a display of live fish at the State 

 Fair at Syracuse in September, 1909. Foreman Frank Redband took charge 

 of the arrangements for placing the fish in the aquarium tanks, and he 

 assigned Mr. Charles Stewart to oversee the specimens while on exhibition. 

 At the close of the fair the fish were delivered to Mr. John Perry for the 

 Onondaga Anglers' Association. The secretary of that association, Mr. 

 Blackstone, filled out blanks for the fish to be planted in public waters, 

 namely, Onondaga Creek and Peck Brook, a tributary of Onondaga Creek, 

 after the close of the fair. 



Mr. Redband sent brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, black 

 spotted trout and a few albino lake trout for exhibition. Foreman Annin 

 sent brook trout from the Delaware Hatchery. Other specimens were 

 furnished by the Oneida station, representing important food and game 

 fishes of Oneida Lake. 



Examination of Waters 



At the request of John K. Ward, Esq., chief counsel of the Commis- 

 sion, an examination was made of Eighteen Mile Creek, in Erie County, 

 for the purpose of determining what steps should be taken by the Com- 

 mission toward the establishment of fishways and the stocking of that 

 stream and its tributaries. Only one small creek flowing into Eighteen 

 Mile Creek was found suitable for the introduction of brook trout, and it 

 was recommended that trout be planted in that stream. The Eighteen 

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