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On June 16, 1909, Mr. Burke reported that the fingerlings in the 

 hatchery were feeding well in water at 62 degrees. The average length, 

 of the fish was about 1^- inches. Some were ij inches and some if inches. 



On July 1st, the temperature of the water had risen to 72 degrees 

 and as it enters the hatchery with very little fall it was thought best to 

 remove the fish to Lake George at once. 



The landlocked salmon planted in Kora Lake in the preserves of Hon. 

 Timothy L. Woodruff, Racquette Lake, N. Y., seem to have thrived accord- 

 ing to his superintendent, Mr. E. S. Casselman. On August 8th, Mr. 

 Casselman saw these salmon jumping all over the lake. He caught two 

 with a small fly-hook, one of them 5 -J inches long, and the other over d\ 

 inches. These fish were planted in the fall of 1908. 



Brook Trout 



On December 9th, Mr. Milo F. Otis received 772,800 eyed eggs from 

 the Cold Spring Harbor Station in good condition. The first picking was 

 about 3,000. 



Eyed eggs of this trout were obtained from the following commercial 

 hatcheries : 



American Fish Culture Co., Carolina, R. I. 



A. R. Graham & Son, Berkeley, Mass. 



H. F. Hurlbut, East Freetown, Mass. 



Plymouth Rock Trout Co., Plymouth, Mass. 



Charles A. Wolters, Weissport, Pa. 



The following eggs were secured from brood fish at the stations: 



Cold Spring Harbor, 945,000. 



Delaware, 75,000. 



Pleasant Valley, 41,600. 



The Adirondack station collected eggs from wild fish in waters adjacent 

 to the hatchery, and eggs were secured by Foreman Burke, of the Old 

 Forge Station, officially styled the " Fulton Chain Hatchery." 



Mr. Milo F. Otis counts 12,500 eggs to the quart in wild fish, taken in 

 the vicinity of Upper Saranac. 



