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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  distribution 
  in 
  Columbia 
  and 
  adjacent 
  counties, 
  and 
  if 
  a 
  suitable 
  

   spring 
  can 
  be 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  place 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  good 
  policy 
  to 
  pump 
  

   the 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  spring 
  to 
  the 
  rearing 
  races 
  and 
  ponds. 
  The 
  

   Black 
  Bass 
  and 
  Calico 
  Bass 
  are 
  thriving 
  in 
  the 
  brood 
  ponds, 
  and 
  

   the 
  work 
  with 
  Shad 
  and 
  River 
  Herring 
  is 
  growing 
  constantly. 
  

  

  The 
  Oneida 
  Station 
  badly 
  needs 
  a 
  new 
  hatchery 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  

   present 
  one 
  which 
  is 
  antiquated 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  repair. 
  A 
  landing 
  be- 
  

   low 
  the 
  Scriba 
  Creek 
  bridge 
  should 
  be 
  acquired, 
  because 
  at 
  present 
  

   the 
  State 
  boat 
  can 
  be 
  reached 
  only 
  by 
  crossing 
  private 
  property. 
  

   A 
  suitable 
  launch 
  for 
  fish 
  cultural 
  work 
  on 
  Oneida 
  Lake 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  greatest 
  necessities 
  of 
  the 
  station. 
  If 
  this 
  were 
  supplied, 
  the 
  

   output 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  could 
  easily 
  be 
  increased 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  and 
  

   the 
  boat 
  would 
  pay 
  for 
  itself 
  in 
  two 
  seasons 
  by 
  saving 
  launch 
  hire. 
  

  

  The 
  Pleasant 
  Valley 
  Hatchery 
  has 
  been 
  redeemed 
  by 
  changing 
  

   its 
  water 
  supply, 
  and 
  will 
  soon 
  forge 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  again 
  in 
  its 
  

   yield 
  of 
  trout. 
  The 
  stream 
  formerly 
  supplying 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  

   ponds 
  was 
  so 
  badly 
  polluted 
  by 
  drainage 
  and 
  sewage 
  that 
  it 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  by 
  causing 
  serious 
  diseases. 
  

   The 
  use 
  of 
  artesian 
  and 
  spring 
  water 
  has 
  restored 
  this 
  property, 
  

   and 
  now 
  it 
  will 
  grow 
  in 
  value 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  The 
  collections 
  

   of 
  Lake 
  Trout 
  eggs 
  in 
  Keuka 
  Lake 
  for 
  this 
  station 
  were 
  reduced 
  

   to 
  the 
  minimum 
  through 
  the 
  depredations 
  of 
  the 
  Yellow 
  Perch 
  and 
  

   Suckers 
  which 
  devoured 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  eggs 
  on 
  every 
  spawning 
  bed 
  

   in 
  the 
  lake. 
  This 
  discovery 
  will 
  probably 
  account 
  for 
  our 
  failure 
  

   generally 
  to 
  obtain 
  Lake 
  Trout 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  lakes 
  which 
  are 
  

   known 
  to 
  contain 
  plenty 
  of 
  trout. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  permit 
  me 
  to 
  recommend 
  that 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Fish 
  Culture 
  be 
  equipped 
  with 
  the 
  force 
  necessary 
  to 
  do 
  its 
  work 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  standards. 
  The 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  action 
  cannot 
  fail 
  to 
  

   be 
  gratifying 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  people. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted, 
  

  

  TARLETON 
  H. 
  BEAN. 
  

  

  Albany, 
  December 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

  

  