﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  REPORTS 
  FROM 
  THE 
  HATCHERIES 
  

  

  Adirondack 
  Hatchery 
  

   To 
  the 
  Forest 
  t 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission: 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  success- 
  

   ful. 
  Our 
  output 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  season 
  shows 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  7,024,613. 
  

   We 
  have 
  filled 
  1,380 
  applications. 
  The 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  

   called 
  for 
  Brook 
  Trout; 
  2,280,188 
  Brook 
  Trout 
  were 
  shipped 
  from 
  

   here 
  this 
  season, 
  of 
  which 
  number 
  1,357,188 
  were 
  fingerlings, 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  being 
  planted 
  as 
  fry. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  trout 
  shipped 
  

   were 
  80 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  received. 
  

  

  Local 
  fishermen 
  have 
  had 
  unusually 
  good 
  success 
  fishing 
  in 
  Grass 
  

   Pond 
  this 
  season, 
  one 
  party 
  catching 
  117 
  Brook 
  Trout 
  in 
  one 
  day, 
  

   the 
  fish 
  measuring 
  from 
  seven 
  to 
  ten 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  There 
  is 
  

   no 
  doubt 
  that 
  these 
  fish 
  were 
  planted 
  from 
  this 
  station 
  two 
  years 
  

   ago 
  as 
  fry. 
  In 
  our 
  nets 
  this 
  fall 
  we 
  notice 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  small 
  

   whitefish 
  which 
  are 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  stocking 
  done 
  in 
  recent 
  years, 
  

   and 
  promise 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  We 
  used 
  nets 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  waters 
  this 
  fall 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  

   to 
  get 
  Lake 
  Trout 
  eggs 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  those 
  formerly 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  from 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes. 
  

  

  New 
  cement 
  walks 
  have 
  been 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  hatchery 
  grounds 
  this 
  

   summer 
  by 
  the 
  regular 
  hatchery 
  employees. 
  The 
  ice 
  house 
  and 
  

   meat 
  room 
  need 
  some 
  repairs 
  which 
  we 
  expect 
  to 
  complete 
  before 
  

   cold 
  weather. 
  With 
  this 
  work 
  done, 
  the 
  buildings 
  and 
  grounds 
  

   will 
  be 
  in 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  condition 
  for 
  the 
  coming 
  year. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fishing 
  season 
  last 
  fall 
  we 
  had 
  more 
  nets 
  fishing 
  than 
  

   in 
  former 
  years; 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  meet 
  \\ith 
  the 
  usual 
  success 
  in 
  col- 
  

   lecting 
  eggs. 
  I 
  think 
  this 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  unusually 
  warm 
  weather 
  

   and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  very 
  little 
  wind. 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  that 
  

   during 
  a 
  season 
  when 
  we 
  have 
  high 
  winds 
  and 
  aid 
  weather 
  we 
  

   get 
  more 
  eggs. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  noted 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  lakes 
  

   and 
  streams 
  is 
  high 
  the 
  fishing 
  for 
  spawn 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  successful 
  as 
  

   in 
  low 
  water. 
  

  

  One 
  trouble 
  in 
  collecting 
  Lake 
  Trout 
  eggs 
  in 
  our 
  Adirondack 
  

  

  