﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  157 
  

  

  foreman 
  on 
  July 
  1, 
  1910, 
  taking 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Grant 
  E. 
  

   Winchester 
  who 
  was 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  Chautauqua 
  Hatchery, 
  at 
  

   Bemus 
  Point, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  My 
  report 
  covers 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  

   from 
  July 
  1, 
  1910. 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  road 
  leading 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  highway 
  to 
  the 
  hatchery 
  

   has 
  been 
  widened 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  water-washed 
  gravel 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  Roeliff 
  Jansen 
  Kill 
  on 
  the 
  hatchery 
  grounds. 
  The 
  road 
  

   on 
  the 
  Bonneville 
  tract 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Kleine 
  Kill 
  has 
  

   also 
  been 
  widened 
  and 
  graveled. 
  The 
  ruins 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  mill 
  have 
  

   been 
  taken 
  away, 
  the 
  wheel-pits 
  filled 
  in, 
  the 
  embankments 
  taken 
  

   down, 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  site 
  is 
  leveled 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  one 
  pulp 
  pit. 
  

   The 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  V-shaped 
  piece 
  of 
  land 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  streams 
  

   have 
  been 
  trimmed, 
  the 
  vines 
  and 
  underbrush 
  cleared 
  out, 
  and 
  we 
  

   now 
  have 
  a 
  beautiful 
  little 
  grove. 
  

  

  Many 
  visitors 
  are 
  attracted 
  here 
  by 
  the 
  beautiful 
  scenery 
  of 
  the 
  

   hatchery 
  grounds. 
  On 
  the 
  Kleine 
  Kill 
  is 
  a 
  terraced 
  fall 
  of 
  50 
  feet, 
  

   and, 
  when 
  a 
  liberal 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  is 
  coming 
  down, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  

   miniature 
  Niagara. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  is 
  the 
  beautiful 
  Roeliff 
  Jan- 
  

   sen 
  Kill 
  with 
  its 
  high 
  banks 
  and 
  its 
  crystal 
  water 
  bounding 
  and 
  

   tumbling 
  along 
  in 
  its 
  rocky 
  bed. 
  Lying 
  between 
  these 
  two 
  streams 
  

   are 
  the 
  ponds 
  and 
  the 
  hatchery 
  in 
  an 
  amphitheater 
  formed 
  by 
  hills 
  

   of 
  considerable 
  elevation 
  which 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  red 
  cedar 
  and 
  

   white 
  pine. 
  The 
  symmetrical 
  red 
  cedar, 
  resembling 
  church 
  spires, 
  

   gives 
  to 
  the 
  landscape 
  a 
  scenery 
  not 
  surpassed. 
  In 
  the 
  distance 
  

   lie 
  the 
  historic 
  Catskills 
  with 
  the 
  " 
  Old 
  Indian 
  " 
  plainly 
  visible. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  20th, 
  12,500 
  shad 
  fry 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  rearing 
  ponds 
  and 
  

   on 
  September 
  6th, 
  10,000 
  were 
  liberated. 
  They 
  ranged 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  

   5 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  They 
  were 
  fed 
  on 
  water 
  meal 
  and 
  did 
  nicely. 
  

   With 
  additional 
  ponds 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  fingerling 
  shad 
  may 
  be 
  largely 
  

   increased. 
  Two 
  thousand 
  and 
  fifty 
  fingerling 
  small 
  mouth 
  black 
  bass 
  

   were 
  reared 
  and 
  distributed 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  larva 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   black 
  flies, 
  genus 
  Simidium, 
  was 
  found 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  slash-boards 
  

   of 
  the 
  penstocks 
  in 
  great 
  quantities. 
  This 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   ideal 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  young 
  bass. 
  

  

  Snakes, 
  turtles 
  and 
  birds 
  were 
  very 
  injurious 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  fish. 
  

   Many 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  killed, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  constant 
  source 
  of 
  an- 
  

  

  