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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  noyance 
  throughout 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  early 
  fall. 
  Muskrats 
  burrowed 
  

   in 
  the 
  banks 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  gave 
  us 
  some 
  trouble. 
  Traps 
  were 
  

   set 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  captured 
  and 
  driven 
  out. 
  Constant 
  vigilance 
  is 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  keep 
  these 
  enemies 
  and 
  pests 
  in 
  subjection. 
  

  

  The 
  line 
  fences 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  dilapidated 
  condition 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  har- 
  

   monize 
  with 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  grounds. 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  that 
  some 
  

   suitable 
  woven 
  wire 
  fence 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  to 
  put 
  these 
  line 
  

   fences 
  in 
  proper 
  shape. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  WALLACE 
  D. 
  RHINES, 
  

  

  Foreman. 
  

   Linlithgo, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  15, 
  1910, 
  Foreman 
  Winchester 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  

   black 
  bass 
  would 
  soon 
  be 
  making 
  their 
  nests, 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  everything 
  

   in 
  readiness 
  for 
  them. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  his 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  

   and 
  river 
  herring 
  season 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river: 
  

  

  Report 
  on 
  Shad 
  and 
  Herring 
  Work, 
  Season 
  of 
  1910 
  

   SHAD 
  

  

  DATE 
  

  

  Kind 
  

  

  Quantity 
  

  

  Green, 
  

   number 
  eggs 
  

  

  Eyed, 
  

   number 
  eggs 
  

  

  Remarks 
  

  

  May 
  3-28 
  

  

  Shad 
  

  

  qls. 
  oz. 
  

   378 
  24 
  

  

  10,605,000 
  

  

  5,326,000 
  

  

  Estimated 
  300 
  female 
  fish 
  

   used 
  to 
  procure 
  these 
  

   eggs. 
  

  

  HERRING 
  

  

  May 
  iQ-June7-j 
  Herring.. 
  | 
  65 
  20 
  65,625,000 
  51,300,000 
  Estimated 
  900 
  fish 
  used 
  to 
  

  

  procure 
  these 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  shad 
  hatched, 
  5,314,000 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  and 
  tributaries; 
  12,500 
  shad 
  fry 
  were 
  kept 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  rearing 
  

   ponds 
  to 
  be 
  liberated 
  later 
  as 
  fingerlings; 
  800,000 
  shad 
  fry 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Aquarium 
  and 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  at 
  Rhinecliff, 
  making 
  the 
  total 
  of 
  shad 
  fry 
  planted, 
  6,114,000. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  herring 
  hatched, 
  50,000,000 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  and 
  tributaries; 
  1,300,000 
  fry 
  were 
  kept 
  in 
  rearing 
  ponds 
  for 
  

   black 
  bass 
  fry 
  food. 
  

  

  