162 Fiest Annual Repoet of the 



perch, sea bass, tomcod, flatfish, lobster and edible crab all receive 

 attention and the results of the work are evident to any one inter- 

 ested in the subject. 



The inventoried value of hatchery property in January, 1911, 

 according to the statements of the foremen, was $144,2,51.77. 

 This includes not only the lands but also the improvements, ponds 

 and all equipment. 



The maintenance fund for 1911, together with cost of repairs 

 and improvements, collection of eggs and miscellaneous expenses 

 was $75,145.90. 



The value of the fish planted was $212,115.42. In addition 

 to this the Commission has at its hatcheries fully $8,000 worth 

 of brood fish including trout, bass and calico bass. 



The total number of trout including brook, lake, brown, rain- 

 bow and black spotted distributed by the hatcheries was 7,676,388, 

 of which number 3,466,388, or about 45 per cent., were ringer- 

 lings. The 'State has such a wide range of temperature that the 

 size of trout available for distribution varies greatly. A brook 

 trout two inches long is very common on Long Island, at Bath 

 and Caledonia about the end of April; but in the A diron clacks 

 the same kind of trout would be little advanced above the fry 

 stage. Brook trout hatched in January at Caledonia have at- 

 tained to a length of six inches in November of the same year. 



It will be observed that some of the hatcheries are less pro- 

 ductive than others; but allowance must be made for location, 

 water supply, natural advantages and proximity to fish suitable 

 for artificial culture. The general results are so favorable as to 

 merit approval for the work as a whole, and improvements are 

 being made as rapidly as facilities will permit. 



The stations, with the exception of Caledonia, have suffered 

 less than formerly from the inroads of disease. Caledonia is 

 able to produce certain kinds of trout and a great many food 

 fish at the present time. The chief difficulty now is connected 

 with the brown trout brood fish which have been attacked by a 

 bacterial disease due to water pollution. The rainbow trout 

 is scarcely affected by this trouble, and the brook trout are 



