178 Fibst Annual Keport of the 



the best fish. Our stock fish have been free from disease, and 

 the fish are strong and healthy at the present time. 



During July, 1911, and up to August 3d, 124,000 brook trout 

 fingerlings were transferred to the Adirondack hatchery. The 

 fish were met at Utica by messengers from the Adirondack Sta- 

 tion, and they were afterward used to fill applications which 

 could not be supplied from the stock at the hatchery. 



The distribution has been very satisfactory. Nearly all appli- 

 cants were on hand to meet the fish and very little loss was re- 

 ported in transport a (ion. 



Through the month of August a very considerable amount of 

 grading was finished. This adds greatly to the appearance of 

 the property. 



A new roof has been put on the hatchery. All the buildings 

 were painted and some cement walks laid. The shrimp which 

 were placed in our big spring pond have multiplied rapidly and 

 are furnishing us with considerable fish food. 



Respectfully yours, 



HENRY DAVIDSON, 



Foreman. 



Bath, N. Y., November 1, 1911. 



Caledonia Station. 



The work at this hatchery has been very successfully carried 

 on during the past year. There have been 49,140,150 fish dis- 

 tributed during the past season. We also sent 600,000 eyed 

 brown trout eggs to other hatcheries. We were short in our 

 output o( brown trout eggs as the water was bad, caused by the 

 drainage from Caledonia village. For this reason we did not 

 get one-half our usual number oi eggs of this species. We were 

 also disappointed in getting lake trout eggs from the Great 

 Lakes, which great lv reduced our output. Those we did get were 

 taken from Stony Island and Lower Lake Ontario. We had 

 100,000 lake trout eggs from the United States Commission. 



Through the assistance M' Mr. 1\ 11. llartman, of the Penn- 

 slwania Department of Fisheries, we were very successful in 



