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in the place of hiring one, also to improve and beautify the place, 

 that a bulkhead be built along the water front and filled in. This 

 would make a place for an attractive lawn and flowers. 



Respectfully yours, 



GRANT E. WINCHESTER, 

 Foreman. 

 Bemus Point, 1ST. Y., November 20, 1911. 



Cold Spring Harbor Station. 



Through the generosity of Mr. Slade, president of the 'South- 

 side S*portsmens' Club, Oakdale, L. I., we collected a fine lot of 

 brook and rainbow trout eggs. Most of these were sent to other 

 hatcheries, enough being collected from our ponds to supply all 

 demands on this station. These eggs were collected by our men 

 with the assistance of Mr. Dan King, who has charge of the 

 club ponds. Our eggs were hatched and the fry did very well, 

 some of them being carried through the summer. 



Our torn cod work was very successful. We had plenty of fry 

 of this fish to fill all applications. The reports of good fishing in 

 nearby waters show the result of planting in previous years. 



The smelt work was also successful, and a large collection of 

 eggs was made. The fry were planted in great numbers. 



The flatfish or winter flounder, the eggs of which are rather 

 difficult to collect owing to the rough weather during their 

 spawning season in February and March, often get injured when 

 confined in trap nets, and are unfit for use. We succeeded in 

 collecting a fine lot which hatched very well. 



The lobster work was most gratifying. We collected about 

 four times as many eggs as in any previous year. We were ably 

 assisted by Capt. E. B. Tuthill in taking these eggs. It was 

 through his influence with the fishermen that we obtained so 

 many egg lobsters. This branch of the work is done near the 

 fish landing at Montauk, L. I., and the fishermen who collect 

 the eggs are greatly interested in the work. Many of the young 

 lobster fry are planted by the men on their way to the fishing 

 grounds. There was a large catch of lobsters this year, a great 



