12 Fourth Annual Keport of the 



The following tabular comparison shows the output of the State 

 fish hatcheries for the four-year period beginning with 1911, and 

 the four-year period immediately prior thereto: 



Total output from State hatcheries: 



1911 . 701,448,394 



1912 730,434,933 



1913 1,287,255,120 



1914 566,543,016 



Average output per annum, four years, 1911-1914 821,420,366 



1907 250,656,600 



1908 394,520,106 



1909 * 530,277,221 



1910 537,295,975 



Average output per annum, four years, 1907-1910 428,187,476 



The £ftate game farm established some years ago in Chenango 

 county has been remarkably successful. During the past fiscal 

 year there were distributed therefrom 2,949 pheasants and 31,096 

 pheasant eggs. The Legislature of 1914 provided for the pur- 

 chase and equipment of two new game farms, one to be located in 

 Jefferson county, and one on Long Island. Land has been se- 

 cured for the Jefferson county farm, and it will be in operation 

 in the near future. For the proposed Long Island game farm 

 the Commission has selected a tract of 139 acres in the town of 

 Brookhaven, considered to be well adapted to the purpose. The 

 Long Island game farm will, it is expected, be in operation by 

 spring. 



Fighting Forest Fires 

 Equally well established is the policy of the State in protecting 

 its forests from fire and against trespass, or theft of timber. ISTew 

 York today protects against fire some 7,270,000 acres, of which 

 the State owns 1,820,000. The system of fire protection now in 

 operation in this State is thoroughly modern and effective. The 

 installation of a chain of mountain observation stations, each hav- 



