356 Fourth Annual Report of the 



What Mr. Ljdell desires most of all is a large pond to be used 

 exclusively for breeding minnows with the overflow running 

 direct into the bass rearing ponds, and screened so as to let the 

 fry through and keep out the large minnows. 



Pie:eperch 



Up to April 27, 1914, the Oneida Station had 731 quarts of 

 eggs. Of these, 225 quarts were sent to Pennsylvania, 30 quarts 

 to Linlithgo, 20 quarts to Cold iS^ring Harbor, and 90 quarts to 

 Caledonia. Mr. Miller counts 386 quarts in the hatchery. His 

 applications call for 8,775,000 and he expects to plant 20,000,000 

 in Oneida lake. 



The breaking of the Southwell dam caused a loss of nine nets 

 which were full of good fish. The season has been a very unfav- 

 orable one. 



On June 28, 1914, pikeperch measuring from two to two 

 and one-half inches in length were found in Spring pond, which 

 is the lowest pond on tho Oneida Hatchery grounds at Con- 

 stantia. The fry entered this pond accidentally on May 8, so 

 that the specimens obtained were then six weeks from the fry 

 stage. On October 25, 1914, when the Spring pond was drained 

 these pikeperch had grown to a length of four inches or upwards. 

 About 100 pikeperch were taken out of the pond which is less 

 than one-eighth of an acre in area, and associated with them 

 were 144 small mouthed black bass ranging from four to four 

 and one-half inches in length which were in very plump condi- 

 tion. The fish in the pond subsisted entirely upon natural food. 

 The water was full of insect larvae, litle sunfish and small cray- 

 fish, worms, etc. 



Yellow Perch 



By an exchange with Mr. E. C. Brown, of Copake, N. Y., the 

 Linlithgo Station received 148 quarts of yellow perch eggs on 

 April 24, 1914.. Foreman Bhines has counted as high as 65,000 

 eggs in a quart, and the average is probably more than 50,000. 



Of the above eggs about 95 per cent, were found to be good. 



