REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 1 27 



and they have been planting fry for years. The next season after planting these 

 fingerlings (which were rainbow trout), specimens from ten to eleven inches long 

 were caught. 



Other reports have been received from plants of pike-perch fry made in waters 

 that never contained them before, and in six months specimens five and six inches 

 long were captured in minnow nets. 



The large yearly increase in the number of applications for fry shows the increased 

 interest our citizens are taking in the work of stocking the streams of the State. 

 During the past year over one thousand applications for fish were received. Of this 

 number 871 were filled at the number considered proper by your Hatchery Committee. 

 Several were rejected on account of the waters named in the application not being 

 considered proper for stocking ; other applications were found to be for private waters. 

 Great care has been taken to prevent the planting of State fish in private waters. A 

 copy of the law is always sent to each applicant for fish. 



• At the Adirondack Hatchery, located at Saranac Inn station, Franklin county, 

 many improvements have been made during the year. 



One of the good results of work done was the rearing and planting of 12,000 

 fingerlings of brook and lake trout. This is the first output of fish larger than fry 

 stages ever made from this hatchery. Brook, brown and lake trout, and frost fish are 

 propagated at this hatchery. 



It is possible to bring cold water enough to this place so that from one to two 

 hundred thousand fingerlings and yearlings can be successfully raised each year in 

 addition to the many thousands of fry that will be distributed. 



At the Fulton Chain Hatchery, located at Old Forge, Herkimer county, a' very 

 large amount of satisfactory work has been done, consisting of the finishing of a large 

 nursery or series of rearing ponds which are located on a spring brook tributary to 

 the Old Forge pond about one-half mile from the hatchery proper. This site was 

 obtained from the Old Forge Syndicate Company for a term of years, with the 

 privilege of purchasing the same. Notwithstanding that some of these ponds were 

 not built until late in the season, 15,500 fingerlings were turned out into the adjacent 

 streams and lakes. There still remain at this hatchery about 25,000 fingerlings that 

 will be retained until older before planting. This is the first year that this hatchery 

 has been able to turn out fingerlings ; next year's production should be much larger. 

 Brook, brown and lake trout, and frost fish are propagated at this hatchery. 



The interior of the hatchery has been entirely changed and remodeled, which 

 greatly increases the hatching capacity. If aided by the property owners and citizens, 

 it is among the possibilities of this hatchery to restore the Brown's Tract waters to 

 their condition thirty years ago. 



