128 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



The Sacandaga Hatchery is located in the town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton 

 county. 



It is impossible to raise fingerlings or yearlings at this hatchery as the 'water 

 supply is so very uncertain during the summer months. In this respect the location 

 of the plant was most unfortunate, but the section of country accessible from this 

 hatchery abounds in numerous lakes and ponds, some of them the very finest for trout 

 in all the Adirondacks, and as the Forest Preserve Board has recently purchased 

 tracts of land and waters in the Adirondacks, I think it greatly influenced the 

 Hatchery Committee in giving me instructions to put this hatchery in good shape. 

 This has been accomplished during the past summer and the capacity so enlarged that 

 next spring's plant of the different trout alone will amount to more than a million; 

 in fact, the plant will be more than double that of any previous year. Brook, brown 

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



People sometimes ask why frost fish are propagated as long as there is no chance 

 for the people legally to catch them, as they can only be taken with nets. The 

 principal reason for their propagation is the fact that they are the principal food of 

 the lake trout in all of the Adirondack waters, and it is very seldom that you find a 

 lake containing lake trout without its also containing frost fish. ' 



The Beaver Kill Hatchery is located in the town of Rockland, Sullivan county. 



On account of the lack of water during the summer months, little can be expected 

 from this hatchery more than to hatch and turn out a few hundred thousand fry 

 annually. Sullivan and the two adjoining counties of Ulster and Delaware probably 

 contain as many natural trout brooks as any three counties of the State. From the 

 condition of the country nearly all of these brooks are more or less subject to spring 

 freshets, and for this important reason, fingerlings and yearlings are the most desirable 

 age of fish to plant in this section. Without a doubt the three counties named 

 entertain as many or more fishermen during the spring and summer than any other 

 portion of the State.' 



If the hatchery remains where now located, better water must be obtained. It 

 can be done by collecting waters from several springs located on the mountains a mile 

 or less away, and piping it to the hatchery. 



About 800,000 brook trout eggs from wild fish were collected near this "hatchery 

 during the past year, but on account of the limited water supply it was considered 

 unwise to lay down for hatching more than a small portion of them at this hatchery, 

 and the bulk of the eggs were sent to the Fulton Chain and the Caledonia Hatcheries. 

 During the summer "only one man was employed to look after the property. 



The Pleasant Valley Hatchery, located near : Bath, Steuben county, already ranks 

 second in the State in the number of fingerlings and yearling trout distributed; 



