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109,350 have been distributed from this hatchery during the past year, and the 

 nursery ponds were only built during the year. Brook, brown, rainbow and lake 

 trout are propagated at this hatchery. 



One of the principal attractions in the fish line for visitors at this hatchery is a 

 pond containing rainbow trout weighing from five to twelve pounds each. Without 

 doubt it is the finest show of this variety in the eastern States. 



Fish are'not the only attraction. About a year ago the Commission directed the 

 foreman of the hatchery, Mr. Cotchefer, to see what he could do in the way of 

 breeding the Mongolian or ring-necked pheasant. The experiment proved very 

 satisfactory; about forty pheasants were raised during the past summer. The coops 

 were at once enlarged so as to accommodate them during the winter. Next season 

 the Commission can commence turning loose quite a large number of surplus 

 pheasants, so that the hatchery will soon be stocking the forests as well as the 

 streams of the southern and central part of the State. With this fine show of fish, 

 game birds and beautiful grounds, it is not to be wondered at that crowds of visitors 

 almost daily inspect the plant, and that the Commission take great pride in what 

 their labors have developed. 



The Cold Spring Hatchery, located at Cold Spring, Suffolk county, N. Y., hatches 

 and turns out a larger number of fish each year than any other hatchery in the State. 

 This is due to the salt water branch of the work which consists of torn cods, smelt 

 and lobsters. The hatch of these three exceeded by several millions the best record 

 of any previous year. 



Nineteen thousand six hundred and fifty fingerlings and yearlings were distributed 

 during the year, and in addition, more than a million of trout at the fry stage. Brook, 

 brown and rainbow trout, Atlantic and steelhead salmon, torn cods, smelt and lobsters 

 are all propagated at this hatchery. 



During the summer considerable necessary work, such as building new stock or 

 breeding ponds, grading and general improvement of the grounds, was done. 



The Caledonia Hatchery, located in the town of Caledonia, Livingston county, is 

 the oldest and largest in the State, and I consider it to-day the best in the country. 



A greater variety of fresh-water fish are hatched and distributed than from any 

 of the other State hatcheries, and the facilities for rearing all kinds of trout to finger- 

 lings and yearlings exceeds all the other State hatcheries combined, as the output 

 will show. 



Five hundred and nineteen thousand one hundred and eighty fingerlings and 

 yearlings were distributed during the past year. Brook, brown, rainbow, red throat 

 and lake trout, steelhead salmon, whitefish and pike-perch, are all propagated at this 

 hatchery. 

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