I30 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



To give an idea of the extent of the distribution made from Caledonia, I would 

 say, that between thirty-five and thirty-six hundred cans of young fish were sent out 

 during the past year. The fish car belonging to the Commission (which is used in 

 the transportation of large consignments), when loaded to its full working capacity 

 will accommodate about 1 10 cans. This shows that over thirty carloads of fish were 

 sent out from the hatchery. 



During the year very extensive and substantial repairs have been made on the 

 ponds and grounds. With the exception of the new nursery ponds recently put in, 

 all of the ponds are now of stone laid in cement. 



The Clayton Hatchery is located about three miles from Clayton Village, Jefferson 

 county. 



The State owns the hatching apparatus only. For about three months this 

 summer, after the bass fry had been shipped, the hatchery was closed. Operations 

 will commence again in October, collecting lake trout, whitefish and ciscoes. Large- 

 mouth black-bass fry (often improperly called Oswego bass), are collected in the 

 marshes along French creek within sight of the hatchery, by the hatchery employes. 

 They are very small when caught, but gain in size so fast that they must be shipped 

 almost immediately. Thirty-nine thousand of these young bass were distributed 

 during the season. They were planted only in waters already containing large-mouth 

 bass, and in no case were they granted to waters that only contained the small-mouth 

 black bass. 



Five thousand five hundred fingerlings, brown and lake trout were distributed 

 during the year, but the cost of rearing them did not warrant continuing the work. 

 The fish ordinarily propagated at this hatchery are whitefish, ciscoes and pike-perch. 



The Constantia Hatchery, more commonly called the Pike-perch Hatchery, is 

 located at Constantia, Oswego county. 



At this place a creek empties into Oneida Lake, and for more than fifty years the 

 stream has been noted for the great numbers of pike -perch that enter it every spring 

 to spawn. This is where all the pike-perch eggs hatched by your Commission are 

 taken. The original hatchery was a small affair, and only about half the eggs it was 

 possible to collect each spring could be cared for and hatched. The site on which it 

 was located did not belong to the State, and every year there was a heavy rental to 

 meet. Thirty-two million eight hundred and five thousand pike-perch fry were 

 hatched and distributed during the season from this hatchery. 



During the last session of the Legislature an appropriation of $6,000 was made 

 with which to purchase necessary lands and erect a fish hatchery for the purpose of 

 the artificial propagation and distribution of food or commercial fishes, the site to be 

 selected by the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission. 



