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to be constructed to admit all that came to it at breeding time, and therefore the size 

 of a hatchery to be erected would have to be based upon the number of trout likely to 

 visit it. The hatchery that is 400 feet long will accommodate 500 or 600 breeding 

 trout at one time (as a matter of fact Mr. Thompson tells me that one year he thinks 

 not less than 1,000 spawning trout were admitted to the house, and they were mixed 

 two and three year old fish, and with this number the gravel beds did not appear to be 

 unduly crowded), and they should produce 125,000 to 175,000 fry if trout of all ages 

 from wild waters are admitted, a sufficient number if the survivors are planted to keep 

 up the stock in any preserve that I know of in this State, when the waters are fished 

 only as preserved waters are ordinarily fished. 



A. N. CHENEY, 



State Fish Cultitrist. 



REFLECTIONS ON TROUT WATER. 



