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ber of bass. The brood fish must be kept the whole year in the 

 ponds, and it is hard to get food for them. 



The short-nosed sturgeon failed to give us any results this year. 

 I think it would be better to discontinue this experiment and use 

 the pond for other fish. 



The Pennsylvania Fish Commission gave us 30 quarts of shad 

 eggs, which were hatched at this station. Of the eggs collected 

 by our men at RnineclifT more than 70 per cent hatched. 



The distribution has been quite satisfactory this year, although 

 some of the applicants returned the cans by express thus adding 

 to the cost. 



We have many enemies to contend with in raising fish beyond 

 the fry stage. Eels, snakes, turtles, birds and the giant waterbug 

 are active in reducing our total. Some of these we can get rid 

 of, but eels and bugs are hard to keep out. — Reported by Wallace 

 D. Rhines, Foreman, Linlithgo, N. Y. 



Oneida Station 



The year has been a very successful one, an increase of nearly 

 27,000,000 of fish having been distributed from this station over 

 the output of last year. (This does not include eggs sent to other 

 stations for development and distribution.) 



There were 50,000,000 yellow perch fry planted in Oneida Lake 

 and 307,750 fingerlings were sent to fill 106 applications. 



From November 11 to November 28, 1912, 420% quarts of 

 tullibee eggs were taken in Oneida Lake. These eggs commenced 

 to hatch March 29, 1913. The number of fry hatched was 59,250,- 

 000 of which 56,025,000 were planted in Oneida Lake and the 

 balance were sent to applicants. 



We had very good weather for our fishing and the eggs were 

 in fine condition. During the winter and previous to hatching, 

 the eggs showed very little fungus. 



On December 1, 1912, we received 190 quarts of greenback 

 herring eggs from Lake Ontario. These produced 19,250,000 fry 

 of which 250,000 were planted in Oneida Lake and the balance 

 in Lake Ontario, at Oswego. About twelve jars of these eggs were 

 clean and bright during the whole hatching period while others 

 were brown from the dirt in the water. All the eggs were de- 

 veloped and hatched about the same time. 



