28 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Hafdjeries 



Believing that a fish hatchery is like a manufacturing plant in some 

 respects, and should be conducted on as good a business basis as a successful 

 manufacturing plant is, we have put forth extra effort to make the output 

 much larger than it has ever been before, with the result that 60,000,000 

 more fish were produced this year and distributed than last year, although 

 in 1905 we distributed 60,000,000 more than the year before. 



We have constructed at the Constantia hatchery ponds for black bass 

 and will hereafter propagate, and in time distribute from that hatchery 

 small mouth black bass, which has not heretofore been done by this State. 

 An appropriation was made for the purchase of a site and water privileges 

 somewhere near the Hudson River for a shad and bass hatchery. A contract 

 was made with an owner of property about seven miles below Hudson on 

 the Hudson River, but the property, under the contract, has not yet been 

 acquired on account of delay in getting enough more to make it possible to 

 establish the hatchery. The Department has had the necessary grounds 

 surveyed and is proceeding to condemn the same, and as soon as the State 

 is possessed of the title to the necessary land and water privileges, will carry 

 into effect the intention of the Legislature and establish a shad and bass 

 hatchery at that point. 



Something more than a year ago, the Saranac Inn hatchery, which is 

 one of the best for rearing speckled trout, was improved and its capacity 

 doubled. The output this year much more than justified the outlay. Some 

 improvments have been made at Caledonia, and more must be made. As 

 stated in my last annual report, the Caledonia hatchery has, by virtue of its 

 location and the water supply, all of the natural advantages which, if 

 properly utilized, would make it the greatest hatchery in the United States. 

 Because of its close proximity to large centers of population, it is visited by 

 thousands of people each year. It should be improved and enlarged; the 

 title to the whole creek and necessary land along the borders of the same 

 should be acquired by the State by purchase or condemnation. An appro- 

 priation of money enough to accomplish this would be amply justified by 

 the improvement when made. 



