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stated that the hatching period was sixty-two days, and that the fry 

 obtained were fine and healthy. 



The maskalonge kept in a small creek in the hatchery grounds at 

 Bemus Point grew faster than those in the artesian water in the hatchery 

 troughs and ponds. The artesian water apparently lacks something which 

 the young fish require. 



Maskalonge fry can be kept very easily until they begin to swim up, 

 but after that period the losses through cannibalism are so serious that it has 

 been found impossible to rear them either at Bemus Point or at Corry, to 

 which latter station some of the eggs and fry from Bemus Point were shipped 

 in exchange. On June 28th Foreman Brown was still holding 100,000 of 

 the fry at Bemus Point. On May 30th 80,000 of the fry were taken to 

 Corry, Pa., in two rather small cans. Shipment was successful, notwith- 



CHAIN PICKEREL 



standing the crowded condition of the fry and the high temperature of the 

 air. 



Pickerel. 



In some parts of New York the common chain pickerel is little 

 esteemed, but in other portions of the State it is considered a fairly good 

 fish and furnishes sport for the angler. A very fine race of pickerel, distin- 

 guished by its plump form and golden sides occurs in Otsego lake near Rich- 

 field Springs, from which place Mr. I. D. Peckham forwarded a beautiful 

 specimen in the summer of 1906. 



If the State should enter upon the culture of this pickerel, it would 

 soon add largely to its distribution totals, because the eggs are abundant, 

 easy to obtain, and are hatched with great facility. 



