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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 23, 1880. 



hatching troughs, and to the tables in the octagonal ex- 

 tensions. These pipes are admirably arranged with stop- 

 cocks, so that anv portion of the apparatus can be ope- 

 rated without regard to the rest of the building. 



In addition to the supply from the spring, there are 

 pipes by means of which an unlimited amount of water 

 can be thrown into the filtering tank or ponds from the 

 high service reservoir which is on the hill to the west of 

 the hatching house. The water from the reservoir being 

 influenced by the temperature of the atmosphere, and 

 that from the spring being invariable, by mixing differ- 

 ent proportions the temperature of the water used can 

 be either raised or diminished at will. The pipes which 

 conduct the water to the tables on which the Ferguson 

 jars are operated, are furnished with f-of-an-inch spig- 

 ots, over which rubber tubes are slipped for the purpose 

 of introducing water into the jars. 



On the floor of the house is arranged the following 

 apparatus : — 



A. Ferguson j&rs. 



B. Flights of Coste tray. 



C. Troughs of Williamson's patent. 



D. Troughs of N. "W. Clarke's patent. 



E. Green & Holton hatching box. 

 P. Aquarium. 

 G. Reservoir tank. 

 H. Porcelain-lined sinks. 

 In this house have been hatched : — * 



2,497,14.0 California salmon. 

 89,881 land-locked "salmon. J 

 331,980 brook trout. 

 HATCHING TROUGHS AND BOXES-^SrATIONARY. 



Model of the first hatching-box used in America, by 

 Dr. Tbeodatua Garlick, in the year 1853. Dr. T. Gar- 

 lick, Bedford, Ohio. 



No. 20. Model of hatching-troughs and trays in use at 

 the United StateB salmon-breeding stations at Bucksport, 

 Grand Lake Stream, Me. Scale, full size. C. G, Atkins. 



The eggs to be hatched are placed on the wire-cloth 

 trays. J] 



Model of Clark's hatching-box for all the salrnonidse. 

 The eggs are placed upon the screens and the water 

 flows in from above and out belo'.v ' : VJ L, 

 Clark. F, N, Clark, Northville, Mich. 



Model of the Holton batching-box for all the salmon- 

 id®. The eggs are placed upon all the screens except 

 the top one, and (he water flows in from below and out 

 at the top. Patented by Marcellus Holton. Seth Green, 

 superintendent, New York, 



Holton box (without the frames), which has been in 

 use. S. Green, Rochester, N. Y. 



Hatching-trough, used at the United States hatching- 

 house at Grand Lake Stream, Me. C. G, Atkins. 



A circular-shaped hatching-can of tin, designed by 

 F. Mather, which led to the adoption of the following : — 



Shad-hatching cone, with screen at the bottom, devised 

 by Charles F. Bell and Fred Mather. United States Fish 

 Commission. 



Frame and screen used for hatching lake trout, Cristi- 

 vqmer namayeush. M. A. Green, New York Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Salmon-egg hatching-baskets. Devised by Livingston 

 Stone for use in the McCloud River, California. The 

 baskets do not rest on the bottom of the trough, and the 

 water flows through them from the bottom and sides and 

 out at the top. L. Stone, United States Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



Nest of Trays for batching-trough, devised by Chas. G. 

 Atkins, Bucksport, Maine. United States Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



Model of hatching-frame in use at Grand Lake Stream, 

 adapted to use in a trough or in an open stream. De- 

 vised by C. G. Atkins. Scale, full size. C. G. Atkins. 

 The eggs are placed on all of the trays except the up- 

 per one. The interstices, though too small for the escape 

 of the eggs, permit a change of water, and when the 

 frame is shut it confines the trays securely in place. 

 United States Fish Commission. 



Grand bake hatching-frame. For use in a trough or 

 in stream. Adapted only to large fish-eggs, like 

 those of salmon. Designed fay Charles G. Atkins, assist- 

 ant to the United States Commission of Fish and Fisher- 

 ies in 1875, and since then in constant use in theSchoodic 

 salmon-breeding establishment at Grand Lake Stream. 

 Maine, U. S. A. When in use, the water flows through 

 the frame horizontally. Not patented. 



The capacity of this frame is 35,000 eggs of salmon. 



Hatching-jars of glass, with self-picking screen. In- 

 vention of Oren M. Chase, Detroit, Mich. 



Five jars, full size. O. M. Chase. Michigan Fish Com- 

 mission. 



The Ferguson hatching-jar. A glass jar with trays. 

 The water flows in at the bottom and out at the top. 

 T. B. Ferguson. United States Fish Commission. 



Glass jar with screens for hatching trout. Devised by 

 Thomas B. Ferguson. United States Fish Commission. 



Miniature hatching-box, for hatching trout or any fish 

 requiring running water. Arranged to place in the dwel- 

 ling-house, or wherever water can be supplied by a pipe. 

 Charlestown, N. H. Livingston Stone. 



Model of fish-nursery for raising young trout less than 

 six months old. Half actual dimensions. Charlestown, 

 N. H. Livingston Stone. 



Ferguson's improved conical hatcher, with removable 

 top, used to prevent splashing. Also arrangement for 

 easily removing bottom screen. Valve used when 

 bottom screen is to be removed or eggs and young fish 

 to be transferred. Furnished also with hook for lifting 

 vessel from frame. T. B, Ferguson. United States Fish 

 Commission. 



Another form of same, furnished with Clark's self -pick- 

 ing gate attachment. T. B. Fergusun, Baltimore, Md. 

 and !•'. A. Clark, Northville, Mich. United States Fish' 

 Commission. 



Reversible plunging can, for hatching fish eggs, now in 

 use on the United States steamer Fish Hawk— a part of 

 the improvement in fish-hutching apparatus invented by 

 T. B. Ferguson, Baltimore, Md. Patented, The end's 

 are so arranged as to be easily removed, so that the can 

 may be used as a hatcher or a transporting can by insert- 

 i i i a wire cloth or tin bottom. T. B. Ferguson. 

 United States Fish Commission. 



Another form of same, furnished with trunnions by 

 means of which it is swung in the frame of the conical 

 hatcher when used for transporting fish in rough seas. 

 (The tops are interchangeable with those of the couicai 



hatchers.) T. B. Ferguson. United States Fish Com- 

 mission. 



" Hanger," " Cam," and "Guides " for Ferguson's im- 

 provement in fish-hatching apparatus. In use on the 

 United States steamer Fish haivk for imparting a verti- 

 cal motion to the hatching-cans. Designed by T. B. 

 Ferguson. United States Fish Commission. 



Ferguson hatching-jar. A glass jar, with trays. The 

 water flows in at the bottom and out at the top. Pro- 

 vided with trays for hatching salmon. Designed by T. 

 B.Ferguson. United States Fish Commission. (By the 

 use of glass the growth of fungus is prevented, and 

 every egg in the vessel can be seen at a glance.) 



HATCHING-BOXES — FLOATING. 



Shad-hatching box. Invention of Seth Green, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. Patented. S. Green, New York Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Model of the above. S. Green, New York Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Shad-hatching box, Invention of Isaac H. Wright, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Shad-hatching box. Invention of E. A. Braokett, 

 Winchester, Mass. 



Patented. E, A, Brackett, Massachusetts Fish Com- 

 mission 



Revolving shad batcher, designed by Spencer F. Baird. 

 United States Fish Commission. 



Semi-rotating hatchers. Hatching-box for eggs of the 

 codfish. Invention of H. C. Chester, Noank, Conn. 

 United States Fish Commission. 



Mechanical fish-hatching apparatus. Invention of Joel 



C. Parker, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



ADHESIVE EGG APPARATUS. 



Model of box for hatching the smelt, Osmerus mordax. 

 Devised by George Ricardo, Ilackensack, N, J. One- 

 half size. F. Mather, United States Fish Commission. 



MODELS OF FLOATING-HATCHING HOUSES. 



Model of the United States Fish Commission steamer 

 Fish Hawk. Built by the Pusey & Jones Company, Wil- 

 mington, Del. Length on water line, 146 feet 6 inch 

 breadth of beam (molded), 27 feet ; depth of hold (am 

 ships), 10 feet 9 inches ; draft of water, 7 feet G inches ; 

 tonnage, 485. 



Model of the fish-batching deck of the United States 

 Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawk, built by the Pusey 

 & Jones Company, Wilmington, Del. Scale, 2 inches to 

 the foot. 



ACCESSORIES TO THE HATCHING APPARATUS. 



Wooden nippers for removing dead eggs. F. Mather. 

 United States Fish Commission. 



Wooden nippers with wire, loops, for removing dead 

 eggs. M. A. Green. New York Fish Commission. 



Cleaning net for removing dead shad eggs and dead 

 fish from troughs. M. A. Green. New York Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Cleaning net for removing dead shad eggs and dead 

 fish from troughs. T. B. Ferguson. United States Fish 

 Commission. 



Hand net for removing fish from troughs. T. B. Fer- 

 guson. United States Fish Commission. 



Landing net for carp. United States fish Commission. 



Pans in use for taking and impregnating fish eggs. 

 United States Fish Commission. 



Tin dipper in use for supplying water, etc. United 

 States Fish Commission. 



Lamp or lantern. United States Fish Commission. 

 DEVICES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF FISH EGGS. 



Box used in sending salmon eggs from America to 

 Europe. Ice chamber on top and air space on sides. F, 

 Mather. United States Fish Commission. 



Box used in carrying fish eggs short distances. M. A. 

 Green, New York Fish Commission. 



Box used in sending eggs of brook trout to Europe, 

 James Annin, Jr., Caledonia, N. Y. 



APPARATUS USED IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF FISH. 



Milk can. United States Fish Commission. 



Tin water bucket. United States Fish Com m ission. 



Rubber tube for siphon. United States Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Strainer-tube for end of siphon. United States Fish 

 Commission. 



Rubber tube for siphon. M. A. Green. New York 

 Fish Commission. 



Steamer-tube for end of siphon. M. A. Green. N. Y. 

 Fish Commission. 



Wroten bucket. 



Ferguson's cylinder-can with adjustable top. T. B. 

 Ferguson. United States Fish Commission. 



Ferguson's aerating apparatus. T.B.Ferguson. United 

 States Fish Commission. 



This apparatus is screwed into the top of a carrying- 

 can, and a small stream of water coming in from a tank 

 ot reservoir above draws air in through the side aperture 

 and discharges it at the bottom of the tank, when it 

 rises to the surface in a foam. Apparatus of this kind 

 was used in the Boston aquarium of W. E. Baker in 

 1874, and by the United States Fish Commission in 1875 

 in the aquaria of its Sea-coast Laboratory at Wood's 

 Holl, Mass. It was applied to fish-carriers by T. B. Fer- 

 guson in 1877. 



Conical tank. Stone & Hooper, Charlestown, N. H. 



Can for hatching shad eggs while in transit, by motion 

 of the water caused by rolling of ship or railroad car. 

 Designed by Fred Mather. United States Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



Can, with sponges, for self -aerating water by means of 

 motion of a ship. Fred Mather. United States Fish 

 Commission. 



APPARATUS USED IN FEEDINO FRY. 



Conical glass feeders which keep the food in motion. 

 Presented to the city of Baltimore Toy Thomas Winans. 



PREPARED FOOD FOR ADULT FISH. 



Packages of prepared food. W, Koehler, Hoboken, 



MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CHARTS. 

 Two maps of the national carp ponds at Washington, 



D. C. R. Hessel. United States Fish Commission. 

 Map of the Druid Hill carp ponds at Baltimore, Md, 



T. B. Ferguson. Maryland Fish Commission. 



Map of the United States reservation for fish cultural 

 purposes on the McCloud River, California, Livingston 

 Stone. United States Fish Commission, 



Map of the salmon-hatching works at Grand Lake 

 Stream, Maine. Charles G. Atkins. United States Fish 

 Commission. 



Series of photographs of shad hatching at Avoca, N. 

 C. United States Fish Commission. 



Photographs of the salmon-batching ranch on the Mc- 

 Cloud River, California. Livingston Stone. United 

 States Fish Commission. 



Photographs of the steam yacht Lookout, showing 

 equipment for shad-hatching on the bow. T. B. Fergu- 

 son. Maryland Fish Commission. 



Photograph of section of the same on a larger scale. 

 T. B. Ferguson. 



Photograph of the United States steamer Fish Hawk, 

 taken from the vessel. United States Fish Commission, 



Photograph of the same, taken from the model No. 

 29,103. United States Fish Commission. 



Photograph of the exterior of the Fish- Hawk, showing 

 the plunging buckets in position. From sectional model 

 No. 29,104. United States Fish Commission. 



Photograph from the same model, showing the ante- 

 rior end of the hatching-deck. United States Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Photograph showing the posterior end of the hatching- 

 deck from nearly the level of the deck. 



Photograph taken from above the level of the deck. 



Photograph of the exterior of Druid Hill hatching- 

 house. T. B. Ferguson. 



Photograph of interior of the same. T. B. Ferguson. 



Photograph showing three hatching-jars. T. B. Fer- 

 guson. 



ENEMIES OF THE FISH CULTURIST. 



Stuffed trout and the water insect, Belostoma grandis, 

 which killed it. From the ponds of H. D. McGovem, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y T . 



Specimens of newts or salamanders, crawfish, "millers' 

 thumbs" (Uranulea sp.) and sticklebacks, from Caledonia 

 Creek. Seth Green. New York Fish Commission. (See 

 also under section 1 of this catalogue.) 



EGOS OF SALMONIDJE IN PROCESS OF HATCHING, 



Five thousand eggs of the brook trout, Salvelinus fon- 

 tinalis, from the ponds of James Annin, Jr., Caledonia. 

 N. Y. 



Salmon eggs (land locked): one case, Bucksport, 

 Maine. Charles G. Atkins. 



EGGS OF SALMONIXJ^; IN ALCOHOL. 



Samples of eggs of the brook trout, S. foutinalis, at 

 different ages, from the New York State hai, uery a1 

 Muml'ord, N. Y. New York Fish Commission :— 



No. 1.— Twenty days old. 



No. 2. — Thirty days old. 



No. 3.— Forty days old. 



No. 4.— Fifty days old. 



No. 5.— Sixty days old. 



No. 6.— Seventy days old. 



No. 7.— Eighty days oid. 



No. 8.— Eighty-five days old. 



Eggs of the lake trout, Cristivomer namayewsA, eighty- 

 five days old. New York Fish Commission. 



Eggs of the California mountain trout, rainbow trout, 

 Sulmu ii-ideus, two days old. New York Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



California salmon, (Oncorhynclms quinnat). A series 

 Of e md young salmon preserved in vials, and show- 



ing the change in the eggs and the growth of the fish 

 from the time the egg is tak"ii from the parent till the 

 young fish is fully formed ; showing daily growth for 100 

 days. Livingston Stone. 



SPECIMENS OF FRY OF SALMONHLE IN ALCOHOL. 



Fry of lake trout. Cristivomer namayeush. 



No. 1.— One day old. 



No. 2.— Fifteen davs old. 



No. 3.— Thirty days old. 



No. 4.— Thirty-live days old. 



New York Fish Commission. 

 Fry of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. 



No. 1. — One day old. 



No. 2.— Ten days old. 



No. 3.— Twenty days old. 



No. 4.— Tlu'rty'days old. 



No. 5.— Forty days old. 



New York Fish Commission. 



EGGS OF AMERICAN FISHES IN GENERAL. 



Fifty-six specimens of ovaries of sea and inland fishes. 



Exhibited by United States National Museum. 

 FISHES IN ALCOHOL, 

 Hybrid between the California salmon, OnchorhynchHs 

 qui-niuit (male?), and the brook trout, salvelinus fontin- 

 alis (female). New Y'ork Fish Commission. Seth Green, 



\omil3 nigricans. 



. i ..■ i'dlla rostratra (Les.) DeKay.— Common eel. 

 Amia calva, Linn. — Mud-fish. 

 Lepidosteus osseus, Linn. — Gar pike. 

 Aeipenser sturio, Linn.— Sharp nosed sturgeon. 

 Acipienser bremrostris, Les.— Short-nosed sturgeon. 

 New York Fish Commission. 



LITERATURE OF FISH CULTURE. 



Non-U, TfictMata.— American Fish Culture, embraing 

 all the details of artificial breeding and rearing of trout ; 

 tlie Culture of salmon, Bhad and other fishes, by Thad- 

 dous Norris, author of "The American Angler's Book," 

 illustrated, (Seal of the publishers.) Philadelphia: 

 Porter & Coates. London : Sampson Low, Son & Co., 



GveeH, Seth— Trout Culture, by Seth Green, Published 

 by Seth Green and A. S. Collins, Caledonia. N. Y. Roch- 

 ester, N. Y.: Press of Curtis, Morey & Co., Union and 

 Advertiser Office. 1870. _ 



Green, Seth, and Roosevelt, R. £.— Fish Hatching and 

 Fish Catching, by R. Barnwell Roosevelt, Commissioner 

 of Fisheries of the State of New York, author of Game 

 Fish, etc., etc.. and Seth Green. Superintendent of Fish- 

 eries of the State of New "York. Rochester, N. Y.: 

 Union and Advertiser Co.'s Book and Job Print. 1*79. 



Slack, J. H.— Practical Trout Culture, by J. H. Slack, 

 M. D., Commissioner of Fisheries of New Jersey ; 

 proprietor of Troutdale Ponds, near Bloomsbury, N. J. 

 "We speak what we do know, and testify what we have 

 seen." New York : Geo. E. Woodward. Orange Judd 



Co., 240 Broadway. 1872, 



Garlick, Theodatus.—A treatise on the artificial propa- 



