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disturbing the fish in their natural state. The number of fish in the 
ponds at Sisson Hatchery December 1, 1908, are as follows: 
Adult Eastern brook trout_ 5,300 
Two-year-old Eastern brook trout_ 4.000 
Yearlings _ 2,000 
Fry_ _ 20,000 
Total Eastern brook trout_ 31,300 
Adult rainbow trout_ 11,150 
Two-year-old rainbow trout_ 6,000 
Yearlings _ 5.000 
Fry _ 50,000 
Total rainbow trout___ 72,150 
Adult Loch Leven trout_ 4,000 
Two-year-old Loch Leven trout_ 1,200 
Yearlings_ 1,000 
Fry _ 15,000 
Total Loch Leven trout_ 21,200 
Sunfish _ 3,000 
Eighteen-months-old grayling_ 900 
Adult steelhead trout_ 200 
10,000 
14,100 
A total of all varieties_138,750 
We have deposited a larger number of fry in the nurseries this season 
than usual, as we desire to select from them a strong, healthy stock of 
breeders. So far we have not heard of any results of the grayling fry dis¬ 
tributed in the streams of this county. I have not had the time to make 
a personal investigation of the streams in which they were planted, 
but inquiry has failed to find any one who has seen or caught one. 
Probably we shall find them this coming season. They were planted 
in streams where they should thrive. Those in the ponds appear to be 
in good condition, and if we can keep them free from disease until 
they are old enough to breed, I am of the opinion that we will be able 
to get them introduced into our mountain streams. 
It has been several years since we have had any Eastern brook trout 
eggs from wild stock, and I think that it would be advisable to get a 
small shipment from one of the Eastern stations, if the same can be 
procured, to improve our stock of pond fish. Eggs from wild Eastern 
trout can be gotten in this State another season, or from some of the 
lakes in Nevada. 
The stock of Loch Leven trout that have been at this station for 
twelve years past have not degenerated, and those in the ponds appear 
to be as strong and vigorous now as was the original stock when they 
were first brought here. Like all other species of trout, they are sub- 
