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Cold Spring Harbor and a number of edible 
crabs were planted near the station, as this 
luxury has almost disappeared from the harbor. 
It is proposed to hatch cod also at Cold Spring 
Harbor, and if the spawning grounds of the 
weakfish can be discovered, that species will be 
added to the list. 
Most of the brook trout eggs needed to sup- 
ply the hatcheries. are bought from private es- 
tablishments. Lake trout eggs are collected in 
the Canadian waters.of Lake Michigan, in Lake 
Erie, and in several large inland lakes. White- 
fish eggs are secured in Canandaigua, Placid, 
‘Little Clear and other lakes. Frostfish eggs 
come chiefly from lakes of the Fulton Chain; 
smelt eggs are taken in enormous numbers in 
certain Long Island streams in March and early 
April. More than 100,000,000 fry of this species 
were liberated in 1907. Besides its value for the 
table, the smelt is introduced into many big 
lakes as food for lake trout, brook trout and 
landlocked salmon. 
The State has a car for the transportation of 
fish with living quarters for messengers, a re- 
frigerator and other appliances. 
Many difficulties are encountered in our work. 
It is hard to collect eggs, as most of the valu- 
able fish spawn in late fall and winter, or very 
early in spring, when cold and storms interfere. 
Lake trout and whitefish are often migratory, 
making it difficult to locate their spawning 
grounds. Frequently there is an excess of one 
sex or the other. In eastern ponds the red- 
throat trout often refuses to yield its eggs. 
Dams prevent fish from ascending to their 
spawning grounds. There is very little informa- 
tion concerning the waters as to their fish and 
the food for fish. Injurious fishing keeps out 
the anadromous fishes as, for example, the shad, 
so that sufficient eggs cannot be obtained for 
artificial hatching and natural spawning is pre- 
vented at the same time. The capture of fish 
during the periods of breeding and hibernation 
is fearfully destructive. The taking of baby 
whitefish, striped bass and sturgeon is wasteful 
in the extreme. 
Cannibalism among such fishes as black bass, 
pike-perch and muskalonge causes heavy loss, 
and the lobster is a savage destroyer of its own 
kind. Parasites such as the salmon fungus, the 
gill louse and the hydra or fresh-water polyp 
kill a great many trout. Diseases like the skin 
disease of the brook trout, the ulcer disease of 
brown trout and the bacterial disorders such as 
sore throat and the new eye disease of young 
fish at Constantia sometimes carry off their 
victims by thousands. 
An excess of air in the water supply will 
sometimes float eggs and embryos out of the 
jars or trays with great annoyance and loss. 
Drouth is frequently fatal to trout in streams 
as well as at the hatcheries. If New York had 
undertaken to rear all its trout to fingerlings in 
1907, the drouth, combined as it usually is, with 
excessive heat, would have killed one-half of 
them in the rearing races except where strong, 
constant springs form the water supply. 
Abnormally low water temperature 
spring sometimes makes _ shad 
failure. 
Many severe losses of eggs and fish occur ia 
transportation through the impact of lumps of 
ice, excessive dipping to aerate the water, storm, 
shock, or poisonous substances such as paini 
and solder in the cans. Improper and impure 
food kill many fish; sometimes the fry refuse 
to feed and literally starve to death. 
Spawning grounds are frequently covered up 
in rivers by dumping ashes and cinders from 
passing steamers. The pollution of waters by 
sawdust, mill refuse, factory waste and sewage 
are certainly the most potent factors in killing 
fish or driving them away and in spreading pain- 
ful diseases. 
Yet, in spite of all drawbacks, the good work 
goes on, and ever on with increasing results. 
The splendid record of the past generation is 
not forgotten nor impaired. The body of the 
old regime lies mouldering in the grave, but its 
soul goes marching on. The little acorn of 
enlightened public sentiment has slowly but 
surely developed into the tall oak of efficient 
public policy. 
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