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terus Salmonides), 8,935 adult and yearling sunfish, 8,610 adult and yearling 
crappie, 76,655 adult and yearling catfish and 95 yearling carp, as shown by 
the detailed distribution. — 
Mr. F. E. Huff was employed on August 12th to assist with the distribution, 
and was retained at the close of the season to assist in the hatchery. 
After the close of the collecting season, all retaining tanks were thoroughly 
cleaned and painted, and were taken down and stored to make room for two 
new Clark hatching troughs, which had been purchased to experiment with 
the hatching of lake trout. These troughs were set up so that the overflow 
from the upper trough formed the supply for the second or lower trough. 
The outside of all troughs and supports were given three coats of paint, and 
the inside of troughs were given two coats of turpentine asphaltum, all boxes 
and screens used in connection with the hatching troughs were also thor- 
oughly painted with asphaltum. 
A galvanized iron picking trough 30 feet long, 1%2 inches wide, and 2% 
inches deep was placed along the south side of hatchery, for holding the 
trays of eggs while removing the bad eggs from the trays. During the early 
part of November a consignment of green lake trout eggs were furnished the 
Commission by Mr. Richard Smith of Waukegan, IIl. These eggs were 
brought to the hatchery, placed in the hatching troughs, and were given 
daily attention, but as the water of the hatchery stood at 54 degrees for the 
greater part of the time of incubation, fungus appeared upon the eggs and 
- spread very rapidly causing a great loss. 
The good eggs remaining were developed so rapidly on account of the high 
temperature of the water, that they had very little vitality when hatched, 
many of them hatching head first which is contrary to the natural way of 
leaving the shell. The fry being too weak to transport to Lake Michigan, 
were planted in the Illinois river near Havana, Illinois. 
On January 1, 1909, 7,000,J00 eyed white fish eggs, which were furnished 
the Commission by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, were brought from the 
 Put-In-Bay, Ohio, station, and placed in hatching jars at the station. Pres- 
ent indications are that a good per cent of these eggs will be hatched, after 
which the fry will be liberated in the waters of Lake Michigan bordering 
this State. 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
If the policy of the commission is to continue the hatching of lake trout 
and whitefish, it is respectfully recommended that a permanent hatchery be 
built at some point on Lake Michigan near the field of operations. I have 
examined a proposed site on the lake front at Waukegan, Illinois, which I 
think would be a good location. This hatchery if built, should be supplied 
with the necessary boilers, pumps, storage tanks, etc., to provide an _ inde- 
pendent supply of water direct from the lake. Provisions shold also be made 
for the necessary increase, of help to operate such a hatchery. 
In view of the fact, that the overflow lakes along the Mississippi river in 
JoDaviess county afford the best field in the State for the collection of fish, 
that would otherwise perish on account of the water evaporating during the 
dry summer months; I would respectfully recommend that a collection sta- 
tion be established in this territory at an early date. 
I would also recommend that an extra man be employed to assist with 
the distribution during the summer months; also that 100 specially con- 
structed transportation cans be purchased to be used in the distribution of 
the fish collected. 
Yours respectfully, 
W. F. HUTCHISON, 
Superintendent. 
