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land and shallow lakes than the carp. If this fish is to hold a proper 
place in our list of commercial fishes, artificial hatching will be 
necessary. | 
For a.number of years the Federal Bureau of Fisheries has been 
trying to do something in the way of hatching buffalo fish. But so 
far the work has not met with the success that 1s had in hatching 
other species of fish. It is difficult, in the first instance to get good 
spawn. ‘Then there is some trouble in hatching. The fry do not 
swim up readily and for that reason there is danger of smothering in 
the jars. A number of methods of hatching this fish have been tried, 
but up to the present time only partial success has resulted. How- 
ever, a fair percentage of good eggs may be hatched—sufficient to 
Spring Grove Trout Ponds. 
warrant the State in undertaking the work of hatching this fish. An 
attempt was made this year to do something with this fish, but owing 
to the high water and other unusual conditions it was pies to 
get spawn. Another effort should be made next season to hatch*the 
buffalo fish at the Havana fish hatchery. 
Not having had a fish car for use in the distribution of fish dur- 
ing the past year it was not possible to make such a distribution as 
might be desired. Before the next distributing season opens we will 
have our new fish car and will be better able to serve the State in 
the work of distribution. The distribution of fish from the Spring 
Grove hatchery follows: 
