purity, and a steep descent within a few feet of the hatchery enables
us to secure at pleasure a fall of 50 feet or less. The brook formerly
received the overflow of some copious springs within a few hundred feet
of the hatchery, which so affected the temperature of the water that
the eggs were brought to the shipping point early in December, an
inconvenient date. This has been remedied by building a cement aqueduct
1,600 feet long, to a point on the brook above all the springs, which
brings in a supply of very cold water.

The shipment of eggs is made in January, February, and March, when they
are sent by express, packed in bog-moss, all over the northern States,
with entire safety, even in the coldest weather.

In the following statement is embraced a general summary of the results
of each season's work:


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Salmon Females Eggs Eggs
Year bought spawned obtained distrib'd
---- ------ ------- -------- ---------
1871-72 111 11 72,071 70,500
1872-73 692 225 1,560,000 1,241,800
1873-74 650 279 2,452,638 2,291,175
1874-75 601 343 3,106,479 2,842,977
1875-76 460 237 2,020,000 1,825,000
1879-80 264 19 211,692 200,500
1880-81 522 227 1,930,561 1,841,500