1881-82 513 232 2,690,500 2,611,500
1882-83 560 256 2,075,000 2,000,000
----- ----- ---------- ----------
Total 4,373 1,829 16,148,941 14,924,952





ARTICLE III

PENNING OF SALMON IN ORDER TO SECURE THEIR EGGS.

By C. J. Bottemanne M.D. [From a letter to Prof. S. F. Baird.]

_Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission_, Vol. 4, Page 169, 1884.




In the Dutch "Economist" of 1874 I gave a description of the fish
breeding establishment of the State of New York, and therein I mentioned
the United States salmon-breeding establishment on the Penobscot,
principally for the penning of the salmon from June till breeding time.
As you are likely aware, the Dutch Government pays yearly $4,800 to
salmon breeders for young salmon delivered in spring, at the rate of 10
cents for yearlings, and not quite (4/5) one dollar per hundred for
those that are about rid of the umbilical sac, and ready to shift for
themselves. For the latter they receive payment only if there is money
left after delivering the yearlings.