The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13
TO HATCH MORE FISH
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS BEING
MADE AT THE WILLOW BROOK
HATCHERY
SADDLES OF vENIsoN SEIZED

Box of "HousehoId Goods" Captured
at the Depot Yesterday THAI
| Aroused the Suspicion of tho
Game Wardens-It Was Found to
Contain Two Saddles of Ven.
| ison.
| At meeting Of the state game and
/ fish commission Executive Agent Buet-
ner was yesterday authorized to com
piete number of improvements at the
state fish hatchery at Willow Brook. The
commission contemplates a very large
! distribution Of fry this year, and the
improvements will be made to provide
capacity for an increased demand for
trout fry, coming from those sections
! or the state where trout streams are To-
| Gated
new trough will be built. from the
hatchery back LOO feet to a fine new
fresh water spring that has been dis
| covered on one Of the hills just back OF
the hatchery. The water Is free from
IRON, SO disastrous in the breeding OF
young fish. and will give the hatchery
a largely increased flow of water. Any
/ number of springs have been located
! about the fish hatchery, but with little
exception they are impregnated with
| iron.
| Last year the commission broke all
records in the distribution of young trout
/ and this year there is every promise thai
i the commission will be called upon for
an increased number of the trout va
riety. The commission has already
Matched out 100000 young trout, and has
fully 100000 eggs in the jars undergoing
the Matching process. The several thou
sand breeding fish have not all beer
stripped or their eggs, and when the en-.
tire crop has been secured the commits
! SION VIII nave In the neighborhood OF
e,OOo,OOO young trout for distribution.
! when the Matching process was com
menced Supt. Morgan estimated that full.
| ~ 70 per cent of the eggs would be
| matched, but today the percentage has
! largely exceeded that figure. A new
room has been fitted up with troughs fol
| the young fish right after they are
Matched. The improvement gives the
hatchery a largely increased capacity
The Matching department has a capacity
! or many million more than the trout
/ now at the hatchery. In the spring wher
| the pike spawn is secured the total har-
vest foots up 100000 or 100000.
| The commission will commence it's dis.
| tribution Of trout as early in the spring
| as possible. The young fry are taken
to the head of trout streams and placed
! in the cold spring water after they
| have become accustomed to the colo
! water by gradual process at the
! hatchery. AS the season wears away
/! and the main body of the stream gets
warm the big fish run up stream, but
by this time the young fry are large
| enough to take care of themselves and
| find seclusion in the cracks of rocks and
| in vegetable matter.
| Last year st. Louis county received
| the greatest share of trout fry; In fact
/ more than has been allotted to that
/ county for the last four years. Winona
! and the other counties were we'll pro.
vided for and no applications were left
| untitled
Executive Agent Beutner yesterday re-
| ported the seizure of two saddles OF
venison from one of the freight depots
packed in a box marked Household
! Goods" The shipment was under sus-
i picion, and Deputy Warden Meyerdine
removed the cover with an ak and found
! two saddles of venison. The game was
consigned to F. L. Parshall, of st. Paul.