The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-26
FACTS ABOUT TROUT EGGS.
over 5000 Required TO Fill a Quart
Measure


: few days ago I lifted a tray of trout
eggs from trough in one OF the State
hatcherieS in the AdirOndaCkS and apDa-
rently there were TWO distinct kinds OF
eggs on the ira one kind consisted Of
small white eggs and the other of large
reddish pink eggs. Vet both were from
the same species Of HSh. The large eggs
were from brown trout, wild hSh,
taken in one OF the nets while the men
were netting whitefish- The small white
eggs were taken from d brown trout,
about the same size as the other. that
was cay ared last year from the same
pond ana it had been il the stock ponds
Just one year
All fish eggs are measured as they
come into a hatchery, a. that is the be
ginning OF the count of nSh that result
from the eggs, but eggs differ greatly in
size from the same species, and they have
10 De counted and counted again The
trays IN q hatchery trough are all of the
same size, go inches by I2Ia inches in
side measurement, and LEY Will hold
from t,~p 10 5000 lake trout eggs. and
from R.gJ3 To lf,910 brook trout eggs. buI
they cannot be spread on = tray to =. -
sure a trustworthy count. Trout eggs
have been counted by the square inch. bur
an actual square inch VIII contain many
more eggs than a theoretical square inch
based on The number OF eggs TO a IineaI
inch Quarts and quarts have been
counted and Nuld ounces are now con
tinuaily counted 10 determine the nun
Der OF eggs IA a standard quart
Here are the counts made by the United
states Fish Commission OF the number Of
RAINBOW trout eggs To q quart made at
different time and placeS-6.S SO 6G24 . SIT
and with this for basis one would be
on the safe side 10 call each quart $50
eggs Tor an allowance must alEayS be
made, and Is made, If The man VINO meas
ures the eggs is fair. as he should he. 70
make sure that he has the number OF FRY
that he reports when the Matching is I'm
iShed, but here Is another cOunt--62 5
eggs The last count is from eggs of
domestlcated hSh. and the man who meas
ureS the eggs must have one count for
Wild eggs and another for stock eggs
ms allowance can be ILLUSTRATED by
two reports that [ Saw within a few DAYS
one foreman had sent to the foreman of
another hatchery some whitetish eggs
The first man reported that he had semi
10 quarts OF eggs. and the second man
reported that lie had received I53 quarts
The first man said he had made a FAIR
allowance in his measurement.
Zach man had reported at q central
point without knowing the figures of fbe
other. 50. on the face OF il the first man
had sent 5-52nUnh eggs ana the second man
had received 5.65O,4oU eggs. OF an Increase
OF Ilp.4og eggs IN transit, allowing So 800
eggs to Il quart.
Ia counting eggs by measure r7IrcT, IL.
Ponds on the truStWOrthineSS of the men
who do the measuring. that large cgyS arc
not counted as small ones and that the
proper standard OF eggs To a quart Is
used once ! found "a man using = stand
ara OF 1000 whitetish eggs to a quart. and
ne DSHvNcd ID. was right. and he had no
Ided OF uecelrIn% the Commission that en-
ployed MN. for he had arrived at his fig
ures by measuring a Hneal inch of eggs
and squarinS them. but eggs in q square
inch do not naturally occupy a r.Sfrfo,,
" mere the nduIT OF an egg in one LAYER
comedies with the zenith of the eggs he
low It. The safe way in figuring fish eggs
IS TO count q part OF quart if there is
doubt about the standard. and then allow
good margin for loss and shrinkage.