Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-05

pound OF fish and about ten per cent
Of the eggs hatch. At the Creole
hatchery 200. 600 Eggs are successfully
Matched annually, It can thus be
CLEANED from the above statements
what tremendous increases in the mat
ter of reproduction, can be obtained.
The Lost Lake hatchery is, of course,
a private commercial enterprise, but
from it's hatchery are shipped any
amount of fish to the state %hatcherics
and 20 the United States government
for the purpose of stocking streams.
The state of Colorado has at present
seven state hatchcries. These are To-
Gated at Hot sulphur Springs, Glen
wood Springs. Steamboat Springs,
Durango, Del Nortc and Denver, the
main hatchery being mt the latter city,
Last year the hatchery at Creole
shipped 600, GOO trout to he used by
the state in stocking Colorado streams.
The demand Is so great that Colorado
with its seven h%atCheries assisted by
the Creede hatchery Is unable to meet
Il. At the last legislature every
county I'm the state VAS crying for
the establishment of "A hatchery The
state h%tachcries have been in exist
cnce for twentv-four years and have
meant much to colorado. having pre-
vented the extinction of fish In the
states streams. IN fact. the streams
ct Colorado have been so we'll takrn
care of TINT there Is mo- longer "a closed
trout season. tut trout can he had at
any time aud can even he served 10y
hotels ANA restaurants
mn H L-
the state fish commissioner. he being
assisted by ahout twenty employees.
aud tn busy times also hy the thirty
game wardens of the state. The an
nual capacity of the seven hatcthcrirs
is rs million.
llosselhus has jas finished super
Intending the construction of "a hatch
er> an the ranch ef Norman w. BART
l,tt az Ncrmciu park Ia ColtaN county.
this being the first hatchery ever built
m \tN McNico. Il viii Dee for private
purposes only and viii Ice completed
on January T.. II has "a capacity OF
1000. GOO fish annually. Hossclkus
has alsn constructed a. number of pri- /.
vata hatchorics in Colorado and Utah
Ntter looking over the local loca-
ton. Hossrlkus declared II To bo an
Ideal one and stated that n the terri
tor Of New Mexico failed To grasp
thu opportunity. private enterprise
certainly would, as the place is just
for commercial purposes. Ia
fact. hc said that hc has never come
across a more suitable location with
all conditions So nearly perfect The
site viewed. has a lake covering forty
Yea it. viii Doe secured a plot
Of five acres on which will he erected
the hatchery u small ponds The
capacity planned is 1,6OO.OO0 fish an
nually. but this capacity can Toe easily
increased as seen ca. there being no
limit After the work of construction
: started II can be completed within
,iNbv daNs. The lake selected Is al
-eady well aud sufficiently stocked
with mature trout and al that Is nee
'ssary IL the gathering of spawn Tor
latching purposes This Is done In
he spring. the Matching time begin
ding May the first and lasting through
The hutching OF trout only viii
be- attempted a. FIRST though later
bass may be- tried. Black bass
in five DAYS and mature i'm tit
cen DAYS. trout hatch and mature in
rom 90 Co i1e DAYS. ACCORDING o. Ca,
emrerature 81 h water. u