Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-04
IDEAL LOCATION
FOR FISH HATCHERY
Colorado Expert Says Condi-
tons Could Not Be More
Suitable
WILL MEAN MUCH TO TERRITORY
Everything Can Be Placed in
Readiness Within Sixty
Days.

Santa Fe is to have territorial fish
hatchery. This much has been decid-
ed upon by Territorial Game Warden
Thomas P. Gable, and the exact loca-
ton will be made public just as soon
as the title to the land can be obtain
ed. The location selected is an ideal
one and within very reasonable dis
tance of the center of the city. AS
quickly as clear title is secured, work
will be commenced on the building of
hatchery. For the purpose of hav-
ing everything exact and in proper
working order, the game warden has
brought to Santa Fe an expert fish
hatchery man in the person of B. c.
HOsselkus of CTeede, Colo
HOsselkus is president of the Lost
Lake Fish Hatchery Company at
Creede. He has had fifteen years ex-
perience in his line of business and is
regarded as one of the best experts in
the country, having received high
recognition from the United States
government. Before engaging in priv.
ate business he was in the employ of
the bureau of fisheries of the United
States and also of the state of Colo
RADIO. His high standing with the
United States government is attested
by the fact that whenever the govern
ment receives queries from foreign
countries regarding certain kinds of
fish, the matter is referred to Hos
selkus. All shipments of trout, bass,
etc, to foreign countries are made
from the hatchery at Creede. The
principal countries to which the fish
are shipped are Germany, France and
Japan.
The hatchery at Creede is a very
large affair. There are five natural
lakes covering six hundred acres and
one natural lake covering 1,120 acres
bow trout, mountain trout, eastern
trout, steel head trout, black bass,
croppies and ring perch Annually,
ten million trout eggs are hatched by
artificial means. The trout generally
does not reproduce until it is three
years old, except that the brook trout
reproduces in eighteen months. Dur
ing the spawning season, if the spawn
is left to ITSELF only about one percent
of the eggs hatch out. By artificial
means, the percentage of eggs hatched
is increased to 81 per cent. The trout
produces 1000 eggs to the pound Of
fish.
The bass, croppies and perch do not
need the attention given the trout, but
nests are built for them and their eggs
are hatched out naturally. These fish
produce obout 100000 eggs to the
pound of fish and about ten per cent
OF the eggs hatch. At the Creedc
hatchery, 100000 eggs are successful
ly Matched annually. 1t 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,
private commercial enterprise, but
from it's hatchery are shipped any
amount of fish to the state hatcheries
and to the U. S. government for the
purpose of stocking streams. The
state of Colorado has at present seven
state hatcheries. These are located at
Hot Sulphur Springs, Glenwood
Springs, Steamboat Springs, Durango,
Del Norte. Leadville and Denver, the
main hatchery being at the latter city.
Last year, the hatchery at Creede
shipped 100000 trout to be used by
the state in stocking Colorado streams.
The demand is so great that Colo
RADIO with it's seven hatcheries as
sisted by the Creede hatchery is un-
able to meet it. At the last legislature
every county in the state was crying
for the establishment of a hatchery
The state hatcheries have been In ex.
istence for twenty-four years and haze
meant much to Colorado, having pre-
vented the extinction of fish in the
states streams. In fact, the streams
of Colorado have been so well taken
care of that there is no longer a
closed trout season, but trout can be
had at any time and can even be serv,
ed by hotels and restaurants.
The hatcheries are looked after by
the state fish commissioner, he being
assisted by ABOUT twenty employees
and in busy times also by the thirty
game wardens of the state. The an.
nual capacity of the seven hatcheries
| is % million.
Hosselkus has just finished superin-
tending the construction of hatchery
on the ranch of Normen W. Bartlett at
Vermejo Park, in Colfax county, this
being the first hatchery ever built in
New Mexico. 1t will be for private