Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-11-21 | Page 29 | Thousands of Trout Raised at Hatchery

I THOUSANDS OF TROUT RAISED AT HATCHERY State Plant at Murray Laying Ground for Fishermans Luck in Plenty The state fish hatchery at the present time la Is a very busy place now that the tho hatching season Is in full blast For tie the past three weekS Superintendent Jack ling Ung and his assistants have been taking from the as high as eggs per day The season which began somewhat earlier than usual this thir year I due to the warm wann weather promises promised to I be a most successful one I IThe The German brown trout have been I spawning for f r at least three weeks and there are still a large number yet to be berun berun berun run through the trough The hatchery which has lately been remodeled will have havo havea a 0 capacity of This is said to be amplo ample room for the amount of spawn that will wUl be produced this season There are ara about 2500 trout yet to spawn and in tn all aU probability they will continue to spawn until late In March The work of maturing the eggs Is now on n Just as soon as the eggs are aro hatched they are arc put in large troughs and kept there until they are sent through the state to stock the streams During the past summer one of the largest fry frys shipments in the history of the plant has haa been distributed through the state At the present time there aro are and fish eggs In Inthe Inthe inthe the state hatchery being matured By the use ot of the receiving troughs to re receive receive receive the fry after they are hatched the ho he state department could increase the size of the hatch by several millions ns If It were possible to get the eggs While this may not 1101 be done this year it is expected that it will be done next year with the Murray and hatch hatcheries hatcheries hatcheries eries and the building of at the other new ones contemplated will wm still further In Increase Increase Increase crease the capacity Fred W Chambers V state fish Ish and game commissioner Is confining his attention to the tho hatcheries which are being con constructed constructed constructed in tie the state and investigating Into conditions at the various lakes where the work of propagation of the fish Is being carried on I