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Show ' 12,000,000 Fish Eggs Hatched i ; Fish hatcheries in Utah '. bandied 12,000,000 eggs dur-, dur-, uig 1929, it is shown by the ) department records. William Wil-liam Witney, superintendent of the SpringviUe fish and ame farm, is shown with a tray holding thousands of eggs now being hatched for i future planting in lakes and streams of the state. ; Fish hatcheries in Utah j ' bandied 12,000,000 eggs iur-1 ' j , ing 1929, it is shown by the f ; department recoris. Wil- . - j Uam Witney, superintendent ; of the SpringviUe fish and ' ' j ame farm, is shown with a i ( . (ray holding thousands of 31)' 'f eggs vow being hatched for ET " i future planting in lakes and f ' v, s I streams of the state. j " j f l ' l-r? v t3 Education for tho children and diversified entertainment for adults is to be found at the SpringviUe fash and game farm at the north limits of SpringviUe. At the SpringviUe farm the state operates its largest sanctuary for fish and game. Deputies of the department de-partment are present to show visitors around and an invitation to all is issued by J. Arthur Mecham, state fish and game commissioner. Rearing ponds and egg hatching facilities at this hatchery are the largest of any unit operated by the department, and specimens of wild game life in Utah are represented in the large acreage set aside both for raising and show purposes. William Witney, superintendent of the farm has made many improvements im-provements during the past year and is ready to show visitors the work carried on during the winter months in preparation for tho hunting hunt-ing and fishing seasons in 1930. During the year 1929 there were more than 12.000.000 fish eggs handled by the hatcheries through out the state, the majority of which were raised in the SpringviUe plant. Improvement's here during the past year include substitution of cement troughs in the hatchery for the old wot. flen type, which increased the amount possible to handle at thio one place several, times. New rearing rear-ing ponds for the larger fish were also constructed while still other improvements were made to thoae already in operation. Besides the rearing ponds and hatchery, many species of wild bird life are to be seen. These include the ringneck, golden, silver, English, Eng-lish, reeves and Chinese pheasants, American eagle, crow, raven, mag-pics, mag-pics, three varieties of hawks, a turkey buzzard, owls, coo coo doves, Canadian honkers, snow geese, Hutchinson r geese, mallard ducks, cinnamon teal, greenwing, bluewing and spoonbill ducks, pintail, redhead, red-head, widgin, peacocks, bantie rooster, valley and bobwhite quail, fan tail pigeons, turkeys, to say nothing of the deer and bear and 600 pheasants used for hatching purposes. . |