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~ ~ ' piling of eggs made this technique less than optimum. A tctal of 1,315 fry were obtained from this female. Additional injections yielded only nonviable eggs. Female ~3 and 4 - These two females received 300 and 500 IU respectively and lathough each yielded a few eggs every day or two there were no viable eggs. Injections of 2 to 8 mg carp pituitary injected every other day into four females gave no results. Four females that were seined from the pond. One was injected with 2 mg carp pituitary/lb. daily, and after four injections the female died before any-eggs were ovulated. One female was used in the circular tank spawning test. The two remaining females were injected with 300 IU and 500 IU inter- muscularly daily for two days and the third day injected with the same dosage rate but in the body cavity. These two females were ripe and running eggs on the morning of the fourth day. Eggs were not enumerated to reduce handling. Estimated numbers were 60,000 eggs each. Eggs were placed in trays in a Heath incubator. A total of 28,500 swim-up fry was obtained from these two females. All eggs water hardened but two and three day old egg samples showed that 32X were developing. Fungus in the incubator reduced the number of fry obtained. Egg Measurements Eggs were enumberated using Von Bayer's method. Egg counts were made from both water hardened eggs and non-water hardened eggs. The eggs from the females during the first part of the spawning tests were of various stages. In some instances over 50y of the eggs would 'absorb no water. The data presented here will be from lots of eggs that all had water hardened. The data from non-water hardened eggs will not be presented due to the 11