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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



EXPANSION OF WORK 



The distribution from the rescue stations was delayed until about 

 the middle of the fall months, but when the work of collecting began 

 there were fish enough for distribution in large numbers, which 

 necessitated quick action on the part of the distribution cars. At no 

 time in the bureau's history were as many carloads of warm-water 

 fish moved within a period of two months as were shipped during 

 October and November, 1927. Fish were sent to virtually every State 

 in the Union, and the cars were kept bus_y da}^ and night for over 

 two months. The fish distributed ranged in' length from 3 to 8 

 inches. Had the collecting season remained open one week longer, 

 the bureau wou^d have been able to fill virtually every application 



Figure 4. — Planting trout in a stream on Wriijiit Fiplrt. Dayton. Ohio. The fish were 

 transported by airplane from the bureau's hatchery at Northville, Mich. 



for warm- water fishes it received. Rescue operations were discon- 

 tinued late in the fall on account of the extremely cold weather. 



A great deal of extra work and much additional expense has fallen 

 to the distribution department on account of the extension of the 

 bureau's activities. In addition to the general distribution to ap- 

 plicants, approximately 15 carloads of fish were required during the 

 year for stocking cooperative nurseries. The expenses of clisti-ibu- 

 tion during the fiscal year were therefore considerably greater than 

 last 3'ear's expenses. 



DISTRIBUTION CARS 



CAR NO. 3 



(E. R. WiDMTER, Captain) 



On July .5 car Xo. 3 made a shipment of rainbow trout and brooli trout from 

 La Crosse to Red Granite, Wis. Two car trips and a number of messenger 

 .shipments were made during the month of July, by which sixty-seven thousand 



