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3-lnch brook trout were delivered to cooperative nurseries and seventy-five 

 thousand three hundred and fifty 3-inch brook trout and seven thousand eight 

 hundred 2-inch rainbow trout to applicants. 



During the latter part of July and first part of August the crew went over 

 the Fearnow pails, cleaning and restenciliug them. The aerating equipment 

 and machinery also were gone over and placed in readiness for distribution 

 work. The distribution of the warm-water species was begun on August 30, 

 when a carload of bass, bream, and yellow perch was taken to Chicago and 

 delivered to applicants in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. During September 

 four car trips and a number of messenger shipments were made from the river 

 stations to points in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and 

 Virginia. 



The car left the Mississippi River stations on September 23 with a carload of 

 warm-water sijecies for Pennsylvania applicants. After completing the trip to 

 Pennsylvania the car was ordered to Washington, D. C, to take up the dis- 

 tribution of fish from the Lakeland (Md.) ponds. The distribution w'ork from 

 the Lakeland ponds was completed late in October. 



The car was in Washington from September 28 to October 22 and during this 

 time delivered to applicants in New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, 

 Maryland, and Pennsylvania the following number and species of fish : Small- 

 mouth black bass, 16 yearlings ; lai'gemouth black bass, 1,128 yearlings, 30 

 adults, and 22,250 fingerlings ; crappie, 13,350 fingerlings ; bream, 10,900 finger- 

 lings ; and rock bass. 1.850 fingerlings. The car left Washington October 22 for 

 Harrisburg, Pa., with trout from the Camp Hill (Pa.) station. The car was 

 ordered from Harrisburg to Bellevue, low^a, to resume the distribution of warm- 

 water fishes from the rescue stations. 



From October 24 until late in November the car was busily engaged in the 

 distribution of warm-water species to applicants in Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Penn- 

 sylvania, and New York. Heavy snowfalls in northern Wisconsin and Minne- 

 sota, together with severe cold weather, which froze over the lakes and streams, 

 brought the distribution to a sudden close on November 29. The car was 

 parked on a steam track of the Milwaukee Railroad at North Side, La Crosse, 

 Wis., during the winter. 



During January and February, while the car was not being used in distribu- 

 tion work, the crew made all necessary interior repairs, such as ovei'hauling 

 steam air compressor, water pump, laying new floors in office and wash room, 

 relining ice box, repairing side partitions and deck sash, making new grates for 

 ice box, removing old bronze and paint from water and steam pipes, cleaning 

 sides and ceiling, repainting pipes in boiler room, bronzing pipes in wash room 

 and body of car, painting kitchen-aisle floor, and varnishing interior of car, 

 including chairs, tables, and office desk. The car was then placed in the Mil- 

 waukee shops for overhauling of trucks and making a few exterior repairs. The 

 cost of repairs furnished by the shops was $195.61. The shop costs would 

 probably have been $2,000 had the interior repairs been included. Upon the 

 completion of the shop repairs the car was returned to La Crosse and its equip- 

 ment placed in readiness for distribution. The pails were overhauled and re- 

 stenciled, and the aerating equipment was changed to accommodate 200 pails. 



On April 6 the car transferred 183,000 brook trout from La Crosse to Lynx- 

 ville. Wis., returning to La Crosse on completion of the trip. The car left 

 La Crosse on May 16 with twenty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty 3-inch 

 fingerling rainbow trout, twenty-two thousand five hundred 3-ineh fingerling 

 brook trout, and fifteen thousand 2-inch Loch Leven trout for applicants in 

 Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. On completion of this trip the car pro- 

 ceeded to Duluth, ]\Iinn., to take up the distribution of lake trout, pike perch, 

 and rainbow and brook trouts. Eight car trips, five boat trips, and a number 

 of messenger shipments were made from Duluth, delivering 11,085,000 lake-trout 

 fry. 7,950.000 pike-perch fry, one hundred and ninety thousand 1-inch brook 

 trout, and seventeen thousand two hundred and fifty 3-inch rainbow trout. 



Immediately on completion of the Duluth distribution the car was ordered to 

 La Crosse to make a distribution of trout to cooperative nurseries. During 

 the last few weeks in June fifty-four thousand 3-inch rainbow trout, twelve 

 thousand 3-inch lirook trout, and three thousand one hundred and fifty 3-inch 

 Loch Leven trout were delivered to cooperative rearing stations in Wisconsin. 



During the fiscal year 1928 car No. 3 made 24 trips, traveled 16.664 miles, 

 and delivered 20.866,219 fish. Messengers made 96 side trips and traveled 

 approximately 30,000 miles. The following table shows the number, size, and 

 species of fish delivered by the car and its crew. 



