DISTRIBUTION OF FISH AND FISH EGGS, 1917. 



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DISTRIBUTION COSTS. 



In the latter part of 1915 a system was inaugurated by the super- 

 mtendent of car and messenger service for determining the costs of 

 distributing the various species of fishes. To furnish the office with 

 the desired data, ''cost shps" were attached to mileage reports, 

 which messengers were required to submit to the office upon com- 

 pletion of each trip. The following table, based upon information 

 contained in cost sfips, shows the average cost per 1,000 of distribut- 

 ing fry, fuigerhng, and adult fishes for the calendar year 1916, exclu- 

 sive of messengers' salaries : 



Method of Distribution, by Stations, Spkcies, Number, and Size of Fish, 



AND Costs. 



DISTRIBUTION BY CAR MESSENGERS.a 



Name of station. 



Bozeman, Mont . . 



Do 



Do 



Craig Brook, Me. . 

 Do 



Green Lake, Me . . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Leadville, Colo 



Manchester, Iowa . 



North ville, Mich.. 

 Do 



Quincy, III 



Spearflsh, S. Dak . 



Upper Mississippi 

 collecting sta- 

 tion. & 



Do 



White Sulphur, 

 W. Va. 



Wytheville, Va. . . 



Species. 



Trout 



do 



do 



do 



Salmon 



do 



do 



Trout 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Pond fishes. . 



do 



Trout 



Pond fishes . 



do. 



Trout . 



-do. 



Number of 

 fish. 



586,000 



132, 600 

 37,100 



158,000 

 30,000 



135,000 

 63, 000 

 60,800 

 50, 000 

 1,616,746 



420, 360 



681, 500 

 75, 427 

 82, 844 

 32, 000 



139,711 



3,682 

 365, 700 



Size. 



Fry 



Fingerlings, 1-inch. . 

 Finger lings, 2Hiich. . 



Fry 



do 



do 



Fingerlings, 1-inch. . . 



Fry 



Fingerlings, 1-inch. . . 

 Fingerlings, 1-3 inch. 

 Fingerlings, 1-4 inch. 



Fry 



Fingerlings, 1-2 inch. 

 Fingerlings, 1-6 inch. 

 Fingerlings, l-2i inch 

 Fingerlings, l-6inch. 



Adults 



Fingerlings, 1-4 inch. 



Fingerlings, 1-3 inch. 



Total 

 cost. 



$187.80 



158. 84 



174. 15 



41.45 



17.50 



36.00 



66.33 



21.40 



16.23 



548.25 



425. 56 



172. 66 



537. 95 



1,516.71 



69.23 



1,457.48 



106. 56 

 408. 41 



Average 

 cost per 

 thou- 

 sand. 



$0.32 



1.197 



4.69 

 .262 

 .583 

 .266 



1.052 

 .351 

 .325 

 .339 



1.01 

 .2533 



7.13 

 18. 308 



2.16 

 10. 432 



28.94 

 1.116 



1.03 



Miles 

 paid. 



4,018 



Miles 

 free. 



DISTRIBUTION BY STATION MESSENGERS.*: 



Baird, Cal 



Do 



Battery, Md 



Do 



Birdsvicw, Wash . 

 Bozeman, Mont . . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Bullochville.Ga.. 



Do 



Cape Vincent, N. Y . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Clackamas, Oreg . . 



Trout 



do 



Shad 



Yellow perch. 



Trout 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Grayling 



Pond fishes . . 



do 



Whiteflsh.... 

 Pike perch... 



Trout 



do 



Salmon 



Trout 



14,000 



20,000 



400,000 



64, 100, 000 



45, 800 



79,000 



263, 200 



29,500 



3,400 



118,000 



209 



359, 684 



11,900,000 



10, 790, 000 



926, 000 



9,000 



7,000 



127,000 



Fry 



FingerUngs, 1-inch. . . 



Fry 



do 



Fingerlings, 1-inch. . . 



do 



Fingerlings, IWnch.. 

 Fingerlings, 2-inch. . . 

 Fingerlings, 2Hnch. . 



Fry 



Adults 



Fingerlings, 1-5 inch. 



Fry 



do 



do 



Fingerlings, 1-inch, . . 



Fry 



Fingerlings, 2 J-inch. . 



$64. 



84. 



5. 



281. 



91. 



84. 

 160. 



26. 



12. 



12. 

 131. 

 1,459. 

 108. 

 128. 

 367. 



13. 



9. 



126. 



.578 



.22 



.0142 



. 00439 



.99 



.069 



.608 



.889 



.72 



.107 



.48 



.057 



.009 



.0118 



.397 



.46 



.417 



.995 



2,544 



50 



a Detached messenger shipments from cars. Cost in addition to " Distribution by car." 

 b La Crosse, Bellevue, and North McGregor. 



c Distribution by station messengers includes cost of making distribution direct from the station with- 

 out a car. This distribution is usually to near-by points. 



