490 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
principle of transporting fish over dams. Since collection of speci- 
mens from local waters is difficult and expensive, much of the stock 
used for replenishment in the spring and fall months was obtained 
from the Bureau’s hatcheries. 
DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS 
Initial requests for consignments of fish for unstocked waters were 
received in greater number this year than in any previous year. This 
was partly due to requests for the stocking of ponds recently con- 
structed by the Department of Agriculture in a program for the 
prevention of soil erosion. A total of 9,887 applications from individ- 
uals and clubs were filled. This does not include the number of blanket 
applications from the National Forests and National Parks, to 
which hundreds of thousands of fish were assigned. 
The distribution cars, engaged in the delivery of fish to applicants 
and transfers between hatcheries, this year made 95 trips and carried 
an average of 250 pails per trip. ‘These cars traveled 50,342 paid 
miles and 19,331 free miles. Detached messengers traveled 37,712 
paid miles and 5,410 free miles in delivering fish to applicants. Truck 
deliveries during the year aggregated 89,262 miles. The use of trucks 
for making deliveries of fish within a comparatively short distance of 
the stations is becoming a more general practice. Asin previous years, 
the Bureau was favored with free transportation or reduced rates by a 
number of the railroads. Several of the State conservation depart- 
ments also aided materially in the distribution of fish from our hatcher- 
ies to applicants in their respective States by furnishing facilities for 
this purpose. 
Unfortunately, due to limited funds, it was necessary in some 
localities to request applicants to call at the hatcheries for their con- 
signments of fish. This was not always practicable and in cases where 
the fish could not be delivered to the applicant at the hatchery the 
uncalled for fish were either given to other applicants or planted in 
public waters. 
Summary, by States, of the distribution of fish, fiscal year 1937 




State and species Number State and species Number 
Alabama: Connecticut: 
Black bass, largemouth_-_-_-_----_- 320, 5€4 Brook GLOUt see nas ese oe ee ee 16, 300 
Catfishes 3 eee re eet ees 320 Black bass, smallmouth-_____.__---- 289, 000 
TREN] OO AA CO) DY Roe ee 28,000 |} Florida: 
Sunfishes-: 26. 4 eee See oe ee 2, 037, 115 Black bass, largemouth. __.__-_____- 20, 740 
WochwWevenitroutescsn- eae ee ee 10, 000 Sunfish == ee 2, 625 
Arizona: Georgia: 
Black bass, largemouth. ._.___..__-- 21, 400 Black bass, largemouth._....-------- 355, 600 
RainbowsGroutess se ee eee eee 30, 000 smallmouth22=-22--=- == 1, 250 
Sunfish’. «othe neces. 7 ee 7, 50C Brook trout=2-< ==. 2, 340 
Brooke tloulnomes ane ee eee 7, 500 Catish 2. - 2s eee 112, 025 
Arkansas: Crapplete. 3542s. sates teers 60 
Black bass, largemouth___--.-___-___- 395, 170 RainhbowatLouts === se 58, 745 
smallmouth ss. 22238 15, 500 Sunfish. 22.222. 22. 1. See 567, 345 
Rain bowsthouise- soso an oe ee eee 2,800 || Idaho: 
IROCKSDASS Petes eae ae eee eee 32, 130 Blackspotted trout_--------- 242, 300 
Sunfisht eee se SS eeee ee ee a 85, 090 IBLOOks {routes 29 seen eee 148, 630 
California: Chinook salmon_________-- 4, 528, 360 Loch Leven trout-__---_----- < 61, 400 
Colorado: Rainbow: thoutes 222 eee eee ae 1, 461, 320 
Black bass, largemouth___________-- 2,550 || Illinois: 
iBlackspottedtrouts-25 24 3 re 515, 000 Black bass, largemouth_-__-.-.____-- 13, 170 
Brook (route eee he ee 3, 841, 300 iBuiialotfish= =. 22s=. 2 = aasee eee 11, 000 
Lake ttroutecc 22) See nie ee aN 46, 780 Carp tsetse ee RISES Le ee 23, 000 
Bochslevenklrouts 2 == = ses 137, 250 Catfishie=22o. a aera Eee 4, 900 
Rain Ow) toutes eee eee ae eee 1, 198, 690 Crappie s!=. 22S ae ee ee 3, 675 
Sunfish. 2562 gle oe a eS) it Sunfishts-= ct oe tees Pee 23, 400 
