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ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF PACIFIC SALMON'S. 



usual attention to the methods of packing: them, and a caretaker is 

 quite essential. 



The Argentine shipping case, successfully used under such condi- 

 tions, has been described by John W. Titcomb as follows : « 



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A highly efficient form of shipping case has been developed during the past 

 few years for the transportation of eggs of the SalraonidiP from this country 

 to Argentina. This case is ;} feet G inches long, 2 feet wide, and not exceeding 

 30 inches high, outside measurement, and is constructed of selected tongued 

 and grooved lumber. It has double walls, with bottom and top common to 



"Titcomb, John W. Loc. cit., pp. 747-749, 



