PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 19 30 1187 



(9) Adequate control of forest cover tlirctugh the prevention of fires or its 

 destruction by other means is not suflSciently appreciated. 



DISTEIBUTION CARS 



CAR NO. .-i 



|E. K. liuRNiiAM, Captain] 



Early in July, 1929, messengers were engaged in the distribution of trout 

 from La Crosse, Wis., to cooperative nurseries and continued making isolated 

 trips from various stations until after the middle of November. Being of 

 wooden construction, the car could be moved in local trains only. The fisli 

 moved by messenger trips direct from stations in regular distributions are as 

 follows : 



The car traveled 10,028 miles and made 14 trips. The first carload was trout 

 taken from the Manchester (Iowa) station on July 9 and the first carload of 

 spiny-rayed fishes was taken on at La Crosse, Wis., August 22. 



The following table shows the number, size, and species of fish moved by the 

 car direct from stations during- the fiscal year: 



Car No. 3 arrived at Washington, D. C, November 21, 1930, and was taken 

 out of commission on account of its unsafe condition. 



CAR NO. 7 



[E. R. WiDMYKR, Captain] 



The distribution of brook and rainbow trouts was carried on from the Man- 

 chester (Iowa) station during the early part of the fiscal year, the car making 

 a trip from Manchester to Eau Claire, Wis., delivering 60,600 2-inch brook 

 trout and 24,700 1-inch rainbow trout to Wisconsin applicants. 



