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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



CAR NO. 7 



[E. M. Lamon, Captain] 



On July 20 the distribution of pondfishcs was taken up from the 

 .upper Mississippi River stations. During July, August, vSeptember, 

 and October, 1923, 214,000 fingerling pondfishes were distributed by 

 the car and its messengers in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois^ 

 Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, New York, New Hampshire, Massa- 

 chusetts, Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Kentucky^ 

 supplying 920 applicants. 



On December 12 car No. 7 was placed in the Louisville & Nash- 

 ville Railroad shops and the Work of general repairs started. While 

 in the shops the piping was so arranged that compressed air for the 

 fish could be obtained from the train line when the car is moving in 

 a train or parked in a depot where air is available, which eliminates 

 the necessity for using the steam boilers in many instances, thereby 

 effecting a considerable saving in coal. The steel fish compartment 

 covers were eliminated and new wooden covers, hinged in back and 

 center, were installed. 



The car left the shops on March 3, and after being fitted up for 

 distribution work proceeded to Fishery, Tenn., to take up the spring 

 distribution from the Erwin (Tenn.) station. The car arrived at 

 Fishery on March 11, and between that date and April 17 there were 

 distributed by the car and its messengers 267,200 brook trout, 437,600 

 rainbow trout, and 16,600 Loch Leven trout, all fingerling?, to 

 applicants in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia^ 

 and Alabama. 



Car No. 7 arrived at Wytheville, Va., on April 20, where it obtained 

 a shipment of trout for waters in western rennsylvania, and upon 

 completing the Pennsylvania trip it proceeded to Manchester, Iowa. 

 During May and June 547,300 brook trout and 172,200 rainbow trout 

 fingerlings from the Manchester station and 75,000 Loch Leven trout^ 

 75,000 rainbow trout, and 36,000 brook trout from the La Crosse 

 (Wis.) station * were distributed to applicants in Minnesota and 

 Wisconsin. 



Car No. 7 traveled 17,642 miles, making 22 trips and supplying 

 1,850 applicants, and distributing a total of 1,920,900 fingerling fishes. 



CAR NO. 8 



[E. K. BuRNHAM, Cartiin] 



During the year car No. 8 was engaged in the distribution of fishes 

 produced at La Crosse, Wis.; Leadville, Colo.; Langdon, Kans.; and 

 Neosho, Mo., in the course of which it traveled a total of 12,905 

 miles and made deliveries to 556 individual applicants located in 10 

 different States. The following table shows the numbers of the 

 various species delivered: 



Brook trout 



Rainbow trout 



Blaclc-spottecl trout. 



Steolhead salmon 



Lake trout-- - 



Black bass.. 



Crappie 



Sunflsh 



Yellow perch. 



Catfish 



Rock bass 



Fingerlings 



45,610 



828 



17, 350 



2. 425 



Total 1, 642, 914 



Yearlings 



6,490 

 30 

 280 



