DISTEIBUTION 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- 

 intendent 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 ofiice upon com- 

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

 contained m cost shps, shows the average cost per 1,000 of distribut- 

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

 sive of messengers' salaries: 



Method of Distribution, by Stations, Species, 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 . 

 Northville, Mich.. 



Do 



Quincy, 111 



Spearfish,S. Dak- 

 Upper Mississippi 

 collecting sta- 

 tion. ft 



Do 



White Sulphiir, 



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.. 



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,"" 



681, 500 

 75, 427 

 82,844 

 32,000 



139,711 



3, 

 365, 700 



242,134 



Fry 



Fingerlings, 1-inch . . 

 Fingerlings, 2 J-inch. . 



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-2|inch 

 Fingerlings, 1-6 inch. 



Adults 



Fingerlings, 



-4 inch. 

 Fingerlings, 1-3 inch. 



Total 

 cost. 



$187.80 

 158. 84 

 174. 15 

 41.45 

 17.50 

 36.00 

 66. 



21.40 

 16.23 

 548. 25 

 425.56 

 172. 66 

 537.95 

 1,516.71 

 69.23 

 1,457.48 



Average 

 cost per 

 thou- 

 sand. 



$0.32 

 1.197 



!262 

 .583 

 .266 



1.052 

 .351 

 .325 

 .339 



1.01 

 .2533 



7.13 

 18. 308 



2.16 

 10.432 



28.94 

 1.116 



Miles 

 paid. 



1,806 



5,596 



2,013 



1,008 



43 



616 



1,210 



431 



334 



2,634 



7,243 



1,271 



10,742 



31,921 



1,510 



27,475 



1,777 

 6,904 



4,018 



Miles 

 free. 



5,343 



72 



DISTRIBUTION BY STATION MESSENGERS. 



Baird, Cal 



Do 



Battery, Md 



Do 



Birdsview, Wash . 

 Bozeman, Mont . . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Bullochville, Ga . . 



Do 



CapeViacent,N.Y 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Clackamas, Greg.. 



Trout 



....do 



Shad 



Yellow perch. 



Trout 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Grayling 



Pond fishes.. 



....do 



Whitefish.... 

 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 



Fingerlings, 1-inch. . . 



Fry 



....do 



Fingerlings, 1-inch. . . 



...-do 



Fingerlings, IHnch.. 

 Fingerlings, 2-inch. . . 

 Fingerlings, 2Hiich. . 



Fry 



Adults 



Fingerlings, 1-5 inch. 



Fry 



....do 



....do 



Fingerlings, 1-inch. . . 



Fry 



Fingerlings, 2^-inch. . 



$64.10 

 84.51 

 5.70 



281.90 

 91.25 

 84.50 



160.10 

 26.23 

 12.65 

 12.65 



131.98 

 1,459.59 



108. 22 



128. 18 



367. 77 

 13.12 

 9.92 



126. 45 



$4,578 



4.22 

 .0142 

 . 00439 



1.9i 



1.0( 



3.72 



.107 



631.48 



4.057 

 .009 

 .0118 

 .397 



1.46 



1.417 

 .995 



2,544 



50 



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

 6 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. 



