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ARTIFICIAL, PROPAGATION OF PACIFIC SALMONS. 



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 Salmonidre from this country 

 to Argentina. This case is 3 feet 6 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. 



