﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  71 
  

  

  DISTRIBUTION. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  cars 
  were 
  occupied 
  as 
  usual 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  trout, 
  salmon, 
  whitefish, 
  shad, 
  black 
  bass, 
  rock 
  bass, 
  carp, 
  

   and 
  tench, 
  traveling 
  93,430 
  miles. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this, 
  93,591 
  miles 
  were 
  

   traveled 
  by 
  detached 
  messengers. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  handled 
  

   by 
  the 
  cars 
  and 
  messengers 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Trout 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon 
  

  

  Whitefish 
  

  

  Shad 
  

  

  Black 
  bass 
  

  

  Rock 
  bass 
  

  

  Carp 
  and 
  tench 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Fry. 
  

  

  1,864,000 
  

  

  07, 
  000 
  

  

  39, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  78, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  118,931,000 
  

  

  FingerUngs 
  

  

  and 
  

   yearlings. 
  

  

  319, 
  334 
  

  

  37, 
  382 
  

  

  35, 
  931 
  

   35, 
  581 
  

   131, 
  152 
  

  

  559, 
  380 
  

  

  Two 
  distributions 
  of 
  trout 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  

   when 
  the 
  yearling 
  fish 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  fish 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  previous 
  year's 
  

   product 
  — 
  were 
  distributed, 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  when 
  the 
  lake-trout 
  

   fry 
  were 
  i^lanted, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  brook 
  and 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  fry 
  from 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  where 
  the 
  stock 
  was 
  too 
  large 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  through 
  

   the 
  summer. 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  yearlings 
  commenced 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  until 
  December 
  15, 
  and, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  two 
  

   carloads 
  of 
  yearling 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  from 
  Neosho 
  Station, 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  

   successfully 
  accomplished. 
  The 
  losses 
  referred 
  to 
  occurred 
  during 
  

   the 
  month 
  of 
  September, 
  when 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  air 
  inside 
  the 
  

   car 
  registered 
  101° 
  and 
  106° 
  F., 
  respectively. 
  Efforts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  

   keep 
  the 
  water 
  temperature 
  down 
  to 
  50° 
  by 
  the 
  liberal 
  use 
  of 
  ice, 
  but 
  

   this 
  did 
  not 
  apparently 
  reduce 
  the 
  death 
  rate. 
  Large 
  losses 
  have 
  

   occurred 
  heretofore 
  under 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  conditions, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  

   thought 
  they 
  killed 
  themselves 
  by 
  jumping, 
  attributed 
  to 
  fright. 
  In 
  

   this 
  instance 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  jump. 
  

  

  The 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  at 
  Green 
  Lake, 
  Maine, 
  were 
  distributed 
  with 
  

   the 
  trout 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  October, 
  and 
  in 
  June. 
  

  

  The 
  water 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  transportation 
  of 
  salmon 
  and 
  trout 
  varied 
  in 
  

   temperature 
  from 
  34° 
  to 
  09°, 
  its 
  average 
  being 
  43°. 
  They 
  were 
  carried 
  

   in 
  square 
  galvanized 
  iron 
  tanks 
  of 
  50 
  gallons 
  capacity, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  reg- 
  

   ular 
  round-shouldered 
  cans 
  of 
  10 
  gallons, 
  both 
  air 
  and 
  Avater 
  circula- 
  

   tion 
  being 
  used, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  (;ase 
  of 
  car 
  ^o. 
  4, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  fitted 
  

   for 
  the 
  transportation 
  of 
  marine 
  fishes, 
  with 
  air 
  circulation 
  alone. 
  

   Most 
  successful 
  results 
  were 
  attained 
  in 
  carrying 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  on 
  

   this 
  car, 
  the 
  fish 
  being 
  transported 
  in 
  round-shouldered 
  cans, 
  which 
  

   were 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  air 
  jjump 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  half-inch 
  rubber 
  tubing. 
  

   The 
  air 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  cans 
  through 
  air-liberators 
  attached 
  to 
  this 
  

   tubing. 
  

  

  