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the last seen on July 1. By April 20, there were several 

 schools of No. 1 fingerlings ready for distribution. The 

 first messenger trip was made April 25. Between that 

 date and May 20 inclusive, 135,000 No. 1 fingerlings were 

 sent to applicants. 



The following method is employed at the Orangeburg 

 station for collecting the fingerlings from the ponds, 

 counting and putting them in cans for shipping. Two 

 wooden troughs fourteen feet long, fourteen inches wide 

 and eight inches deep, are set up in one of the cement re- 

 taining ponds, and divided into separate compartments 

 by screens. On the day prior to shipment, the finger- 

 lings are taken from the ponds with bobinet seines ten 

 or twenty feet long and six feet wide. A small chain in- 

 stead of leads, is attached to the bottom of the seine in 

 order to press down the vegetation and keep the seine 

 as nearly as possible in contact with the ground. Every 

 resonable precaution is taken to prevent loss through 

 careless handling. A galvanized iron tub with a per- 

 forated overflow near the top is used to convey the fish to 

 the troughs. To accustom them gradually to the tem- 

 perature of the water in the trough, the tub when 

 brought from the pond is placed under the overflow of 

 one of the troughs in such a manner that the water in 

 falling is divided by the edge of the tub and only the de- 

 sired amount allowed to enter. The fingerlings are then 

 put into one compartment of the trough, from which they 

 are counted into another by means of bobinet hand nets. 

 These nets are constructed very shallow so as to prevent 

 the fingerlings from grouping in the center and render- 

 ing the counting difficult. About five to ten are taken up 

 at each dip of the net, and being well distributed over the 

 nearly flat surface are rapidly and easily counted. When 

 a sufficient number have been collected and counted for 

 next day's shipment the troughs are covered with cheese 

 cloth screens and left over night. 



As the economic value of the fish cultural station con- 

 sists in the number and condition of the fish actually de- 

 livered to applicants, it is important that the cans be not 



