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MONTANA STATE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



tive trout, the rainbow, steelheads, eastern brook, Loch Leven — the gamiest fish 

 in cold western waters. Millions of these fingerlings are being planted annually. 

 The task of taking small trout back into the mountains where trails have not 

 been cut by forest rangers or settlers, and where it is necessary to plant them in 

 the headwaters of creeks, has always been a difficult task until an improved 

 method was recently adopted in Montana. 



Ji'dhilioir trout iveiffliing 2fi pounds caught In/ (ieorge 

 Elliott in Cliff Lake. 



The ordinary ten-gallon milk can that has been used in the past was difficult 

 to handle on a pack horse and frequently resulted in injury to the horses, because 

 of the small area of contact or bearing, due to the shape of the can. 



S. B. Locke, in the Federal forest service, has developed a device to be used 

 with almost any square five-gallon can and which is described in the Big Horn, the 

 official publication of the state commission. 



A round hole six inches in diameter is cut in the top of the can and over this 

 is fastened with small stove bolts a cylinder made of good weight galvanized 

 iron, which is five inches high. The cover to this cylindrical opening is in the 

 form of an inverted cone, which is clamped to the top of the cylinder with a metal 



Kiglit-pounil Loch Leven trout caught on fli/ -in 1he 

 famed ^fadi.■<on river heloir llutchens cam p. 



bar that forms a convenient handle for carrying the can. The cone-shaped cover 

 is perforated with a number of small holes which permit the water that splashes 

 into the cover to drip back into the can, thus aiding in aerating the water. Two 

 such five gallon cans can be placed in a box convenient for fastening to a pack 

 horse, one box on each side of the animal, four cans to each pack horse, making a 

 load that will not exceed 175 pounds and one that will "stay put" when the "hitch" 

 is made by an experienced packer. 



