3. Washington, D. C, to Manchester, Iowa. One can contain- 

 ing 200 Gambusia left the Central Station of the Bureau at 4:30 

 p. m. August 18 and was shipped by express on a train at 7 :30. 

 It was delayed in Chicago 25 hours, and arrived at Manchester at 

 10:00 a. m. August 21, being 66 hours without attention. The 

 superintendent reported that 100 Gambusia were alive and in good 

 condition and that the temperature of the water was 60° F. 



PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF NEW METHOD 



A specific instance of the gratifying results achieved by the 

 plan described in this paper is a shipment recently made from the 

 Orangeburg, S. C, station. On this trip the messenger had 20 

 cans containing black bass and bluegill sunfish, and supplied 17 ap- 

 plicants at nine different points in North Carolina. He left Orange- 

 burg at 5:30 a. m. and returned at 11 :00 p. m. the same day, the 

 cost of the entire trip being only $21.47. Had the messenger gone 

 to every point where he had fish to deliver, the trip would have 

 required 65}A hours, instead of 17^ hours, and the expense would 

 have been practically double. The messenger simply went straight 

 to Fayetteville, N. C, where a number of deliveries were made, 

 and from that point forwarded fish to 11 different applicants. The 

 cost of the distribution from the Orangeburg station during the 

 fall of 1920, under the old method, was $1.57 per can of fish dis- 

 tributed. The records show that from July, 1921, to the close of 

 the distribution the cost under the new method was only 90 cents 

 per can. 



From the Bullochville, Ga., station 28 shipments were made on 

 four messenger trips. On one trip to Atlanta, Ga., 10 shipments of 

 fish were made to points in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and 

 Georgia. No complaints were received. 



In the fall of 1920 a special shipment of Gambusia was sent by 

 messenger from Edenton, N. C, to Washington, D. C, the cost of 

 the trip being approximately $25. Practically the same number of 

 Gambusia were shipped to Washington, D. C, this fall in two jack- 

 eted cans, the express charges being only $1.57. 



The saving of approximately 50 per cent in the distribution cost 

 from Edenton was brought about by sending a messenger to three 

 railroad centers, Greensboro, Raleigh, and New Berne, N. C, and 

 forwarding the fish by baggage masters or by express from those 

 points. Twenty-four shipments were made in this manner and no 

 complaints were received from the applicants supplied. 



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