The following statement shows the actual cost of making the 

 distribution of sunfish from the Edenton, N. C, station for the sea- 

 sons of 1920 and 1921 : 



Comparative Costs of Distbibtjtion of Sunfish from 

 Edenton, N. C, Station 



In addition to the specific results secured at certain southern 

 stations, it is expected that the method will be of special value in 

 supplying applicants in the western and southwestern states with 

 the different species of pond fish, most of which bear transportation 

 very satisfactorily. The demand for catfish and other coarse species 

 in such states as New Mexico, Arizona, and Wyoming is large, and 

 reports received from applicants who have been supplied indicate 

 that the results following the plantings of such fish have been par' 

 ticularly satisfactory. Because of the expense involved in such ship- 

 ments, it has been necessary to refuse many applicants, and only 

 those most advantageously located with reference to railroad facili- 

 ties have been supplied. By means of the new device it appears 

 entirely practicable to transport fish to applicants in those sections, 

 carrying them in the distribution cars from the point of production 

 to central railroad points such as Denver, Colo., and Albuquerque, 

 N. Mex., and then forwarding the consignments by express or bag- 

 gage to the applicants. 



In view of the results obtained, it seems quite fair to assume that 

 in higher altitudes, where evaporation is more rapid, the temperature 

 can be maintained at a point sufficiently low to permit the safe trans- 

 portation of the various species of trout without the use of ice or 

 the services of an attendant. 



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