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a. m. One of these pails contained fish which had been fed within 48 hours 

 of shipment, whereas the other contained fish which had been fed within 24 

 hours of shipment in order to determine the comparative efficiency of fisK 

 shipment under the two conditions. 



"Some delay was experienced in getting the fish to the stream, on account 

 of tire trouble with the automobile used to transport them, and second, on 

 account of extremely bad road conditions in Virginia, the fish having been 

 en route for over two hours. About 11 o'clock the fish were distributed in 

 several localities, being placed in meadow stream feeders to the main creek. 



"Both lots of fish were in fine shape when placed in the stream, the 

 total of dead or injured fish in the shipment being less than 3 per cent, 

 which would compare very favorably with any shipment of fifeh which the 

 writer has previously handled in the old type of containers. The conditioii 

 of the fish which had been fed 48 hours previous to shipment was decidedly 

 better than those which had been fed 24 hours previous to shipment, the 

 percentage of dead and injured fish in this lot having been practically nothing. 



"The new type of fish pail is considerably easier to transport and is 

 not subject to splashing and slopping water when transported over rough 

 roads and requires no attention by aerating, as is necessary with the old 

 type of containers." 



4. Fifty 4-inch rainbow trout produced at Manchester, Iowa, were placed 

 on Fisheries Car No. 8 at 3 :00 p. m., on April 17, 1932, temperature 45", 

 and were poured into one of the special fish pails, the depth of the water 

 io the tray being 1J4 inches. A-t Drummond, Wisconsin, at 3:05 p. m., on 

 April 18, the fish were delivered to an applicant in good condition. These 

 fish had been held in the compartment for quite awhile without special 

 aeration. 



5. Five hundred IJ^-inch brook trout produced at Manchester, Iowa, 

 and delivered to Fisheries Car No. 8 at 4:00 p. m., on April 17, 1922, tem- 

 perature 45°, were placed in a pail. These fish being small enough to pass 

 through the perforations of the tray, it was decided to carry them in the 

 outer receptacle. The car arrived at Ashland, Wisconsin, at 4 :25 p. m., on 

 April 18, where the fish were delivered to an applicant in good condition. 



6. Thirty thousand whitefish fry were delivered to Fisheries Car No. 8 

 at Duluth, Minnesota, at 4 :00 p. m.. May 9, and poured into a pail not 

 equipped with the fish tray, the tray not being intended for use with small 

 fish. No ice was used during the trip. The temperature of the fish com- 

 partment of the car dropped from 42° to 38°. These fish were planted 

 off Portage Entry near Chassell, Michigan, in good condition, having been 

 in the pail 16 hours without special aeration. 



7. Five thousand lake trout fry produced at Duluth, Minnesota, were 

 placed in one of the fish pails on Fisheries Car No. 8, at 3 :00 p. m., on May 

 16. The temperature in the fish compartment was gradually reduced from 

 45° to 40° during the trip. These 5,000 lake trout fry were in the pail 21 

 hours and were planted in Lake Superior at Munising, Michigan, at noon 

 May 17, in good condition. The captain of the car makes the following 

 statement with reference to this shipment : 



