108 American Fisheries Society. 



"These fish had never been fed and because of its flat bottom the special 

 pail carries such fish better than the regulation can. Vessels having flat 

 bottoms are better for holding the fry of salmon, Loch Leven trout and 

 other very small fish that are inclined to huddle on the bottoms of hatchery 

 troughs and transportation equipment." 



8. One thousand 1-inch brook trout produced at the Duluth hatchery 

 were placed in a pail at 7 :00 a. m., June 6. The train left Duluth at 8 :00 

 a. m. With the exception of pouring the fish into the pail there was no 

 aeration other than that furnished by the motion of the train until the fish 

 were delivered to an applicant at 1 :30 a. m., in good condition. The follov.?- 

 ing is an exact from a letter received from one of the captains who tested 

 these pails on his car : 



"The ice tray of the pail is very desirable as it allows the aerating hose 

 to go through the central opening, enables observation of the fish and has 

 a tendency to keep the fish from jumping when the compartment cover is 

 lifted, admitting bright light unexpectedly to the upper tier. 



"The upper and lower tier means that one can is placed upon another 

 thus carrying 6 lots of fish in the same space where 3 lots are now carried 

 on the car in the fish compartment. This will double the capacity of the 

 present cars." 



9. The following has reference to a shipment of 4,000 brook trout No. 2 

 fingerlings produced at the Manchester, Iowa, station and shipped from 

 Rhinelander, Wisconsin, to Pembine, Wisconsin, on May 26th. The fish were 

 placed in 5 pails of the new type. The consignment left Rhinelander without 

 an attendant at 5:00 a. m., due to arrive at Pembine at 11:45 a. m. The 

 following is a communication received from Mr. E. G. Sauld, Secretary of 

 the Pembine Gun Club, in regard to this shipment : 



"The fish arrived on schedule time and were in good condition. We 

 spent the balance of the afternoon in putting them in the small stream." 



10. The following extract from the Fisheries Service Bulletin of July, 

 1922, reflects the attitude of the Bureau with reference to the pail as a 

 means for carrying fish on cars : 



"A further experiment in the use of the new type of fish transportation 

 can, mentioned in previous issues of the Bulletin, tends to further demon- 

 strate its value in effecting greater economy in the , Bureau's distribution 

 work. It has been demonstrated that by substituting the new type of can the 

 carrying capacity of the distribution cars may be increased approximately 

 66 2-S per cent with the present arrangement of space. Since this can sue 

 cessfully carries the same number of fish with practically one-half the amount 

 of water, the weight of the load of the car is not increased and no extra 

 work to the attendant is entailed. A sufficient number of cans to equip 

 one of the Bureau's cars are now being made for the Bureau at the Naval 

 Gun Factory, Washington, D. C., Navy Yard. Should the further use of the 

 cans continue to produce as satisfactory results as have thus far been ex 

 perienced, it will be possible with slight alterations to the interior arrange- 

 ment of the fish compartments to double the carrying capacity of the 

 transportation cars." 



