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President Clark: In what we have distributed this year we 
have only carried 250 to the can, and have been quite successful. 
We want them in as good condition when they get to their desti- 
nation as when they start. Three hundred did not work very 
well. ‘Two hundred and fifty to a ten-gallon can we actually 
counted. 
Mr. Baldwin: How many hours could Mr. Stranahan carry 
a thousand black bass to the can ? 
Mr. Stranahan: The black bass that we have usually shipped, 
as I say, are somewhat smaller than those shipped by Mr. Clark. 
We carry them three days. Of course that requires the use of a 
considerable amount of ice. Mr. Brown and Mr. Cunningham 
both were our messengers this year, and they report that they had 
better luck with the black bass three-fourths of an inch long, on 
long trips, than with those that were longer. 
Mr. Baldwin: ! would lke to ask Mr.. Clark how far he 
would carry his 250 to a ten-gallon can successfully. 
Mr. Clark: The longest trip was twenty-nine hours from the 
time the messenger started from the station. 
Q. That is the size you call fry? 
A. No sir, baby fingerling. 
Q. What length? 
A. Well, they are an inch and a quarter. 
Mr. Baldwin: I do a good deal of that kind of work. 
President Clark: They are from twenty-seven to forty days 
old. 
Mr. Baldwin: (To Mr. Stranahan) You put a thousand to 
acan. Now in those seventy-two hours how many dead fish do 
you have ? 
Mr. Stranahan: Practically none. 
Q. Do you count your fish when you start out? 
A. We count batches. 
