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TAGGING A PE;nOESCOT SAl^MON 



By means of metal tags attached to salmon, which are liberated after their eggs have 

 been obtained, nnportant information regarding the sea life of the New England salmon has 

 been secured when the fish returned to the river to spawn. Similar experiments cannot be 

 made with the Pacific salmon, as the latter fish die after once spawning (see pages 432 and 433). 



for the convenience and comfort of the 

 crew of five men (including a cook), 

 who live on the car throughout the year. 

 The government furnishes the cook, fuel, 

 and utensils, but the men provide their 

 own food. 



For small shipments of fish and for 

 supplying places off the main railway 

 lines, messengers detached from the cars 

 carry fish in 10- gallon cans in baggage 

 cars. The distributions in 1908 required 

 travel amounting to 83,840 miles by the 



bureau's 6 cars and 263,196 miles by 

 detached messengers — a total of 347,036 

 miles — of which 11,826 for cars and 

 80,816 for messengers were furnished by 

 the railroads free of charge. 



POPULARITY OP* The; work 



There are few enterprises undertaken 

 by the United States Government that are 

 more popular, meet with more general 

 and generous support, and have con- 

 tributed more to the prosperity and hap- 



