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Salmon oar — Continued. 



hatchery, where they are to be retained until the eggs are suf- 

 ficiently developed for hatching purposes. Size, 8 by 10 inches. 

 Bucksport, Me., 1882. (754) 2,215. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Fish cars. 



Photographic view of a group of dories made into live-cars for trans- 

 porting salmon and for retaining them for a few days during 

 the hatching season until the eggs are in condition to be taken. 

 Size, 30 by 40 inches. Eularged by electric light from an 8 by 

 10 negative. Bucksport, Me., 1882. (757) 2,218. TJ. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Salmon car. 



Photographic view of a towing-car used by the employes of the 

 Bucksport hatching station for transporting unripe salmon 

 from the fishing weirs in the Penobscot Biverto the inclosures 

 at the hatchery, where they are to be retained until the eggs 

 are sufficiently developed for hatching purposes. Size, 30 by 

 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. 

 Bucksport, Me., 1882. (754) 2,215. U. S. Fish Commission. 



d. apparatus for carrying egos. 



Transportation bucket. 



A tin bucket with flaring sides, into which impregnated eggs are 

 introduced, for convenience in carrying. Diameter at top, 11 

 inches ; at bottom, 6 inches ; depth, 9 inches ; capacity, 2 gal- 

 lons. TJ. S. Fish Commission. 1,785. 



WROTEN BUCKET. 



A tin bucket having spouts which communicate with a closed cham- 

 ber extending entirely around the bottom. Invented by Will- 

 iam H. Wroten, June, 1877. TJ. S. Fish Commission. 39,119. 

 Diameter at top, 15 inches ; at bottom, 11| inches ; height, 11 

 inches. The water is introduced through the spouts at the sides, 

 passing to the bottom and into the interior of the bucket; 

 thence upward through the eggs and out through the perforated 

 tin which surrounds the top. This bucket was invented for con- 

 venience itf changing the water and handling the eggs while 

 carrying, them from the fishing-shore to the hatchery. Eggs 

 have occasionally been allowed to remain in it until hatched, 

 though it is more successful as a transportation bucket than a 

 hatching can. 



Hamlin's egg-transportation can. 



Height, 19£ inches ; diameter, 13 inches. Devised by William H. 

 Hamlin. Baltimore, Md., 1879. 57,151. TJ. S. Fish Com- 



