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packs them because he does not have to pick the eggs 

 out of the moss. 



To pack eggs for foreign shipment is a different 

 affair, although many fishculturists do not think so, 

 and pack for a two-weeks' trip as described above and 

 let them go. 



The late Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Fish Commis- 

 sioner of the United States from 1871 until his death in 

 1887, appointed me in charge of foreign exchanges of 

 eggs and fish in 1877. ^^ his day there were constant 

 exchanges with Germany, and shipments of eggs of 

 trout, quinnat salmon and our lake whitefish to Eng- 

 land, France and Holland. I opened all foreign boxes, 

 picked out the dead eggs, gave the living a "drink" and 

 a wash, repacked what were good and sent them to the 

 different Government or State hatcheries. I repacked 

 all eggs that were to go abroad, and in 1877 and 1878 

 went with the shipments to Germany. These things 

 are mentioned to show my right to an opinion on tlie 

 subject. 



In the years named I repacked the eggs of quinnat 

 salmon on flannel trays, above which was a box for ice, 

 which by its drip kept the eggs cool and moist, and the 

 trays were so arranged as to be inspected and the dead 

 removed, for in dead eggs lies great danger to the liv- 

 ing. On the first trip only 25,000 were so packed, 

 while the remainder went in the original packages, 

 without opening, as per order from Prof. Baird by 

 request of the original packer. My box turned out 

 well ; the others were a total loss, and after that I was 

 given carte blanche to repack as I saw fit. The next 

 year I took 100,000 over safely and received the thanks 

 of the Deutsche Fischerei Verein, a silver medal from 

 the Societe d'Acclimation, Paris, and $200 from the 



