WHEN THE FATHER OF WATERS GOES ON A RAMPAGE 



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Photograph from H. C. Fiankenfield 

 FAMILY ARKS IN WHICH REFUGEES FROM A MISSISSIPPI RIVFR FLOOD SEEK SAFETY 

 AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR HOME: MODOC, ARKANSAS 



Lest there may be created the impres- 

 sion that large numbers of salvaged 

 fishes that should be returned to the 

 parent stream are being diverted to out- 

 side waters, it may be stated that in 1919 

 less than six-tenths of 1 per cent of the 

 fishes saved from the Mississippi floods 

 were consigned to outside waters. This 

 altogether negligible number consisted 

 chiefly of catfishes, snnfishes, crappies, 

 and basses. 



From what has already been stated, it 

 must be apparent that this work on which 

 the fisheries service of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment has voluntarily embarked is of 

 very great value, not only to the States 



immediately concerned, but also to dis- 

 tant parts of the country, for the food- 

 fishes of the Mississippi basin receive a 

 wide distribution in the trade. As a 

 matter of fact, the importance of this 

 effort as a means of maintaining and in- 

 creasing the food supply of the country 

 can hardly be equaled in any other field 

 when cost, certain results, and quick re- 

 turns are taken into consideration. 



In most of the States bordering on the 

 Mississippi there is a growing public in- 

 terest in and urgent demand for a con- 

 tinuation and extension of the rescue 

 work ; and along the Ohio, Missouri, and 

 other tributaries of the Mississippi, 



