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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from H. C. Frankenfield 



refugees on a mound at modoc, arkansas, just below the scene of a 

 crevasse in Gardiner's levee angle 



where there prevail essentially the same 

 conditions as in the main stream, the de- 

 sirability of this form of food conserva- 

 tion is being - seriously considered. 



In the districts now only partly cov- 

 ered and in the sections where up to this 

 time it has been impossible to undertake 

 any operations, there exists an opportu- 

 nity for very productive work. There 

 are unbroken stretches of river 500 miles 

 in length, where the floods are yearly 

 causing large sacrifice of food-fishes, on 

 which no attempts at rescue have here- 

 tofore been made because of lack of 

 funds and personnel, and the major trib- 

 utaries of the Mississippi present a virgin 

 field of unknown possibilities. 



It should be understood that Congress 

 does not appropriate funds especially for 

 this particular work, and that the money 

 now employed is in reality part of a gen- 

 eral appropriation for fish culture, and 

 the persons and equipment detailed for 

 the rescue operations are temporarily 

 drawn from other branches of the serv- 

 ice. 



"What is needed, in order that this serv- 

 ice may be conducted in a manner and on 

 a scale that its importance justifies, is 

 specific recognition by Congress through 

 the providing of special funds and per- 

 sonnel, so that the work may not be con- 

 tingent on the necessities of other duly 

 established activities. 



