REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 
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through a system of coils placed in the bottom of the refrigerator, 
which chills it sufficiently to obviate the use of ice in the cans, where a 
temperature ranging between 48 and 50 degrees is constantly main¬ 
tained. This plan also effects a saving in our ice bill over the former 
method of about 60 per cent. 
The former crude method of aerating by hand every ten to twelve 
minutes, which meant lifting a half gallon dipper of water several feet 
above the can and pouring it back, has been abandoned. 
Such treatment was hard on young, delicate fry, as through that 
operation many of them were injured or killed by being brought sharply 
in contact with the blocks of ice necessary in each can to maintain the 
water at a proper temperature. By the present method this danger is 
entirely overcome, as ice is not required until the cans leave the car. 
Instead of having two men take between them twelve cans containing 
approximately 50,000 fish, the car with four men will easily carry ten 
times as many, or 500,000 fish, on a single trip. It has enabled us to 
treble the output from Sisson with very slight additional expense to 
the State. 
Another important feature not to be overlooked is that by the aid of 
this car, which is really a traveling hatchery, we are enabled to con¬ 
centrate our experienced force where best results can be obtained at 
small cost compared to the establishment and maintenance of other trout 
hatcheries where ice in quantity is not available, and transportation and 
distribution facilities totally inadequate. The car has fully met our 
expectations in all respects. The fish are being delivered in fine condi¬ 
tion with practically no loss to any. section of the State. 
We are pleased to report that notwithstanding the stringent terms 
of the Wright railroad commissioners’ bill, a liberal construction of the 
law was given by the Railroad Commissioners and the Attorney General, 
resulting in the different railway companies hauling our car and its 
crew free of charge. 
During all stages of its construction our Mr. R. W. Requa w r as in 
attendance, and since going into commission, he has had full charge of 
the car, its crew and equipment, and we believe that to his energy and 
intelligence is due most of the credit for the success of the first fish 
distributing car in the West. 
STATE GAME FARM. 
As the hunting license law produced ample funds, and believing that 
the establishment of a State Game Farm where game birds could be 
raised in captivity and operated along the same lines as fish hatcheries, 
would be in entire accord with the spirit of the law, which authorizes 
expenditures for the propagation and restoration of game, and being 
encouraged by the example of other states, it was decided to undertake 
