Our country and its resources; . wning when the overflowdried up, or from cold later in theyear if not rescued. The Bureau of Fisheries has sixrailroad cars especially arrangedfor the transportation of live fishDuring the year ending June 30,1915, the distribution of fish, eggs,etc., by the bureau amounted to536,260,143 eggs, 3,694,^81,699 fryand ,692 fingerlings, yearlingsand adults. These went to FishCommissions in twenty-eight different States, to waters needing stock,from the controllers of which re-quests had been made to the bureau, and to private persons asking forfish for streams
Our country and its resources; . wning when the overflowdried up, or from cold later in theyear if not rescued. The Bureau of Fisheries has sixrailroad cars especially arrangedfor the transportation of live fishDuring the year ending June 30,1915, the distribution of fish, eggs,etc., by the bureau amounted to536,260,143 eggs, 3,694,^81,699 fryand ,692 fingerlings, yearlingsand adults. These went to FishCommissions in twenty-eight different States, to waters needing stock,from the controllers of which re-quests had been made to the bureau, and to private persons asking forfish for streams, lakes or in special instances some fishor eggs are sent by special messen-ger, by far the greater part was sentout by means of the bureaus specialfish and egg transportation cars. The Bureau of Fisheries has beeninvestigating and encouraging wher-ever possible the establishment ofthe home fish ponds and in everyway possible places its accumulatedexperience at the disposal of per-sons interested in the establishment. THESE MEN WITH MILK CANS ACTSUSPICIOUSLY, BUT THEY ARE ONLYDEPOSITING FISH IN A STREAM of fish ponds for the purpose ofsupplying fish for the table. It isimpossible, adequately, to convey anidea of the scope of operations ofthe Bureau of Fisheries in the shortspace available here Those inter-ested should communicate with theCommissioner of Fisheries, Bureauof Fisheries, Department of Com-merce, Washington, DC
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