The Washington times., 1922-04-09
II. c. FEARNOW
INVENTOR OF
FISH CARRIER
Superintendent Of Distribution
Makes Discovery That Saves
Uncle Sam Worry.
By R. A. ANGLER

or stocking private preserves
throughout the United States are
andIed through this bureau, the
tate hatcheries having no au-
hority to act In this capacity.
No less than 10000 orders were
Illed last year and the probabilities
re that thia number win be great
y Increased in 1s25. This one
Tenn alone means a big expendi.
are TO the bureau and. like all de-
'arsments under Uncle Sam. the
are never sufficient
0 carry on the work as originally
slammed.
The problem of how to Distribute
1sh IN ever-sncreasing numbers
&ifhout additional funds has been
&rtIy solved by Edgar G. Fear
&w, guperintendent of fish dis
IADutson. Mr. Fearnow has invent
W a .confainer for transporting fish
xt is now In use by the depart
How he happened upon shs
E8 Is told as follows:
onas years sso I was dstailed
X ccompany a shipment OF living
from New York TO the Canal
These fish were OF the Do-
pond species, bAss, sunfishs
h. etc, and were destined TO
a brood stock In Gatun Lake
y! bther waters OF the Zone.
short time after the ship on
the trip was made had left
&zs.- A.
pply OF Ice would be exhaust
before the end OF the voy-
1s& q lesa means could be found
i nserving the limited amount
hing.
Zee the successful outcome of
ip was dependent, 10 large
IL not entfresy. ON main
n an equabie Temperature OF
ater In which the fish were
~ ", and this. Ia turn. seemed
st dependent ON ice, it WIN
en- that the need OF finding
& means Of conserving the sup
4 Ice was pressing. In line
81 this urgent need the fifty
8 containing the fish were ar
ed to occupy as little space as
BILE: an old sail, obtained from
# ships officers, was thorough
aturated with water and drawn
belly around them. The results
he surprisingly satisfactory. In
bad OF having 20 ice the cana
#ery few hours, one icing In
hours was found suf-
dcient to maintain the tempera-
lure At the desired point, and the
'ish were delivered at Gatun and
3amboa. Canal Zone, without undue
Ioss.
''Ths success OF this simple ex-
pedient impressed me with the
OF applying the well
known principle OF heat absorption
by evaporation TO container that
would be of practical value In the
shipping OF live fish under condi.
tons where a rise In temperature
must be avoided"
Description OF Confainer.
A device consisting Of an ordi-
nary lard can OF standard size
placed In q loosely fitting bag Of
l0-ounce canvas The can Is sup
ported by four triangular pieces OF
wood attached 10 the bottom OF the
bag to permit free air circulation.
The can has a ring Of fine per
forations four inches from the top,
about which ring on the outside
of the can Is fastened a band OF
cheese cloth or other absorbent
When in use the bag IL
with water before the
is delivered TO the car
rier; the small amount Of water
that escapes through the ring Of
perforations Is taken up by the en-.
circling absorbent material and
10 the outer covering of
The evaporation from the
moistened canvas Is the
prime factor in maintaining a low
pr temperature of the water. The
cover provided for this container Is
open In the center and perforated
near its outer margin. Water
splashing out OF the can falls
back again either thro0gh the per.
forations or through the central
opening, thus aiding, though but
slightly perhaps, In aerating the
Experimental Shipments.
The first shipment OF live flsb
we're the top minnow (Gambusla
affinis), from Edenton, N. C. to
Washington, The result was high
ly satisfactory.
On March 10. twelve adult rain.
bow trout were shipped from White
Sulphur Springs, w. va. at I0.aO
,. m. received at washington 7:sO
next morning. and held without at.
tention until 1880 a. m, taken TO
Zoo Park for experimental pur-
poses and one can held until
800 ?, m, all fish In excellent
Practical Application OF New
Method. IT
A specific instance OF the graft
Tying results achieved is a ship-
ment recently made from the or.
angeburg, s. c., station. on this
trip the messenger had twenty
cans containing black baas and
bluegill aunfish, and supplied seven.
teen applicants at nine different
points In North Carolina. He left
orangeburg at 5;a0 a. M. and re,
turned at II y. M, the same day.
the cost OF the entire trim Mains
only fat.4T. Had the faesssfl aer
Zone 20 every point where he had
fish to deliver, the trip would have
required 65h hours, instead OF i7n
hours, and the expense would have
been practically double. The nnea.
senEer simply went straight 10
tayettevile, n. c., where a mum,