Show Fish Trucks Proved Boon To Planting I This i. i is the thc sixth article of ot an aUthoritative au- au u. u I series on fish and game topics written exclusively for The Thc Telegram by Comm Commissioner Cook I I Another will appear Tue Tuesday I ny By y NEWELL n. n COOK State Fish and Game From a meager meag r beginning in 1894 Utah's fish tish and md game garn department nt has been increased sed in m organization nd duties until now r- r its activities reach into every very corner of the state It took many cars before belore entirely en 05 satisfactory results were cre accomplished accomplished ac ac- in the fish ih planting program pro- pro gram grm and not even t today does the planting accomplish its us desired goal in some sections see sec lions Hons of the state stale Cook The Inauguration tion lion of th the fish ih truck is the outstanding ing development in the thc actual planting planting planting plant plant- ing program No longer longcr do fish have to be hauled from hatchery to stream via gallon 10 milk cans They arc now transported from pl place ee to place in ice cool cooled d tanks One truckload will transport more fish lish than could be carried in an express ex cx press car of oC cans the mortality i. i is greatly decreased and the saving in time trouble and expense is enor enor- Two big lessons have been en le learned In hatchery work First pop proper r aeration nera aera tion s systems stems have made possible the hatching of five times as many fish as were hatched in the same amount of oC water a decade ago and secondly the matter of ot fe feed d. d The time was when hor horse e liver was the staple food for hatchery fish Now this is used med only for fr fry From horse liver the department turned to horse flesh and as the cost mounted in m this department an experiment nt w was used wed to convert carp into trout lc Iced feed and consequently tons of carp were canned for hatchery feed Now the carp canning era has given way to a system of drying them After Alter the carp is thoroughly dr dry itis it itis itis is cooked with a chepa flour and acceptable ac ac- ac and efficient food results |