Fig. 208b. Sorting Common Goldfish 



This is a specially designed table covered with oilcloth ruled in inch squares. The 

 edges slope upward and at each corner is an opening somewhat like on a pocket billiard 

 table, through which the fish of different sizes or colors are dropped into hanging buckets. 

 The fish are not injured by a few minutes' exposure to air. 



Fig. 20Sc. Japanese Grading Fancy Goldfish 

 Fancy breeds are sorted in water partly because development can be better seen, 

 and partly to avoid injury of delicate fins on a table top. These substantially built 

 ground-level ponds are used in the spring for hatching and in the fall for storing after 

 grading. The Japanese screen is sometimes rolled out to protect the fish from birds 

 of prey, as well as from too much sun. Standard shipping cans in the distance. 



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