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tin thus obtained for an aeration screen and cut up the other to 

 make a lip to conduct water from the barrel to the hatching 

 trough. Buy some good material for a tail screen and see that it 

 fits tightly in place. You must also buy the wire cloth for hatch- 

 ing trays. Paint all equipment as carefully as if following the 

 specifications for pine wood troughs of thick stock, using asphal- 

 tum paint. 



40,000 eggs can be hatched with an equipment that ought 

 not to cost more than two or three dollars after the water and 

 protection from the weather have been provided for. There will, 

 of course, be some loss in eggs and fry before they are planted. 

 If the water is all right and the eggs are vigorous ones, from 

 80 per cent to 95 per cent of them should be hatched to plant as 

 fry. 



JOHN \V. TITCOMB. 



