PREFACE. 



Having been one of the first to practice Fish-Culture in this country, 

 and being now, perhaps, the largest and most successful Trout-Cultur- 

 ist in America, so many requests have been made to me " to write a 

 bool?^," that I have at last concluded to try it. This little treatise is in- 

 tended as a manual for Trout-Culturists, and is written especiallj^ for 

 those who wish to raise Trout. It deals only with the practical part of 

 the business. No scientific terms have been used, when other and more 

 common names would equally convey the meaning. Neither has any 

 scientific enquiry been entertained, any furtlier than it would be of 

 practical use to the fish-farmer. The science of Fish-Culture is yet in 

 its infancy ; and I claim only for this book, that it is an accurate des- 

 cription of my own method and practice. Still it should be remember- 

 ed that this practice is the result of some years of study, labor and num- 

 berless experiments. I am very well convinced that I can handle the 

 rod better than the pen, and beg that the book shall be judged by its 

 matter rather than by its language and style. 



I am under obligation to my partner, Mr. A, S. Collins, for assist- 

 ance in preparing this work. 



SETH GREEN. 



