COI^TE^TS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



Page. 



Fish Culture 9 



Trout Breeding, 11 



Order of Topics, 11 



CHAPTER n. 



TROUT PONDS. 



Location, 12 



Laying out Ponds, 13 



Shape of Ponds, 13 



Raceways, 15 



Bottoms of Ponds, 16 



Screens, 17 



Water Supply, 18 



CHAPTER m. 



HATCHINQ HOUSE. 



Size and Make, 20 



Troughs, 21 



Water Supply, 22 



Filter, 23 



Gravel for Troughs, 24 



Implements, 25 



CHAPTER IV. 



TREATMENT OF EGGS. 



Placing Eggs in the Troughs, 27 



Temp. ofWaterandTimcoflncubtion, 29 



Growth of Egg, &c 30 



Transportation of Eggs 30 



CHAPTER V. 



TOUNG TROUT. 



Appearance, 84 



Nursery 35 



Food, 37 



Hard to Keep 40 



Cleaning Screens, 41 



Diseases 41 



CHAPTER YI. 



ADULT TROUT. 



Page. 

 Supply of water for given No. of Trout, 43 



Growth of Trout, 44 



Food 47 



Temperature of Water, 52 



Diseases and Enemies, 53 



Transfer of Fish, 59 



Other Fish with Trout, 59 



CHAPTER Vn. 



TAKING EGGS. 



Season for Spawning, 60 



Signs of Spawning, 60 



Natural Spawning, 61 



Taking Spawn by Hand, 66 



Taking Eggs by Ainsworth's Screens, . 73 



CHAPTER Vin. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



Stocking Ponds 77 



Stocking Streams, 77 



Will itPay 78 



Advice to those starting in the Business 79 

 Roller Spawning Box, 81 



APPENDIX. 



Fish Farm at Caledonia, N. Y 86 



Part of the Game Law of New York- 

 relating to Trout. 89 



Transportation of Live Fish, 91 



