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Transfer of Fish. — In the spring of tlie year when the 

 new hatching is ready, the Trout must be moved, those 

 from pond Xo. 1 to pond No. 2, and from 'No. 2 to ISTo. 3. 

 The manner usually adopted is to take out the screens be- 

 tween the ponds and drive the fish down. Care must be 

 taken that all the fish are removed from the pond before 

 the next size is let in, as one large one will create havoc 

 among a batch of small ones. This method reads very easy 

 in print, but there will be found some difiiculties in prac- 

 tice. It is hard to get all the Trout out, unless the water 

 is drawn very low and the fish then taken out with hand- 

 nets. They will hide under a stick, stone, or clump of 

 moss, and you may think that every fish is out of the pond 

 when there are, in reality, dozens of them left. 



Other Fish with Trout. — It is not well to have other 

 fish in the same pond with Trout, they will probably des- 

 troy one another. Fish of any sort will eat the young of 

 all kinds. Even the harmless and innocent looking gold- 

 fish will take young Trout with a relish. A few stickle- 

 backs will probably get into the ponds, but they will do no 

 hurt unless they get among the babies two months old ; 

 the large Trout will soon clear them out of their vicinity. 

 Let the pollywogs wiggle their way in peace, and when 

 they get to be frogs sell them or eat them. 



