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a miscroscope, before sending them away, are sure that a good per cent- 

 age are impregnated, our eggs are sure to hatch out, with ordinary care 

 and ability. Our experience and care, together with the reputation 

 which some years of fish-farming has given us, are guaranties that every- 

 thing obtained from us will be of the best. As before said, we do not 

 guarantee success to every one ; that depends upon the individual who 

 makes the trial. But we do guarantee to give him the best of materials 

 to work with. And he will succeed, unless he is careless or incompe- 

 tent. " That which has been done once, can be done again." 



Our prices are as follows (1869-70), for Trout ova, by the single thou- 

 sand, ten dollars. For five thousand, or over, eight dollars per thousand. 

 We send them from December 1st to March 1st. They will be sent by 

 express at our risk, and can be sent anywhere in the United States, to 

 Canada, England, or France. To the Southern States, they can be sent 

 with safety only in the coldest winter weather. Young Trout fry, one 

 inch long, we sell at the ponds, or deliver at our neQ.rest express station, 

 for thirty dollars per thousand. We sell them from Feb. 1st to May 1st, 

 In cool weather, one thousand can be carried safely a two days' jour- 

 ney, in four gallons of water. The best time to send the young fry is 

 four or five days before the umbilical sac is off the belly ; then they do 

 not suffer for lack of food, and do not require so much water. One year 

 old Trout, we sell at about twelve dollars per hundred. Two-year old, 

 about twenty-five dollars per hundred : the price depending somewhat 

 upon the size of the fish. We pick out an equal number of males and 

 females, in good condition, and charge a little more than the market 

 price for dead fish. Eggs we can send safely, by express, any distance ; 

 but fish have to be sent in cans, or barrels, or tanks of some kind, and 

 the employes of the Express companies will not always bother them- 

 selves, even to the extent of keeping the cans or barrels right side up. 

 Fish can be carried alive, in cold weather, with much less trouble than 

 in warm weather, but can be sent any time, if some one goes along to 

 take care of them. If we send a man with them, we charge for his time 

 and travelling expenses, and send the fish at our risk. Otherwise, we 

 sell the fish at buyer's risk. 



We give lessons in the art of Trout-culture at ten dollars per day 

 (Board can be obtained at the hotel, one-quarter of a mile from us.) 

 These lessons consist of instruction in the method of handling the fish, 

 and all the minutioe of the art, and are best given from January to May, 

 because then all our operations are in progress ; but will be given as well 

 as possible, at any time. We also lay out ponds and stock streams 

 for any one desiring our services. Our charge, for personal attendance 

 on such business, is ten dollars per day, and expenses. 



