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article for wliicii there is an unlimited demand in Cliin.a to which this 

 produce already goes. 



The cultivation of barnacles for manure has been mentioned 

 supra, somewhat out of place. 



178. The snapping turtle. — (Trionyx japonicus) a small turtle, 

 seldom above a foot in length and at marketable age only 7 or 8 inches 

 long and weighing little over l^ lb. This is a very interesting class 

 of culture, and its inception and development owe nothing to the 

 efforts of Government but to private enterprise aided by science ; a 

 Mr. Hattori is the originator of the culture being of a family who 

 lived in a suburb of Tokyo full of ponds near the river, and who were 

 long engaged both in ordinary farming and in collecting and selling 

 fish, and in raising gold fish ; science was represented again by 

 Prof. Mitsukuri who suggested methods which were of practical 

 service. 



As usual the i; 

 female turtle in 1 

 were kept in a po 

 inspected is now ( 

 gular ponds ; thej 

 which is a low fen 

 plank projecting i 

 the bottom of the 

 The eggs are laid 

 and the young or 

 promptly be devoi 

 by a special plan! 

 baskets at intervi 

 thence removed tc 



The best age i 

 will be from f to 

 The animals are f€ 

 are roughly crushe 

 is found advisable 

 stir up the mud w 



The matter ha 

 as a lesson in stai 

 practice combine tt 



179. Carp, eels 

 modern origin, is 

 India, especially s 

 the inland fish in 1 

 not only easily fe( 

 which most success 

 portation even as i 



