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as a very promising fish for pond culture. The fact that it is 

 easily fed, taking artificial food with avidity, is much in its favor. 

 While it will perhaps not reach a maximum size under ordinary 

 small pond conditions a weight of several pounds should not be 

 considered at all unusual. The growth experiments now in progress 

 will yield very valuable and pertinent information regarding 

 this. 



