this mixture infusoria grows quite ra])idly and 

 very large and makes excellent feeding. 



Another method is to make an infusion of hay 

 by placing the hay in hot water. After the infu- 

 sion is made, strain the product and you will then 

 have a liquid about the color of tea. This liquid 

 must be left standing in a dark, warm place for 

 twenty-four to thirty-six hours, when it will darken 

 materially and the infusoria will be ready to use. 



A food for larger fish may be composed of dry 

 oatmeal and crushed shrini]) as the principal ele- 

 ments, to which can be added smaller jiortions of 

 dried daphina, dried ant eggs that have been 

 ground and chopped meal worms. 



An exceptionally good food is made by making 

 a porridge of two parts Bethlehem oatmeal and 

 one ])art dried shrimp. A mixture of this kind is 

 relished by fish. One of our members reports hav- 

 ing used three parts Bethlehem oatmeal and one 

 part shrimp. The porridge was fed three times 

 a day in sufficient quantities that the fish would 

 consume all that was given, at one time. This was 

 used as an experiment on fifty small goldfish not 

 over a half inch in size, and within seven months 

 the fish that were fed in this way grew to be very 

 hu-ge, some of them attaining five inches in size. 

 These fish were kept in an outside pond about six 

 feet in diameter, and the fish having the greater 

 amount of swimming space developed rather long- 

 bodies. There will be the same experiment in feed- 

 ing made on small fish, in restricted swimming 

 ])ools, to see if it will develop the fish as rapidly 

 and yet not give the long body that was the result 

 in the other pool. 



A small ])ortion of ])owdered yoke of a boiled 

 e^yg mixed with water is very good as a food for 

 young fish. 



It is an undoubted fact that fish relish a change 

 in their feeding the same as human beings do. 

 We would no more care to be fed on bread and 

 butter all the time than a fish would be to have to 

 live on one food forever. 



There should be no difficulty in procuring dried 

 shrimp, as it will be found at practically all Chi- 

 nese grocery stores, and in this city can be jiro- 



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