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The sea run individuals are not so 

 brightly colored as those which al- 

 ways remain in fresh water. On their 

 return to fresh water they seem to have 

 lost none of their game qualities. As 

 a table fish they are not inferior to any 

 fish taken in fresh water. 



The size of the Rainbow Trout de- 

 pends upon its surroundings, the vol- 

 ume and temperature of the water and 

 the amount of food it contains. They 

 vary from the mere fingerlings found 

 in small mountain brooks to those 

 from ten to fourteen pounds, 

 as found in Klamath and 

 other similar lakes. The Rain- 

 bow Trout will live in warmer and 

 more sluggish water than the Brook 

 Trout, and for this reason it is being 

 planted in many streams in the east, 

 which are unsuitable for the Brook 

 Trout. It is also being planted in 

 many streams once inhabited by the 

 Brook Trout, but because of the 

 change due to civilization have become 

 unsuitable for them. Rainbow Trout 

 can now be found in many streams of 

 the Allegheny region, in streams in 

 Michigan, in the Ozark region and in 

 many streams of the Western States. 

 The Rainbow Trout is a superior game 

 fish. It is a vigorous biter, and fights 

 bravely for liberty. In no respects is 

 it inferior to the Eastern Brook Trout. 



The method of hatching Rainbow 

 Trout is very interesting. At govern- 

 ment hatching stations a large number 

 of males and females are kept in ponds 

 for breeding purposes. When ready 

 to spawn the eggs are easily taken 

 from the female by gently pressing on 



the ventral surface of the body. After 

 fertilizing them with milt taken in a 

 similar way from the male they are 

 placed in wire trays in wooden troughs 

 through which there is flowing a cur- 

 rent of water. In water of 50 degrees 

 F. the eggs will hatch in from forty- 

 two to forty-five days. A female 

 weighing one-half to one and one-half 

 pounds will yield from five hundred to 

 eight hundred eggs. One from two 

 to four pounds, two thousand five hun- 

 dred to three thousand eggs. When 

 the eggs are partly hatched they may 

 be carefully placed in trays and kept 

 free from injury, and packed in ice 

 and sent to any part of the country. In 

 this way they are often sent across the 

 continent, also to Europe, Brazil and 

 Japan. The cool temperature stops 

 the hatching, which will begin again as 

 soon as placed in water of suitable tem- 

 perature. The fact that so many eggs 

 can be taken from one female and a 

 very large per cent (eighty-five per 

 cent or more) hatched makes it possi- 

 ble to plant, in suitable streams, a large 

 number of young fish each year. If 

 the eggs were deposited in the stream 

 by the fishes themselves the greater 

 number would be eaten by young- 

 fishes, crustaceans, insects, etc. Here 

 is a case where man is able to assist 

 mother nature, and to preserve and 

 widely distribute some of our most 

 useful fishes. The Rainbow Trout is 

 receiving much attention and yielding 

 profitable returns. It will always give 

 the angler an opportunity to display 

 his highest skill, and afford a fair rec- 

 ompense for the toil of fishery. 



Seth E. Meek. 



DAY AND NIGHT. 



Day is a snow-white dove of heaven, 

 That from the east glad message brings : 

 Night is a stealthy, evil raven, 

 Wrapped to the eyes in his l^lack wings. 



Thomas Bailey Aldrioh. 



