YELLOW PERCH. 



THE CULTIVATION OF FISHES IN NATURAL 



AND ARTIFICIAL PONDS. 



By C. H. TOWNSEND, 



DIRECTOR OF THE AQUARIUM. 

 Formerly Chief of the Division of Fisheries, U. S. Fish Commission. 



DURING the time that the writer has been responsible for the 

 correspondence of the New York Aquarium, there has 

 been frequent inquiry for information respecting methods of 

 stocking and managing small fish ponds. The inquiries in gen- 

 eral have related to the character of ponds, their water supply and 

 management : the kinds of fishes desirable, their feeding, propa- 

 gation, capture, and the sources from which they might be pro- 

 cured. 



In some cases applicants were referred to the National or State 

 fish commissions, while in others such information was given as 

 was possible by letter, with references to book and articles that 

 might be helpful. 



