CONCLUSION. 



GENTLE reader we have now brought our lit- 

 tle volume nearly to a close. I most sincerely wish 

 it had been undertaken by a more able pen, and 

 my apology for such an undertaking is that I 

 have been solicited by persons from every part 

 of our country for information on the subject of 

 fish-culture. In fact the letters received became 

 so numerous that it was quite a tax on my time 

 to answer them, and I concluded the cheapest 

 way to get out of the difficulty would be to 

 write this little work. 



My experiments for the last three years have 

 been so satisfactory, that I can with great con- 

 fidence recommend any one having suitable waters, 

 to engage to some extent at least in this inter- 

 esting branch of human industry. Dr. Ackley and 

 myself have at the present time, a large number 

 of young trout which have hatched this season, 

 and all 'are doing well. We exhibited at the 

 State Fair held in this city last fall, nearly one 

 hundred live trout, from six years old, down to 

 the little troutlet, and all from three years old 

 and under were bred by artificial impregnation. 



