CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER VIII. HATCHING THE EGGS. 



Glass grilles Their cost Their advantages Cleaning the hat- 

 ing boxes The egg-shells Artificial ova beds Settling pond- 

 Filtering bed Wire grilles Destruction of ova left to Nature- 

 Advantage of artificial beds* Californian baskets Repairing 

 grilles Overcrowding Way of economising space Compact 

 storage box ... ... ... ... ... ... I7O 



CHAPTER IX. PACKING AND UNPACKING THE EGGS. 



Ova at the antipodes The tropics Various methods Modus 

 operandi at the Solway Fishery Selecting and preparing the 

 moss Its cultivation Woven fabric Best time to pack Ova 

 hatch rapidly on unpacking Long voyages Unpacking 

 Washing off the moss Fully eyed eggs ... ... ... 184 



-CHAPTER X. CARE OF "ALEVINS." 



Word derived from the French Appearance on first hatching 

 Very helpless at first Begin to pack Hides to be avoided 

 Provide lids for the boxes Structure of " alevins " Cleanliness 

 Guard against rats or mice Water insects How to detect 

 their presence Cripples Deformities Dropsy or blue swelling 



Constitutional weakness Fungus Paralysis White spot 



Suffocation Still waters ... ... ... .., ... 191 



CHAPTER XI. POND LIFE. 



Water full of life Care required in dealing with it The rotifera 

 Rules for cultivation Nature's provision for. young fish 

 Daphnia pulex Cyclops quadricomis Cypris tristriata 

 Arachnida Notonecta Corixa Gammarus Dytiscus Caddis 

 worms Ephemera Shellfish Parasites Saprolegnia ... 202 



CHAPTER XII. REARING THE FRY. 



Commencing to feed Training The right kind of food Time for 

 turning out Entomostraca Grated liver Mode of feeding 

 Feeding machines Shrimp paste Chopping machine Transfer 

 to rearing ponds The old plan The new plan Floating boxes 



Ponds to be kept quiet Cutting the grass Pond bottoms to 

 be kept clean Earth in ponds Scum on the water Fungus 



Salt Thinning out the fish... ... ... ... ... 228 



CHAPTER XIII. THE YEARLING STAGE. 



Salmonida adapted to cultivation Rising to the fly Fish culture 

 requires experience The food of yearlings Must be properly 

 dispensed Development and selection of stock fish Defor- 

 mitiesPedigree stock Sorting Transit of yearlings Netting 



Preparation necessary Caution to purchasers Yearling 

 nets Yearlings hold their own against large trout Two- 

 year olJs ... .. ... ... .. 2 46 



