n6 How to obtain it. 



(Messrs. Graham and Morton, of Stirling, are very convenient, and 

 do not readily get out of order. They also 

 stand the wear and tear of railway traffic as 

 well as anything. Similar cans were first 

 used in America, and I consider them 

 about as good for travelling yearlings as 

 properly made carboys are for travelling 

 fry. I have also travelled two-year-olds in 

 them very successfully, and on several 

 occasions larger fish. When used for large 

 fish, however, the work should only be done 

 by those who thoroughly understand the 

 matter, or the result may not be altogether FIG 5 . FISH CARRIER. 

 satisfactory. 



I am often asked which is the best time of the year for 

 turning out yearlings. In reply to the query there are many 

 points to consider. I have turned them out every month in the 



Syear, from August to May, and carefully noted results ; and the 

 fish turned out during the latter end of August, or as early in 

 September as practicable, have won the prize. They have made 

 better fish the following summer than those turned out in spring. 

 The only objection to the plan is that we often have warm 

 weather just then, and, therefore, the cost of the work is much 

 greater than it is a little later, say in November. 



It is only in the care of experts that trout can be travelled in 

 August, but when once safely introduced to the water, they make 

 good progress. They are taken from the nursery ponds, where 

 they have been herded together and have not room to grow as 

 they might do, and are put into water where they have ample 

 room, at a time when it is well stocked with natural food. They 

 have been fed several times daily, and are, therefore, accustomed 

 to having a good and regular supply of food. The starving they 

 get whilst being transferred makes them feel hungry, and the 

 consequence is that they begin to feed at once. They have come 

 from crowded waters, where the natural food was all cleared out, 

 and they were dependent on the artificial. They like the natural 

 food better, and they eat freely and thrive upon it amazingly, 

 getting thoroughly acclimatized before winter sets in. As a result 



