110 FISH CULTURE 



they believed to be the much more safely and 

 just as easily manipulated. Such a bulb can be 

 procured at any drug store by asking for an 

 infant syringe, and a little practice will enable 

 a man to pick up eggs with great rapidity and 

 skill. 



The bulb is undoubtedly far superior to a 

 spoon or feather for feeding advanced fry, en- 

 abling the work to be done in half the time and 

 more thoroughly. There must also be con- 

 stantly about the place a bundle of turkey 

 feathers for feathering eggs and fry in the 

 troughs, besides small scap nets, fine-meshed 

 seines, long-handled scoop-nets and other nets 

 necessary for handling fish. There must also 

 be a liberal supply of wire-mesh for egg-trays, 

 which is tacked on wooden frames a trifle nar- 

 rower than the interior width of the hatching 

 trough. It is also necessary to keep on hand 

 several bags of salt, and bags of cement for 

 emergency work. Galvanised wire-netting of 

 various sizes for screens, and a barrel of tar 

 and brushes of several sizes and styles should 

 be conveniently at hand. 



