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that way for .many days, when they drop off. Thence 

 forward they look out for their own food. A single 

 lobster will hatch as many as 1,000 young. If there are 

 many lobsters in a pond it will be necessary to feed them, 

 but any refuse from a slaughter-house or fish-market will 

 answer for this purpose. 



FROG CULTURE. There are many stagnant pools about 

 the country useless in their present state, which can be 

 utilized by converting them into frog ponds, and the 

 man who could raise a million of frogs and get them 

 safely to market would be a wealthy man. The diffi- 

 culties to be encountered are many and varied, but can 

 be overcome by patience and perseverance. To those 

 who feel disposed to take, advantage of it, the following 

 results of two year's experience will prove beneficial. 



Take a dipper and go to the pond where the frog casts 

 its spawn. A close examination will reveal a small 'glu- 

 tinous mass which is to be dipped up very carefully lest 

 the mass be broken and the spawn lost. Place them in 

 a pail filled with water and take them to your hatching- 

 box, which is made after the fashion of the shad hatching 

 box, two feet long and eighteen inches wide, with No. 

 12 gas-tarred wire sieving on the bottom. Anchor the 

 box in a gentle current. They will hatch in from seven 

 to fifteen days, according to the temperature of the 

 water. Soon after they are hatched they should be 

 turned loose in a pond prepared with great care, as they 

 have numerous enemies, such as fish, snakes, birds, 

 lizards, coons and many other animals. The pond 

 should be made where the ground is springy, and should 

 have plenty of soft muck at the bottom. In this the 

 frog lies during the winter. The pond should have a 

 light board fence around it so that animals could not get 

 in, and should be built so close to the water that no bird 



