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SMALL ANIMALS AND INSECTS 



[CnAr. II. 



])0Ik1s, from eggs obtaiiiud IVoiu salmon that come from the sea into fresh- 

 water streams to deposit their eggs at the s^iawning season, without allow- 

 ing the lish ever to swim in sea-water. ^\jid these young fish, it is found, 

 will reproduce their species. 



If wliat we have written should incite any one to undertake to make arti- 

 ficial ])onds, or stock the natural waters uf his farm with that kind of living 

 animals wliieh will give him the cheapest animal food that can be ])roduced, 

 he should first procure and cai'cfuily study the books already published upon 

 tliis question, and, if possible, visit those who have had cxj^ericnce, such as 

 Dr. Garlick, of Cleveland, Ohio, Robert L. Pell, of Ulster Co., N. Y., Messrs. 

 Treat tfc Son, Eastport, Maine, E. C. Kellogg, Hartford, Conn., and many 

 others. 



As an article of diet, there is no mistaking the fact, gained by reading 

 and ol)servation, that it is conducive to health, and particularly that those 

 who use fish as their principal food are exempt from scrofulous and tubercu- 

 lous diseases. This alone should prompt artificial breeding of fish in this 

 country. 



