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had been reached ; aye, ninety also, but only 

 by old and knowing operators. By the new 

 process the mere tyro may obtain ninety or 

 ninety-five per cent. 



The following account showing the discovery 

 and superiority of the " Russian " or dry method 

 of spawning was printed in the ' New York 

 Citizen and Round Table,' May 27, 1871, and 

 published in ' Domesticated Trout,' by L. Stone: 



" In his experiments, M. Vrasski had followed 

 the counsels given in French and German works 

 on pisciculture, but the results obtained were 

 far from being brilliant. In reality, at each 

 hatching, he obtained but an insignificant 

 number. ' From many thousands of eggs,' 

 says he in a letter, 'there were only some 

 dozens of young fry. The rest of the eggs 

 were lost and spoilt for want of being impreg- 

 nated. I have, however, followed with scru- 

 pulous exactness all the directions given in the 

 manuals for fecundation.' In the autumn of 



