64 Trout Culture. 



fry are sure to be more forward than others and 

 require food sooner. Whenever a lot of fish 

 show themselves ready to feed they must have 

 a regular supply of it daily at proper intervals. 



The most " growing " food for trout is 

 insects, as proved by experiments of Mr. Stod- 

 dart, who confined three lots of fish in three 

 tanks, feeding one lot on worms, another on live 

 minnows, and the third on insects : those fed 

 on insects outweighed the other two lots put 

 together. 



Where gnats are to be found in large swarms, 

 and when there, is plenty of leisure to secure 

 a supply with an insect net, they form a 

 first-rate food, as the fry are very fond of them, 

 grow very rapidly on them, and get into the 

 habit of " rising to the fly," which is a great 

 advantage to them in after life, when turned 

 loose to shift for themselves. 



Unless, however, the supply is perfectly 

 ample, the fish-rearer had better look elsewhere 



