66 Trout Culture. 



and present a beautiful appearance. A portion 

 of the clump is to be torn off and given to the 

 fish, care being taken, especially at first, to 

 spread them about in the water, so that the fry 

 can get at them easily, and share alike. 



Three or four meals a day are quite enough at 

 first, and the worms or gnats (or both) should 

 be continued for six or eight weeks, till the fry 

 have grown plump and strong and are able to 

 take larger food. 



But before this the thinning-out process must 

 be taken in hand. Trout require plenty of 

 elbow room, and if they are cooped up too 

 closely will not thrive or feed so well, and very 

 often take to nibbling at each other, or worse, 

 to habits of utter cannibalism, things to be 

 avoided by all means ; therefore the fish-rearer 

 should, ere this, have made arrangements for the 

 transfer of his fry to quarters where more space 

 will be afforded to them. 



There are three ways of doing this, either by 



