CHAPTER XIV. 



SEASON 1875-76. 

 CONSTRUCTION MIDDLETHIRD. 



MIDDLETHIRD hatching-house was too limited in hatching capacity 

 for next season's work ; so, after much thought, I determined to 

 clear out the rearing-boxes, and fit the house up solely for hatch- 

 ing ; but as sediment was still a danger, and as a filter in the 

 house would, under the proposed arrangement, take up much 

 space, I cut the supply aqueduct a few feet above the house and 

 placed a second filter, fitted with finer wire screens, immediately 

 above the house. I then made 



A DISTRIBUTING-SPOUT 



the length of the house, and fed it from the outside filter. This 



FIG. 125 scale fa. 



FIG. 126 scale fa. 



spout was placed perfectly level, and small spouts fed the hatch- 

 ing-boxes. The distributing-spout was built of flooring, 1|- inch 



