On Stocking. 1 1 



The produce of breeders when confined are 

 looked on with distrust especially in Germany ; 

 and we think with much reason, if and where 

 the breeders are wild fish caught and confined 

 for spawning purposes, for the same reason that 

 wild animals in zoological gardens are unsatis- 

 factory as breeders. 



But when the trout are domesticated, per- 

 haps for four or five generations, when their 

 characters are studied, and when individual 

 trout are as well known as prize rams, or a Field 

 trial setter and their parentage not one whit 

 more uncertain when, in fact, they are not only 

 domesticated, but bred to points in the same 

 manner as a Clydesdale or a short-horn, the 

 fish-culturist gains the power to produce eggs 

 of varying qualities, and selects those best suited 

 to whatever water he desires to stock. The con- 

 finement of the breeders ceases to be a makeshift, 

 and becomes a primary factor in improving and 

 adapting the race of trout to the high standard of 

 modern necessities and modern requirements. 



The production of Ova thus comes to depend 

 on the establishment of a trout farm, farmed on 

 scientific principles, and containing ponds large 

 enough and deep enough for the heaviest 

 spawners. The ponds must be numerous, so that 

 the various ages may be separated, and it is 

 advantageous even to separate the sexes of the 



