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" The fish, after hatching, should be fed twice daily for two 

 or three months, then once a day the grown fish once a day 

 or oftener. For the young fish, liver should be scraped and 

 chopped very fine, and mixed with water, to give it about the 

 consistency of clotted blood. Toss this to the fish a little at 

 a time, so that they can catch and devour it before it reaches 

 the bottom of the trough ; no more should be given than the 

 fish will eat, because if any is left it will settle on the bottom 

 and foul the water, and the fish will sicken and die. The fish 

 may be fed on curds, fish offal, or other animal matter, pro- 

 vided it be small enough for Ijiein to swallow." 



EVERY FARMER SHOULD HAVE A TROUT PRESERVE. 



From a perusal of the foregoing descriptions for breeding 

 salmon and trout by the most celebrated and successful fish- 

 culturists, it will be perceived that they do not differ much 

 in the modus operandi. Nearly every farmer has a spring 

 on his place yielding surplus water sufficient to hatch trout 

 in boxes. If he does not wish to go to much expense in 

 erecting a dam to form a preserve, he might at least hatch 

 the trout in boxes and sell them, for they are as ready sale as 

 any product of a farm. Mr. Ainsworth, of Bloomfield, N. Y., 

 said : " The original stock (of trout) was put in my pond, con- 

 taining 61 square rods of ground, 14 feet deep, supplied with 

 springs, three years ago, 1400 in number, age from 1 to 4 

 years. They weigh now from 1 to 3 pounds each. They are 

 about as tame as kittens come at call, and show themselves 

 clear out of water in their haste for food by the five hundred 

 at a time, and some take it out of a spoon six inches above 

 the water. Think of seeing five hundred trout all at the 

 same instant, weighing from 1 to 3 pounds, and from 12 to 18 

 inches long !" 



A two-pound trout will furnish about 8000 spawn, smaller 

 ones less in proportion. They commence spawning when one 

 year old. 



In this way they can be increased and grown to any ex- 



