AMATEUR FISH CULTURE 



ful, and works with intelligence, it is quite 

 possible that he may succeed better than he 

 had hoped and rear a good head of fish at a 

 less cost than the purchase of yearlings. In any 

 case he will have had a great deal of pleasure 

 and gained experience as well as reared some fish. 

 In the present little volume, I propose to try 

 and deal with fish culture in such a way as to 

 help the amateur who wishes to rear fish to 

 stock his own water. Much of the existing 

 literature of the subject deals with it on such 

 a large scale that the amateur is frightened to 

 attempt what is apparently so huge an under- 

 taking. Fish culture may, however, be carried 

 out on a small scale with success, and though 

 considerable attention is necessary, particularly 

 with young Salmonidce, it is not a task which in- 

 volves a very great proportion of the time of any 

 one undertaking it. It is absolutely necessary, 

 however, that the amateur fish culturist should 

 live on the spot, or have some one who is in- 

 telligent and perfectly trustworthy who does. 

 In every case in my experience, trusting the 

 care of young fish to a keeper or servant has 

 resulted in failure, and in every failure I have 

 seen where the fish have not been trusted to the 



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