CHAPTER VIII 



TROUT. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FRY 



(Continued) 



IN the last chapter I brought my reader up to 

 the point where the fry, which had been 

 feeding for some time in the rearing boxes, had 

 been judiciously separated, the weaker and 

 smaller fish which took up their positions at the 

 lower ends of the boxes having been put into 

 separate boxes and induced as much as possible 

 to keep at the head near to where the current 

 enters. 



It is difficult to lay down any certain rule as 

 to what is the best time at which to take the 

 next step that of turning the fry out into the 

 rearing ponds. When the fry have got into 

 more or less regular habits, and showing no fear 

 of whoever it is who feeds them, come up readily 

 and seize the food boldly, is probably the best 

 time to let them out into the larger space of the 

 pond. I do not mean to say that when a certain 



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