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AKTIFICIAL SPAWNING. 



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subject operated upon to be a salmon : Well, first catch 

 your fish ; and here I may state that male salmon are a great 

 deal scarcer than female ones, but fortunately one of the 

 former will milt two or even three of the latter, so that the 



GUTTERS FOR HATCHING PURPOSES. 



scarcity is not so much felt as it might otherwise be. The 

 fish, then, having been caught, it should be seen, before 

 operating, that the spawn is perfectly matured, and that being 

 the case, the salmon should be held in a large tub, well buried 

 in the water it contains, while the hand is gently passed 

 along its abdomen, when, if the ova be ripe, the eggs will 

 flow out like so many peas. The eggs must be carefully 

 roused or washed, and the water should thea be poured off. 

 The male salmon may be then handled in a similar way, the 

 contact of the milt immediately changing the eggs into a 

 brilliant pink colour. After being again washed, the 



