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ers of fat. It appeared that the proprietor*had for 

 over a year fed them twice a day all they could 

 eat, and the result was, as might be expected, 

 barren and unhealthy fishes. Commence feeding 

 always at the upper end of the pond, that the un- 

 eaten fragments may be carried downward toward 

 the fishes in the lower portion. Of course as the 

 fishes increase in size, the size of the fragments of 

 meat fed them may be proportionately increased ; 

 but in no case should they be so large but that they 

 can readily pass through the fish-screen at the 

 lower end of the ponds. From neglect of this we 

 have seen many screens clogged up with a mass of 

 half -putrid meat, disgusting to the touch and diffi- 

 cult to remove. 



