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PRACTICAL TROUT CULTURE. 



which may afterward give trouble in their new 

 home. Boiling the moss will destroy these, but 

 would render the moss very liable to decomposi- 

 tion. Sponge, thoroughly cleaned and cut in 

 small pieces, has been used with success, and 

 where moss could not be procured we have found 

 it a good substitute. To prevent freezing and pre- 

 serve an equable temperature nothing more is nec- 

 essary than to place the box in a tin pail, and 



Fio. 87. SPAWTT PACKED FOB TRAKSFOBTATION. 

 A, A, A, A, MOM ; B, B, B, Spawn ; 1, Spawn Box ; 2, 2, 2, Kettle ; 3, 3, 3, 3, BawduaU 



thoroughly surround it with sawdust well packed, 

 and all is done that can be done. We are aware 

 of the existence of a patent spawn transporter, 

 costing as many dollars as the ordinary one does 

 cents, but have not been able to find that it pre- 

 sents sufficient advantages to compensate for the 

 increased expense. 



