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apparent as to convince the most skeptical. It is 

 indisputable; and those who have once visited a 

 trout stream the year after it has been stocked, 

 and have seen the young fish then from three to 

 five inches in length darting out from under the 

 weeds and roots, will need no further proof as to the 

 practicability of trout culture. In such cases one 

 may almost say that the number taken from a stream 

 will depend simply upon the number put in, provid- 

 ed the stream is well stocked with food for them, 

 while the cost of hatching and transporting is small, 

 indeed, when compared with the pleasure that is 

 derived. 



No brook, that has once contained trout, need be 

 without them, if the waters remain pure and cold. 

 I believe there are no waters more satisfactory to 

 stock than brook-trout streams, because they are 

 always before you. When waters are stocked with 

 shad or salmon, these fish migrate to the ocean, and 

 only return once a year for the purpose of spawning. 

 Salmon-trout and white-fish stay most of the time 

 in the deep waters of our lakes ; but brook-trout 

 remain where they are placed, grow, and are caught, 

 and contribute directly to the support and amuse- 

 ment of the people. 



Streams that have been wholly worthless in pro- 

 ducing food can be replenished, and be made a very 

 valuable addition to the farm. 



