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PRACTICAL CARP CULTURE. 



For clear water seining two or more seines of this length may be fastened 

 end to end. 



In smaller ponds various kinds of home made dip nets, bag nets, and 

 lift nets are used to take out the fish. 



BAG NET. 



The illustration represents a bag net that may be made by any 

 farmer. The handle is 7 or 8 feet long and made of hickory wood; the 

 ring is made of % inch iron with ends welded together and 18 to 21 inches 

 in diameter. At 8 a screw is placed to keep the net and ring from slip- 

 ping off the handle; the material used to form the bag is bobby netting. 



SINKER NET. 



This net may be made almost any size to suit. The ring and cross 

 bows are made of an iron thick in proportion to its size, and constitute 

 the only sinker necessary. The material attached to the ring is minnow 



