1 12 Modern Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 

 CHAPTER VIII. 



PONDS. 



The first thing to be considered is the intention of 

 the owner and what he wishes to do with his pond or 

 ponds. He may want as large a pond as possible in 

 which trout will feed themselves and afford him fish- 

 ing for himself and friends, or to market some trout 



each spring. He may wish to have a hatchery and 

 rearing ponds to stock his main pond with, or to have 

 a series of ponds in which to grow trout on artificial 

 food. 

 There are several ways in which trout may be culti- 



