138 Modern Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 



same time for board. If a pond is handled in this 

 manner I think there is money in it." 



CHAPTER XL 



PLANTING FRY. 



The proper time for planting fry is just previous to 

 their first taking of food; in other words, before the 

 yolk sack is entirely absorbed. Just as they begin to 

 swim from the bottom upward they should be removed 

 instanter. It will not answer to wait longer, as the 

 first hatched will become emaciated and weak, and if 

 they do not die in transportation they will not try to 

 secure food and will soon perish. Numerous failures 

 in restocking depleted streams are attributed to keep- 

 ing the fry too long in the hatching troughs. The 

 most satisfactory results will always be obtained by 

 planting the fry, when they have arrived at the proper 

 size, in suitable waters, where there is an abundance of 

 natural food, and here their instinct of self-preserva- 

 tion will develop the same as in fish that are hatched 

 naturally. 



I write this strongly, as I have steadily opposed feed- 

 ing the fish and planting in the fall as "fingerlings," or 

 the next spring as "yearlings," by the State Commis- 

 sions, on account of the expense being greater than the 

 advantages. The planting of yearlings has been advo- 

 cated for the past eight or ten years and many papers 



