i8 TROUT CULTURE. 



when the water, eggs, etc., will rush up. The thumb 

 is again applied, and the other end of the tube raised 



FORCEPS AND TUBE. 



by a circular motion of the wrist, when its contents 

 may be examined, and on removing the thumb may 

 be returned to the trough or any other vessel. A few 

 trials give dexterity in the use of this serviceable little 

 piece of apparatus. A few feathers stripped to within 

 an inch of the end, and used for moving eggs under 

 water, are also of service. A pair of spring forceps or 

 nippers will also be required for picking out dead eggs, 

 etc. They should be about six or seven inches long, 

 and have rounded points : they may be obtained at 

 the surgical instrument makers' shops. 



The above is all that will be required for those who 

 buy eggs and hatch them out. Those who spawn their 

 own fishes will require small flue or trammel nets 

 of a suitable size to stretch across the little spawning 

 streams up which the trout run to spawn. They will 



