TROUT CULTURE. 



CHAPTER I. 

 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS. 



three qualities most needed in order to 

 * become a successful trout-rearer, are Patience, 

 Endurance, and Ingenuity. Without, these no enter- 

 prise can well succeed, and pisciculture is assuredly 

 no exception. In fish breeding patience is required, 

 because its duties ai;e what some might call mono- 

 tonous : the round of work is regular, and must be 

 carried on much the same, day after day, month after 

 month, with, it may be, very slight variation ; but still, 

 the work soon grows into a habit, and when once a 

 system has been formed the tiresomeness of daity 

 duties is much lessened ; and from daily association a 

 sort of attachment spontaneously grows up between 

 the attendant and his charges, which does much to 

 dispel the monotony of the work. 



Endurance, again, is needed, as the spawning and 

 hatching of trout take place in winter, and the cold- 

 ness of the water is very trying to the hands and arms ; 

 this, however, is but a small matter if the rest of the 



