44 TROUT CULTURE. 



taneously in the water, and stem the stream flowing 

 over them though they still carry a vestige of the 

 umbilical vesicle or sac. 



There is hardly a more enjoyable sight in store for 

 the breeder of trout than to see a trough full of young 

 trout balancing themselves in the water, with every fin 

 in action, now stemming the stream as it runs in from 

 above, and then retiring to a quieter place to recover 

 themselves after the exertion. 



Now, and for some time after, a great tendency will 

 be manifested by the young fish to go down stream, 

 especially at night. The writer has almost emptied 

 the bottom trough of a series, and next morning has 

 found it crowded with others. Every effort and much 

 ingenuity will be evinced by the fish ; therefore the 

 greatest care should be taken to see that no chance 

 fault or flaw is left uncared for in the perforated zinc 

 or outlet screen, or great will be the loss, as the trout 

 will follow each other like a flock of sheep, if once an 

 opening be discovered. This is a very pleasant time 

 for the fish-breeder ; the fish require no food as yet, 

 and very few die ; so that he has only to look over 

 his stock every day, to pick out any chance dead ones 

 carefully, and to admire the wealth of life moving 

 beneath his eyes. 



Before closing this chapter, to treat of the method 

 of feeding and rearing the completely formed fish, we 

 think it advisable to repeat two or three of the chief 

 points in hatching, on which success depends. 



Have everything in perfect order before commencing 

 operations, and the water running gently through the 

 apparatus a day or two before eggs are expected. 

 Use only freely flowing eggs and milt, use a sufficiency 



