46 TROUT CULTURE. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 REARING. 



"\ "X THEN the umbilical sac or vesicle has quite dis- 



* appeared, and the young fry can swim actively 



about, the time will have come for feeding to commence. 



No one need have any anxiety as to how soon to 

 offer food, as the fry will plainly show when they are 

 inclined for it, by darting at any little insect or other 

 small object floating on the water. Throw a few gnats 

 on the water, if there be any uncertainty, or cast in a 

 very little finely chopped liver, and if ready for their 

 meal the fry will cause a total disappearance of gnat 

 or liver in a marvellously short time. 



It is wise at this time daily to test the most forward 

 lot in this manner, as some of the fry are sure to be more 

 forward than others and require food sooner. When- 

 ever a lot of fish show themselves ready to feed they 

 must have a regular supply of it daily at proper 

 intervals. 



Before the return of Mr. Silk, Pisciculturist to Lord 

 Exeter, from America, the question of rearing the fry 

 was a most difficult one ; anybody could hatch, but 

 very few succeeded in rearing with ease and certainty. 

 Mr. Silk has successfully solved the difficulty by his 

 feeding-box. 



This consists of a long wooden trough with a small 

 chamber at the head for the water to flow into, with 

 a slip of tin nailed on its effluent side, so that the 



