52 TEOUT CULTURE. 



Some of the fry will be found to thrive better than 

 others in the same box or division ; these have a ten- 

 dency to bully their weaker brethren, and fin-nibbling, 

 or even cannibalism, may be the result. They should, 

 therefore, be removed to a place by themselves, or else 

 turned out into the stream. They may be hunted 

 down and caught in a small hand-net, made of cap- 

 netting sewn to a wire frame, which is fixed in a tool 

 handle. 



HAND-NET. 



A box, as figured above, say 6 feet long by 15 

 inches wide, will hold from 15,000 to 20,000 fry at 

 first) but as they grow more space is required, and 

 they must be thinned out, either into other boxes, or 

 in such other way as the requirements, judgment, and 

 discretion of the pisciculturist may indicate. 



By such a system of management fry may be kept 

 and made to "grow like weeds " until July, when the 

 ponds or streams will have been prepared for their 

 reception, and, as gardeners phrase it, "they are ready 

 for a shift." When turned out, if the commissariat 

 has been well-organized and looked after, many of the 

 fry will be two inches long some more, some less 

 but all will be fat and well-grown. 



As to the precise time for turning the fry into 

 stream or pond, much depends on the temperature of 



