TAKING THE EGGS. 123 



PLACING THE SPAWN. 



This is a very simple process, After the eggs in the 

 pan are thoroughly rinsed, take them to the hatching 

 house, and set back the water in the hatching trough 

 so that it will be about two inches deep. Then place 

 one end of the pan below the surface of the water, 

 and, drawing it slowly backwards up stream, gradually 

 pour the eggs out under water. If you give the pan a 

 sort of sifting motion, it will distribute the eggs rather 

 more evenly. When the eggs are all out, take a 

 feather and separate and place them as you wish to 

 have them remain. It is best, on the whole, in placing 

 the eggs through the season, to begin at the bottom of 

 the hatching trough and work up, because by this plan 

 the shells and other waste matter coming from the 

 hatched eggs are not carried down upon the others 

 still hatching. 



