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England* at $25 a thousand, and yearlings at $100 

 a thousand. Many thousands of them could be sold 

 at this day for these, and even at an advance on 

 these prices, if the fish could be had. The supply 

 this year (1871) has not nearly kept up with the de- 

 mand. 



We here find in the sale of young stock quite an 

 addition to the sources of the trout grower's income, 

 and I am informed by those who are operating near 

 the large cities that a very considerable revenue could 

 be obtained at their places by charging an admission- 

 fee to visitors. 



There is also money to be made by buying and fat- 

 tening trout for the market, when you can buy them 

 cheap enough. Good thriving trout less than four 

 years old will double their weight in a year, and some- 

 times much more. Therefore, if you put a thousand 

 pounds of them in a pond, securely protected, they will 



* The price-list of Cold Spring Trout Ponds for 1871 is as 

 follows : 



Trout Spawn, warranted live and healthy, per thousand $ 10.00 

 Young Trout, one inch long, first thousand . . . 30.00 



Each additional thousand 25.00 



Yearling Trout, four or five inches long, per thousand 100.00 

 Trout for the Table, dead weight, per pound . . . i.oo 

 Salmon Spawn, warranted live and healthy, per thousand 50.00 



Each additional thousand 25.00 



Young Salmon, first thousand 100.00 



Each additional thousand 50.00 



Young Black Bass, first thousand 50.00 



Each additional thousand 25.00 



This is a fair statement of prices current. Some dealers charge 

 more, some charge less. 



