8 THE GOLDFISH AND ITS CULTURE. 



The annual sale of goldfish in this country at the present day 

 may be estimated at two millions, and of a value of $300,000. 



Although this number is greatly exceeded by Europe, ours are 

 their superior in quality, and the wholesale prices received for them 

 are from one hundred to five hundred per centum higher than those 

 paid to European culturists, who are at present endeavoring to 

 compete in the American market. 



