PROPAGATION AND CARE OF YELLOW PERCH. 
BY NATHAN R. BULLER, PLEASANT MOUND, PENNSYLVANIA. 
Yellow perch is as widely known as the sun fish sometimes 
called yellow Ned. Unlike some fishes called perch it is a true 
perch with the black bass and rock bass as near cousins. It is 
one of the purest types of the family. It is, in fact, the most 
perfect type that swims in American waters. It is one of the 
original representatives of the genus. Far back in the earlier 
ages of the world, during the period the geologists call Devon- 
lan, when fishes were the dominant form of life, perch of a 
character almost identical with the yellow perch of to-day, 
formed part of the family. 
The yellow perch is found in nearly all the waters of Europe 
and those of Eastern America, from Labrador to Georgia, and 
in my opinion should be more extensively propagated, and by 
successfully doing this it can be made to become commercially 
valuable as well as affording ample sport for the disciples of 
Izaak Walton. 
By the advice of my chief, Hon. W. E. Meehan, I have taken 
up the study of the yellow perch, to find out economical meth- 
ods of propagation, and I will relate what my efforts amount to 
thus far, and I trust there will be discussion had and ideas 
advanced by those present who have made efforts in that direc- 
tion. 
In order to demonstrate that yellow perch could be placed 
in ponds and artificially fed, I placed 500 in a pool 150 feet long 
by 45 feet wide, varying in depth from 4 feet to 12 inches. We 
commenced to feed with ground liver and found that in the 
course of time the fish took it very readily. From all appear- 
ances they thrive and continue in a healthy condition. 
These fish, which were yearlings and two-year-olds, were 
placed in a pool one year ago and are the fish that I received my 
eggs from, but I would advise that the parent fish should have 
very large ponds, covering four or five acres if possible, cer- 
tainly not less than one-fourth of an acre. 
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