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fourth thoroughly rotted cow manure or 
one quart of bone meal to each bushel of 
soil. If the manure is not thoroughly 
rotted it will ferment and foul the water. 
It is safer to use the bone meal. Cover 
the soil with an inch of sand to prevent 
discoloration of the water. For smaller 
receptacles choose varieties adapted to 
tub culture, and plant in large lily pots 
or suitable boxes. Use but one plant in 
each pot, and give as much soil as pos- 
sible. The charm of the water lily, to- 
gether with the fact that it provides 
necessary shade during the hot midsum- 
common use range from eighteen inches 
to three feet wide by from three to eight 
feet long, with an inside depth of twelve 
to fifteen inches. Preference is given to 
small sizes when the same volume of 
water can be obtained by using a larger 
number. Small tanks are less liable to 
leak, are easier to handle, permit closer 
sorting of the fish by size, with the re- 
sultant reduction of competition for food, 
permit checking of disease before it 
spreads. 
In making wooden tanks the sides are 
rabbeted to a depth of three-eighths of 
mer, makes it the peer of outdoor plants 
for every aquarist. Catalogs and full 
cultural directions may be obtained from 
specialists. Henry A. Dreer, of Philadel- 
phia, and William Tricker, Arlington, N. 
J., are leaders in this line, and will gladly 
send their catalogs to those seriously in- 
terested. 
For rearing fine goldfish the successful 
breeder uses tubs or wooden tanks. These 
are placed out-of-doors in locations pro- 
tected from the hot sun, or shade is af- 
forded by water lilies or other means. 
Provision is made for running water. 
Wooden tanks of cypress, one and one- 
quarter or one and one-half inches thick, 
are best. The size may be varied to meet 
individual requirements, but those in 
an inch to receive the bottom and end 
boards, and the end boards are rabbeted 
to the same depth to receive the bottom. 
The groove or rabbet should be one and 
one-half inches from the outer edge of 
the board. If it is necessary to use more 
than one board in making the bottom, 
they should be tongued and grooved, or 
slip-tongued and grooved, the latter mak- 
Give all joints a 
coat of thin white lead, following it with 
another coat twenty-four hours later. 
In assembling slip the bottom into the 
grooves in the end boards, and then put 
the sides in place. Small tanks may be 
joined together with lag 
screws, using screws three by three- 
eighths for one and one-quarter inch 
ing a superior joint. 
galvanized 
