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Propagating goldfish by “stripping” 
or artificial expression, that is, forcibly 
pressing the eggs and milt from the par- 
ent fishes, has been practiced successfully 
for several years by Japanese goldfish 
breeders. More than 80 per centum of 
the eggs are fertile. Usually it is only 
the rare and high-priced fishes that are 
handled in this manner. 
The parent fish should be selected 
among those from three to five years old, 
and should be well formed and perfectly 
healthy. These should be kept separately, 
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and from the end of autumn fed good, 
nourishing food, such as ground shrimp 
mixed with boiled corn meal, or worms, 
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The breeding season depends upon the 
climate, weather, water, temperature 
and other conditions. When the séason 
has so far advanced that the water tem- 
perature is uniformly more than 60 de- 
grees, Fahrenheit, spawning commences. 
Whether or not the fish are ripe can be 
ascertained by a slight pressure on the 
abdomen, or by the actions of the male 
