14 FISH CULTURE 



odorata). During hot summer days bass love 

 to lie underneath the shade of its leaves, but 

 care must be taken not to permit the plants to 

 gain such a strong hold as to clog the pond and 

 prevent free work. 



Quarters for Fry and Fingerlings. — ^Ponds 

 for the exclusive use of the advanced fry or 

 fingerlings of bass are just as necessary as 

 ponds for brood-fish. It is difficult to have too 

 many ponds. It is recommended that there be 

 not less than five fry-ponds for every brood- 

 pond of about ten thousand square feet, and 

 each of considerable area, with a combined area 

 equal at least to that of the brood-pond. The 

 more room there is for the advanced fry and 

 fingerlings the less wiU be the amount of canni- 

 balism. 



A large number of medium-sized ponds for 

 advanced fry and fingerlings, instead of one or 

 two large ponds, is preferable, because it is es- 

 sential to control or closely supervise the fish, 

 which cannot be done if the body of water is 

 very large. The dimensions of the fry-ponds 

 will be governed by the available ground, the 

 quantity of natural food which can be bred, 



