CHAPTEE XIV 

 CTJLTUEE OF YELLOW PERCH 



Fob several years there has been a steadily 

 increasing demand for yellow perch, which is 

 now regarded as one of the staple market 

 fishes, as its flesh is not only very palatable but 

 firm and flaky in character. This fact, to- 

 gether with rather a tough skin, and heavy, 

 tenaciously clinging scales, makes it good to 

 keep and ship. 



A ntimber of years ago the United States Fish 

 Commission demonstrated the fact that yellow- 

 perch eggs could be artificially hatched, but it 

 was in Pennsylvania that the work was first 

 begun on a large scale. Eggs may be taken 

 from the female with almost the same ease as 

 from trout, and the milt will flow from the male 

 at the slightest pressure of the finger; but ex- 

 perience shows that artificial expression and 



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