CHAPTER XXIII. 
REQUISITES AND TOOLS. 
Not many of these are necessary for the raising of goldfish. In 
addition to the ordinary gardening tools used in constructing and 
repairing the ponds, four sizes of dip-nets should be kept near at hand. 
ist. A large one consisting of a heavy iron wire ring, about the 
thickness of a lead-pencil, and measuring about fifteen inches in 
diameter. This ring is securely fastened to a hickory pole seven feet 
in length, and covered with heavy mosquito netting, the bag to be 
about twelve inches deep. . 
and. A medium-sized dip-net of oval shape, measuring six inches 
by ten inches through the center. This is best made of No. 10 brass 
wire, fastened to a handle four feet in length, and covered with finer 
mosquito netting, forming a shallow bag similar to the bowl of a 
spoon. ‘This net is used to remove insects and small fish from the 
water. 
3d. A hand-net of the same size and material as No. 2, with this 
difference, that the handle may be made of the same wire that forms 
the frame. 
4th, A small dip-net, also made of brass wire, No. 16 or 17, in this 
case of sufficiently small size to use in removing fish or insects from 
the hatching-jars. 
Several one-gallon candy-jars for hatching the eggs; several tin 
buckets of different sizes, for carrying and removing fish; a yard or 
two of mosquito netting; some wire netting of the same mesh as that 
used in the guards on the outlets; a thermometer, a couple of musk- 
rat traps, if needed, and a gun to dispose of snakes, birds, etc., 
complete the outfit that is necessary for the proper performance of 
the work in hand. 
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