CHAPTER XXIX. 
REQUISITES AND TOOLS, 
Not many of these are necessary for the raising of gold- 
fish. In addition to the ordinary gardening tools used in con- 
structing and repairing the ponds, four sizes of dip-mets 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 fif- 
ten 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. 
2d. 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; 
137 
