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ponds, at least. I took a few eggs from the race after 'they 

 had been in forty days, and put them in a tumbler in my 

 house where the temperature ranged from fifty to sixty 

 degrees. They hatched in twenty^six days after, twelve 

 days sooner than those in the race. The egg has two skins 

 or membranes ; the trout is formed between them. The first 

 appearance of the egg, as viewed through a magnifying 

 glass, is a red speck on one side near theVhite speck before 

 referred to. This, I think, is the heart. This is about the 

 fortieth day. In two or three days a fine artery is seen 

 running each way from the speck around the egg. About 

 the forty-ninth day the eyes are perceptible ; on the fifty-first 

 day could see the formation of the head and body ; on the 

 sixtieth, could see the heart beat; and the arteries running in 

 all directions. It now shows life, and in a few days bursts 

 the, outer covering, but is still firmly attached to the egg, 

 which, in fact, is a part of the young trout. The young 

 trout, when first hatched, is about half an iach long, and 

 looks and acts more like a wiggler you often see in rain- 

 water, than a trout. It has no fins except the pectorals, just 

 back of the gUls. He lies upon his side almost constantly. 

 On the fifteen day all the rest of the fins are plainly seen, 

 and he now takes on the appearance and action of a trout, 

 and is constantly in motion, darting through the water with 

 great rapidity. It lives upon this sack until it is aUabsorbed, 

 which is about the fortieth day. At this time the young fish 

 begins to seek its own living. He is now one and a quarter 

 inches long. 



FOOD. 



I found, last spring, that the young trout ate and thrived 

 well on the yolk of hens' eggs, boiled hard and crumbled fine. 

 After a few weeks I fed them on hashed Uver. I find this 

 to be the best food for trout of all ages, as they grew rapidly 

 upon it. I feed my trout once a day through the summer, 

 and from two to three times a week through the winter,, as 



