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ter with ice, if kept constantly in motion, so as to keep up 

 the supply of oxygen. I have brought 300 trout, one and 

 two years old, twenty miles in a barrel, without changing 

 water, but keeping it cold with ice. Had the water been 

 stUl, they would have lived but a short time. The eggs, 

 after impregnation, may be carried any distance in water, in 

 bottles or pails, or packed in clean, wet sand. In this way 

 all the streams and ponds in the country might be stocked in 

 a few years. The spawn from a few thousand parent trout, 

 thus sent broadcast over the land, would soon fill the streams, 

 and furnish an immense amount of sport to the angler, and 

 most delicious food to the country. 



PEOriTS. 



The first question asked by many is. Can trout-growing be 

 made profitable? My answer is, Yes. At the present price 

 of trout inmarket, which is fifty cents per pound, and ready 

 sale for all that can be bought at that, I know of no other 

 business that can be made more remunerative. Let us 

 make the calculations in the scale of the largest ponds here 

 ^iiscussed, where there is an abundance of pure spring water, 

 viz : 



Cost of buildings, dams and fixtures $6,000 



-Cost of 5,000 parents for spawn, at 50c 2,500 



Three men's labor for four years, at $300 per year 3 ,600 



Cost of feed for 1,000,000 trout for 4 years 20,000 



" " . " 3 " 10,000 



" " " 2 " 4,000 



" " " 1 " 1,000 



Total $47,100 



Now for their value. The million of four year olds will 

 average a pound each, and are worth at least, 25 cents per 

 pound in the pond, which makes the four years olds 



Worth ' $250,000 



1,000,000 3 years, i lb. each 175,000 



