PRACTICAL INSTEUCTIONS 

 F I S H-R A I S I N G 



CHAPTEK FIKST 



PROCESSES OF ARTIFICIAL FECtrNDATION. 



If artificial fecundation with the eggs of any species 

 of fish whatever is tried, care must be taken, 

 at spawning time, to bring together in a pond 

 all the fish of that kind intended to be operated 

 upon. Then, having a proper receptacle for the 

 eggs, whether of glass, earthenware, wood, or even 

 of iron tinned, it matters not, — ^provided it has a fiat 

 bottom, as wide at least as its mouth, so that the 

 eggs may spread over it and not lie heaped up, — 

 and having carefully cleaned the vessel, one or two 

 pints of clear water should be emptied into it. 



When these preparations are made, a female fish 

 should be taken, and held by the head and thorax 

 with the left hand, while the right band, its thumb 



