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and should be carefully separated from them in sorting. Of 
course some judgement is required, as in all probability some of 
the best fish will have scattered during the netting, and so will 
turn up at the wrong end of the pond. The other class of fish, if 
put into a pond by themselves and given plenty of good water 
and food, will pull up their condition and improve beyond 
expectation with proper care. 
August if a good month for dealing with yearlings, which are 
now for the first time called by that name, and by the end of the 
month or in September some may be transplanted, provided the 
water for which they are intended is not too far away. It is true 
they are not a year old, but they have reached a very important 
stage in their development, They have already passed through 
three phases or stages of their existence, viz. :—the ovum or egg 
stage, the alevin or yolk sac stage, and the fry stage, during which 
latter they commenced to take food by means of their mouths. 
The last of these stages is passed in spring, and it is one during 
which they will travel long distances with perfect safety. After 
this, however, comes a period when they will not bear removal, 
chiefly owing to the season of the year, and this is during the 
months of June and July and part of August. Not only so, but 
unless they have been treated with skill, a large portion of them 
may die during the months of May and June. To bring the fish 
over this stage of their existence is one great anxiety of the trout 
grower, and by July the survivors are safe, the dangerous time has 
been passed, and the fish are ready for transit again as soon as the 
weather will permit. 
To places that are within easy distance they may be sent in 
September, and often even during the last days of August, and 
the advantage of the early planting has been already alluded to. 
The fish have indeed reached another stage and are yearlings, by 
which name they continue to be known until the weather becomes 
too warm for moving them in the following spring. During the 
same period the fish that were known as yearlings last season now 
become two-year-olds. 
Yearlings are decidedly the best fish to use for stocking 
purposes, taking all into account. The objections to fry have 
already been stated. They do not hold good as regards yearlings, 
