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JUST PUBLISHED. 
PRACTICAL 
TROUT CULTURE. 
- By J. H. SLACK, M.D., 
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TroutdaU Ponds, near Bloomsbury, N. J. 
ILLUSTRATED. 
Introduction. 
Chapter I.- 
Chapter 
Chapter 
Chapter 
Chapter 
Chapter 
Chapter VII.- 
Ciiapter VIII.- 
CnAPTER IX.- 
Chapter X.- 
Chapter XI.- 
Chapter XII.- 
II. 
III. 
IV.- 
V.- 
VI. 
CONTENTS: 
-Ilistory of Fish Culture. 
-Choosing a Location. 
-Planning and Construction of Ponds. 
-Hatching- Houses and Apparatus. 
-Spawning Races. 
-Artificial Impregnation. 
-Incubation. 
-Care of Young in Nursery. 
-First Year. 
-Second and Third Years. 
-Transportation. 
-Bibliography of Fish Culture. 
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