. Domesticated trout. How to breed and grow them. Fish-culture; Trout. REARING OF THE YOUNG FRY. 195 sides the tank,* a water-pail, a bag of ice, tin dipper or bellows, and a sponge. The ice will be all needed before night, if the weath- er is warm. The pail is a convenience in various ways, the dipper or bel- lows t is for aerating the water, and the sponge is for the floor of the car, if the water slops over. Be careful to have plenty of help when you load into the car, and also at every change of cars, for, different from other mer- chandise, an upset is of- ten a total loss. J Keep the tem
. Domesticated trout. How to breed and grow them. Fish-culture; Trout. REARING OF THE YOUNG FRY. 195 sides the tank,* a water-pail, a bag of ice, tin dipper or bellows, and a sponge. The ice will be all needed before night, if the weath- er is warm. The pail is a convenience in various ways, the dipper or bel- lows t is for aerating the water, and the sponge is for the floor of the car, if the water slops over. Be careful to have plenty of help when you load into the car, and also at every change of cars, for, different from other mer- chandise, an upset is of- ten a total loss. J Keep the temperature ^^^ ^^'â ^^"^'' °° "^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^' p^^'^^^- of the water very low all day with ice, â using large pieces when standing still, and small pieces when in motion, as the large pieces are then apt to bruise and kill the fish. Do not change the water en route, but give it a thorough aeration once in half an hour. The aerating will be sure to keep them alive, while * The Troutdale Transit Tank is recommended as an excel- lent thing to carry live fish in. See Dr. Slack's Catalogue of fish culturists' apparatus. A common flour-barrel, well soaked, with floats on the top of the water to prevent slopping, is a very good impromptu afiair for carrying live fish. t A common hand fire-bellows is as good an extempore aerat- ing machine as can be found. t See Appendix II., on Journeys with Live Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stone, Livingston, 1836-1912. Boston, J. R. Osgood and company
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