. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. hen retires tohis lurkmg place again, wliere he remains twenty minutes, with only occasional visits to thefemale before he recovers from the exhaustion which he has undergone. The female doesnot seem to rest; she contmues covering the eggs and does not then leave the place. Thereason for this is that she has not yet emitted all her eggs, for trout occupy some time intheir spawning, laying their eggs at intervals, as they become ripe. Observers diff
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. hen retires tohis lurkmg place again, wliere he remains twenty minutes, with only occasional visits to thefemale before he recovers from the exhaustion which he has undergone. The female doesnot seem to rest; she contmues covering the eggs and does not then leave the place. Thereason for this is that she has not yet emitted all her eggs, for trout occupy some time intheir spawning, laying their eggs at intervals, as they become ripe. Observers differ as to thelength of time occupied in spawning. The time is not usually more than three days, althoughsometimes extending to six days, the female covering the eggs as she emits them. When it is understood that some of the eggs do not sink into the nest, but are carried offby the current, and that only a part of every hatch escape the jaws of their parents, and ofthe many trout swimming around the spawning place, one may begin to perceive the advant-age of artificial methods To make the danger of loss greater, after the nest is finished, the. HATCHING BOXES. parents gone, and the eggs nicely hatched, another pair come along intent on similar busi-ness. The female sees the place where the first has laid her eggs, and, fancying it a goodspot for her own nest, begins to make one there. As soon as the eggs are uncovered, by thepreparatory operations, the pair eat up all they can find, and then proceed to lay their owneggs, only perhaps, to be served in the same way by others. When it is considered, also,that all kinds of water-fowl are fond of these eggs and diligently search after them, and thatin the spring time the young fry furnish a large proportion of food for the older ones, thewonder seems to be, not tliat there are so few trout in our streams, but that there are any cause of the rapid diminution of trout in settled countries, is the tame ducks whichare allowed
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