. Domesticated trout [microform] : how to breed and grow them. Fish culture; Trout; Pisciculture; Truite. 2(y(^ TROUT. i !. I Cost of buildings and fixtures ;i^C),ooo 5,000 paiiiils (or spawn, at 50 ccMits . . 2,500 I'lircc UR'u's for lour years, at |)C"r year .^<^'0u C"ost of lood (or 1,000,000 trout lor 4 years . 20,000 •' " •• '• J years . 10,000 '* *• " •' 2 years . 4,000 " '* " •' 1 year . 1,000 Total ;is 47,100 Now for (lieir value. The million of foin yeai olds will aver- iige a pounil eaeii, and are worth at least twenty-live
. Domesticated trout [microform] : how to breed and grow them. Fish culture; Trout; Pisciculture; Truite. 2(y(^ TROUT. i !. I Cost of buildings and fixtures ;i^C),ooo 5,000 paiiiils (or spawn, at 50 ccMits . . 2,500 I'lircc UR'u's for lour years, at |)C"r year .^<^'0u C"ost of lood (or 1,000,000 trout lor 4 years . 20,000 •' " •• '• J years . 10,000 '* *• " •' 2 years . 4,000 " '* " •' 1 year . 1,000 Total ;is 47,100 Now for (lieir value. The million of foin yeai olds will aver- iige a pounil eaeii, and are worth at least twenty-live cents |)er pound in the pond, whieli makes the 1,000,000 4 year-olds worth .... )is 250,000 " 3 , .] ])ound eaeh . 175,000 " 2-year-olds, .[ iiouiul eaeh . . 87,000 " l-year-okls, 7 o/. eaeh . . 30,000 The worth of all trouble at the end of four years $542,000 Peduet the price of growing .... 47,000 I'lofit ;I^ 495-00O As these figures staiul, they cannot serve as a guitle to lisli-breeders at present, for no one begins to i arry on the business on this immense scale. Ikit suppose we (li\icle the figures by 50, which brings ihe scale within reach, we then have a profit of $ 10,000 on an establishment turning out 20,000 four year-old trout 'I'his, I believe, would be not far from tlu- truth but for one itiiii, which Mr. Ainsworlh tlid not take in, but which closely follows every business like an evil genius, namely, risk. "What this fluctuating item ought to be in the above calculation, I will not attempt to say, but I am afraid that at the time the estimate was made it was more than enough to swal- low up the profits. It has been growing less and less 't !. 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. Charlestown, N. H. :
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