. Domesticated trout [microform] : how to breed and grow them. Fish culture; Trout; Pisciculture; Truite. GROWING THE LARGE TROUT. 219 It of but hem- ich to entity r, and ances, s five r-olds, should 2 year, ar-olds t under will fc- one per in good Duld do ilso ob- 3lds five e pound 4- 5- 6. 7- dew before the sun. If you observe the following di- rections, many of which are only repetitions of what has been previously said, I think your trout will be safe: — 1. Guard against freshets. 2. Avoid overstocking. 3. Guard against heated water. Handle carefully. Keep the trout well sorted. Never let
. Domesticated trout [microform] : how to breed and grow them. Fish culture; Trout; Pisciculture; Truite. GROWING THE LARGE TROUT. 219 It of but hem- ich to entity r, and ances, s five r-olds, should 2 year, ar-olds t under will fc- one per in good Duld do ilso ob- 3lds five e pound 4- 5- 6. 7- dew before the sun. If you observe the following di- rections, many of which are only repetitions of what has been previously said, I think your trout will be safe: — 1. Guard against freshets. 2. Avoid overstocking. 3. Guard against heated water. Handle carefully. Keep the trout well sorted. Never let the water get foul. Protect enemies. 8. Protect from poachers. 1. Guard against freshets. So much has been said under this head in the chapter on suitable water, that we will merely refer the reader to that chapter, saying, en passant, that the danger from this source cannot be overestimated, and that the losses, when they do oc- cur, are usually overwhelming. 2. Avoid overstocking. There is no indiscretion in the world so easy for a trout breeder to fall into as overstocking his ponds when he has many fish and not much water* ; but I need not say it is a fatal mistake. There is usually a very dry hot time in the summer, which, if not a fiery furnace, is, at least, a watery fur- nace for the trout to pass through 3 and it is often hard in the fall, ^vinter, or spring, when the deceitful water is cold, and there is plenty of it, to realize what the inexorable exactions of this ordeal will be ; and al- most without knowing it the trout breeder will some- times get more trout into his stream than it will carry through the summer. Therefore the beginner cannot * See remarks on water supply and droughts, pp. n -12. m. 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. Bos
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