Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-27

placed under the stream, as it comes into
the box or pond, in such way that the
water would continually force out small
quantity of food all day. This would save
a great deal of time in feeding aud would
give the fish their food in more natural
way.
Ifby any accident the gravel should be-
come foulGd, the fish should be drawn off in
to another box, having wire netting at the
lower end OF it, aud the rearing-box be
thoroughly washed out, clean gravel put in
the place OF the foul, and tho fish returned
to the box. If the fish are kept in pond,
they should always be fed in the same
place or places and the same rules observed,
as far as they can be, in feeding, as when in
the rearing-box.
As long as the fish head up stream and
take their food with eagerness, you may be
sure that they are all right; but when they
head down the current aud avoid the food,
aud seem averse to moving, you may know
that they are not well and that something is
gong wrong.
Time OF Confinement I'm Rearing BOX.
The young fry should be kept, at all
events, six months from their birth, 10 the
rearing box, if it is used at all. They can
be retained longer time or not, according to
the pleasure of the owner. 1t is recon-
mended, however, to keep them so confined
until the first of December. AT any rate,
there is this advantage as long as you keep
them in the box, that you are sure they are
safe from their countless enemies such as
kingishers herons, miuks, frogs, water-rats,
and the like; aud besides this, while in the
box, they are always under the keepers eye,
aud, If any die, you know how many, and
what becomes of them; and there is no loss
from that unaccountable and provoking
waste which is so frequently observed, when
the young trout are reared in open ponds.
| Growth.
| The fish, when delivered to purchasers,
are an inch long. AT first, their growth is
almost imperceptible. They seem to spend
the first two or three months of their lives
in getting their flesh hard and solid, aud do
not appear to grow much until after that
length OF time, when their rate Of growth
becomes more gratifying. BY the first of
December, they have come to be tough little
fish Of two or three inches in length. The
next summer and during the following years,
their growth is very rapid, aud, with suita-
BILE water and ample feed, they may be
brought to weigh pound in the fall Of the
fourth year.
Precautions.
Keep lime, ashes, tobacco, and iron-rust
away from your water, for they are very
poisonous to trout.
Watch the screens carefully, especially
after summer showers, when the water be-
comes rapidly filed with 6ue vegetable mat
ter, which clogs up the screens very fast.
1t possible, don't let the fish 60 unfed
more than twelve hours and never let them
pass over twenty-four hours without fool.
Ii there is any danger of persons med
ding with the rearing boxes. put on pad.
lock, and keep them locked up. Make sure
that there are no places where the trout can
jump out, nor crevices, where they can slip
through and escape.
Conclusions.
The essentials Of trout raising are good
water and plenty Of it, proper and sufficient
food, and cleanliness.
The dangers are from the water becoming
foul, from an overflow, from jumping out or
slipping through crevices, and from destruc-
tion by their natural enemies.
IT. however, the rules here suggested are
observed, it Is believed that trout raising
can always be made a success, and success
which will amply reward one, both in graft
6cation aud profit for the care and labor ex-
pended.-Cold Spring Circular.