Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-07
Fish for Farmers.

HE impression seems TO prevail, writes
an Eastern correspondent, that the rails
ing of fish, especially brook trout 1.-THE
most desirable of fish, is necessarily
attended with large expense, which can.
not be INDUCED by the average farmer.
1t is not generally supposed that a man
may ma ke saving by raising his own
fish, as he does by producing his own
bees, potatoes and breadstuffs; yet be.
| lieve it to be true.
Three or four days work of two men
and team will complete pond sufficient
to raise trout enough for an ordinary
family, If the ornamental is not combined
with the useful The sides may be walled
up with stone, with or without mortar;
the bottom and sides may be made of
boards, or the hole may be scooped out,
leaving the earth only to form the bottom
and sides.
Give only animal food, such as lights
liver, or scraps of any kind of meat
chopped fine enough so they can take it
easily Angle-worms make good food, but
cannot be collected in sufficient quanti-
ties to supply many fish
The process of taking the spawn by
hand from the adult trout requires some
skill, and is attended with many Difficult.
ties. 1t is better for person starting
the business to obtain the impregnated
eggs of fish culturist, which he can do
at small outlay. The eggs are packed
with moss in a tin box surrounded by
layer of sawdust, and all inclosed in
tin pail. In this way eggs may be safely
sent to any part of the country
Make a trough by mailing a six-inch
board on each edge of wider one so
that-lnside measurements will be ten
to fifteen inches wide and five inches
deep. A trough twelve feet long will do
to hatch 5000 or 5000 eggs. Fit in the
bottom at intervals of eighteen inches
cross-strips one and half inches wide
and fill up between with fine gravel
(Which has been thoroughly washed) to
the depth of one inch. Level down the
gravel nicely on top. Connect one end of |
the trough with spring of pure water
and depress the other end little-iust |
enough to secure gentle current over
the cross-strips.
1t willnow be observed that the water |
is half an inch deep over the gravel, |
which depth is to be maintained during |
the time of Matching. The supply of |
water should be about what will run |
through halfinch pipe, and must be |
filtered by running through gravel or n /
flannel screen. The temperature of the |
water should be somewhere from 45 to |
90 degrees The water of most springs
near where it comes from the ground |
remains at about the same temperature
during the whole year
Now l will suppose the eggs have
been received from trout culturist.
After taking the tin box from the saw
dust in which 1t was packed let it re-
main couple of hours near the water in
the trough that it may acquire nearly the
same temperature; then carefully empty
he contents of the box into a
pan OF water; remove most of
,he moss with the fingers, the
rest may be washed out readily by re.
Deatedly pouring out part of the water
md as often filling the pan. The eggs
IRE heavier than the moss and will re-
main on the bottom. Dam the water in
he trough by placing an extra strip on
me OF the cross strips mentioned above.
Now lower The pan containing the eggs
nto the water of the trough, and by tip