My aim, in this little book, has been to give information and hintswhich will prove useful to the amateur. Some of the plans and apparatussuggested would not be suitable for fish culture on a large scale, butmy object has been to confine myself entirely to operations on a smallscale. I have to thank the Editor of Land and Water for permission topublish in book form what first appeared as a series of articles.
CHARLES WALKER.
Mayfield, Sussex.
March, 1901.
CHAPTERPAGE
IIntroductory 1
IIStocking Waters with Food 7
IIISuitable Fish and Suitable Waters 14
IVTrout. Preliminary Hints and Advice 20
VTrout. Rearing Ponds, Boxes, and Hatching Trays 27
VITrout. Management of the Ova and Alevins 34
VIITrout. Management of the Fry 42
VIIITrout. The Management of the Fry (Continued) 51
IXTrout. The Friends and Enemies of the Fish Culturist 58
XTrout. Management, Feeding, and Turning out of Yearlings 67
XIThe Rearing of the Rainbow Trout, American Brook Trout, and Char 72
XIISalmon and Sea-Trout 81
XIIICoarse Fish 88
Appendix 93
Index 97
[Pg 1]Fish culture of a certain kind dates from very early times, but itsscientific development has only come about quite recently. Most peopleknow that in our own country the monks had stew ponds, where they keptfish, principally carp, and also that the Romans kept fish in ponds. Inthe latter case we hear more often of the eel than of other fish. Thebreeding of trout and salmon, and the artific