Chapter I: Preface

My aim, in this little book, has been to give information and hints which will prove useful to the amateur. Some of the plans and apparatus suggested would not be suitable for fish culture on a large scale, but my object has been to confine myself entirely to operations on a small scale. I have to thank the Editor of _Land and Water_ for permission to publish in book form what first appeared as a series of articles.

CHARLES WALKER.

Mayfield, Sussex. _March, 1901._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I Introductory 1

II Stocking Waters with Food 7

III Suitable Fish and Suitable Waters 14

IV Trout. Preliminary Hints and Advice 20

V Trout. Rearing Ponds, Boxes, and Hatching Trays 27

VI Trout. Management of the Ova and Alevins 34

VII Trout. Management of the Fry 42

VIII Trout. The Management of the Fry (_Continued_) 51

IX Trout. The Friends and Enemies of the Fish Culturist 58

X Trout. Management, Feeding, and Turning out of Yearlings 67

XI The Rearing of the Rainbow Trout, American Brook Trout,
and Char 72

XII Salmon and Sea-Trout 81

XIII Coarse Fish 88

Appendix 93

Index 97