Rainbow trout, 14-5, 72, 75
advantage of, 72-5
freedom from fungus, 73-4
rearing of, 72-5
suitable water for, 14
spawning time of, 21
Rearing, important points in, 56-7
Rearing box, arrangement of, 34
construction of, 31
cover for, 38, 49
Rearing char, difficulties in, 79-80
fry of salmon, 85-7
fry of sea-trout, 85-7
rainbow trout, 72-5
Rearing ponds, alders round, 32;
grass round, 32
construction of, 22, 27-9
covers for, 31
gravel in, 23
importance of allowing water to run through for some weeks, 21
inlet to, 29-30
netting for, 31
pipes to, 22, 27
removal of yearlings from, 70
separating fish in, 54-6
size of, 23-4
use of earth in, 54, 56, 93-6
vegetation round, 33, 55
willows round, 32, 55
Restocking, best time for, 24
Rio Grande trout, 77
Rudd, 17, 88-9, 91
suitable water for, 17
_Salmo irideus_, 14-5, 72-5
_fario_, 15
_mykiss_, 76-8
Salmon and sea-trout, 81-7
Salmon, artificial spawning of, 83-4
artificial ova beds, 85
mortality among ova and young fish, 81
rearing fry, 85-7
scale upon which rearing should be carried out, 83
success in artificial intervention in stock of, 81-2
Salt, as cure for fungus, 50
dose of, for yearlings, 69-70
_Salvelinus fontinalis_, 15.
(See American brook trout.)
_Saprolegnia_, 38-9.
(See Fungus.)
Sea-trout, ova of, 87
rearing fry of, 85-7
Sea-water as cure for fungus, 50
Separating yearlings, 68
Shrimp, fresh-water, 10, 49, 65
Shrimps in hatching trays, 36
Snails, fresh-water, 10-12
Soft food, effects of, on trout, 24
Spawning time of American brook trout, 76
Stocking waters with food, 7
Stonewort, water-, 13
Suitable fish and suitable water, 14
Trout, collecting wild ova of, 20
ova, management of, 20, 34-9
Turning fry out of rearing box, 51-2
out yearlings, 68-9
Varnishing wood, importance of, 33, 50
Vegetation, aquatic, importance of, 7
aquatic, development of, 9
importance of, at water side, 19
on banks of water, 9, 19
round rearing ponds, 32, 55
Water-boatman, 10, 64
beetles, 11, 58-60, 63
bugs, 63-4
celery, 13
cress, 13
crowfoot, 13
flea, 12, 48
lilies, 13
lobelia, 13
louse, 65
scorpion, 64
starwort, 13
Weeds, importance of, in waters, 7
planting in ponds, 7
in streams, 8
Willow round rearing ponds, 32, 55
at water side, 19
Windermere char, 78
Yearling trout, 56
Yearlings, feeding of, 67
removal of, from rearing pond, 70
separating, 68
turning out, 68-9
Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.
Shooting on a Small Income
By CHARLES WALKER
Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5_s._
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