Publisher's Synopsis
This vintage book contains a complete guide to fish farming, with information on starting out, creating ponds and lakes, nutrition, spawning, hatching, and many other related aspects. With simple instructions and helpful illustrations, "Fish Farming; For Pleasure And Profit" will be of utility to those wishing to farm fish for both profit and enjoyment, and is ideal for those with little previous experience. Contents include: "Natural and Artificial Redds", "The Formation of Ponds and Lakes", "Screens and Sluices", "Water Supply and Aeration", "Natural Food: Aquatic Plants, Etc.", "Stocking", "Rainbow, and Other Foreign Trout", "Fish-Passes", "Spawning", "How to Make a Hatchery", "Incubation and Hatching", "Care of Alevins and Young Fry", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fishing.
