A NOVEL PISICULTURE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 499, 23 January 1920, Page 4

A NOVEL PISICULTURE.

The Chinese have a novel way of propagating fish The spawn is carefully collected from the surface of the water, and when a sufficient quantity has been obtained they take a number of hens' eggs, the contents of which have bien carefully emptied through a small aperture, and refill the shells with spawns. The holes are sealed, and the eggs put under the broody hens. The hens are a'lowed to incubate the eggs for a numbei of days, when the eggs are again broken and their co - tents put into water that has been previously warmed by the sun. In a very short time the spawn hatches, and the young fry are then kept in pure fresh water until a sufficient size to be put into the ponds, at one time a considerable business was done in this style of spawn hatching.