TROUT FARMING HANDBOOK. By S. Drummond Sedgewick.

1973 1st edition. Small 8vo (128 x 192mm). Pp157. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

"This book explains the principles of Rainbow trout culture in fresh and salt water". Chapters include: The rainbow trout - source of eggs; Farming rainbow trout in freshwater; Eggs and small trout production; Common diseases - recognition and treatment; Hygiene; Trout food and feeding; Brood stock; Economics of rainbow trout farming; Rainbow trout farming in salt water; Fish for angling; Trout farming equipment; Some common problems - security,failure or contamination of the water supply, pollution, predatory birds and animals, keeping down grass and weeds; New ideas - artificially warmed water, silo production, hormones, re-circulation, bottle incubators, aeration, trout tanks, kames floating fish cages; Conclusion - is it worthwhile?