Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — Fish. [ARTICLE]

Fish.

Fish ought to be very plentiful and cheap, and most of them grow and increase without any care from man. It is said that each flounder, for instance, produces many millions of eggs. The sole produces 1,000,000 of eggs, a plaice not less than 3,000,000, while a large turbot has been credited with die deposition of II.OOOjOOO or 12,000,000 eggs.