Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1920 — Grub for Goldfish. [ARTICLE]

Grub for Goldfish.

In Japan, where fancy varieties of goldfish are highly esteemed, the “Hon headed” sometimes fetching SIOO a pair, silkworm cocoons (after the silk Is wound off them) are used to feed the young In breeding ponds. For this purpose they are dried, pounded to a fine powder and mixed with wheattrfarrh Chopped earthworms and mosquito larvae supplement this item of nursery diet. A curious practice of the Japanese is that of ornamenting goldfishes with coats-of-arms, floral devices, etc., the designs being etched with dilute hydrochloric acid.