, 1873-03-03
THE FARM AhD GARDEN.


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IL Is supposed that nor more tnan ono egg ons OF
thousand Ia hatchod, or at 1oast produces q
fish that comes to maturity. Not that there ID
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~ ~ nauy eu.nes " atu Aosotse eonot's'ae on
tno otner nano, IL 1s cla'1neo tnat, IN
Anr1r1o1An nnEEpNo,
In thn tvo nodas. md ehows what A little cara
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England 1t Is naid' will 20 reduced TO ono cent a
ent syatom Of ua1egemont,
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ooA. 80.
fs most coVetod luxury whenever 1t can bo pro-
cured, but civilization has nearly robbed tho
the.a ara tn ho rcstorad. evan in ore.ter abrn.
a.nce nd +l,a anr;.o re- Kat gead ia hroota md
uauoo' ano tn1 p1"sa su"S 1ooa 'ue NA'
Ing ind growing Of this fish; and NO OF the prai-
rio country nrc, to somo extent, to become breed
ara ard ororaTs NJ f,ah III, snaoRled t7ort nj
~. eas aa,s;s,s ~ , taraat In, ,.ns .sz
ING 1apla-no"ms 6sfea" oi 1o1es'' nni-4nno' ana
1nnr3nfain
We have largo number Of springs along tho
m.rr,na of our rivera. and In the deem vallava
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,nh. "ay 10 eouunoa " Gas1ns anu s1so uomo
pertinent along tho Fox nivor, as anw, a few
days since, some two mileH north OF Elgin, and
also In tho valley OF Poplar oroos, about two
miles east OF that place. The first Of these is
TROUT PARK.
Hero tho Fox River runs over the bods Of
Trenton limestone, 200 feet below the top of the
blutf. that slopes gradually to the valley, where
the riyor makes itB rapid course. with slight
windings as its pure wator gliaes over It's rocky
ons % out Of Which come m numerous m @ springs whero
the limestone arrests tho water that oomea from
those springs III. Piatt has scooped into ponds,
50 to 10 feet long and 10 feet wide that afo now
stocked with the .speckled trout brought from
tho brooks OF New York. Tho springs on this
one farm arc supposed to Do capable OF support
ina 1000 900 trout, providing they arefed daily
with the lights and liyera from tho city slaught.
er-house. Three pounds Of this food, it is osti-
mated, will make pound Of trout, and which
como to maturity at 4 years, averaging pound
each. But to accomplish this, a large sum must
be expended in making tanks, for theae must bc
Of solid masonry, 30 that tho walls will stand
front, and Of such height that the fish will not
jump out OF the water, or 30 as not to permit
tho mink and 1nuskrat to feod on the hsh
which they will do il permitted acceas to tho
| ponds.
The fish arc now spawning, and thousands O.
the eggs arc in tho hatching-house, and othel
thoussndH arc being daily added Tho hatching
boxos aro filled with gravel. Over this, a STREAM
Of water inch IN depth is constantly running
! Tho fish are stripped OF their egga over theas
bels, whore tho eggs remain for 10 days befor
they arc hatched. The young ash thon 9oa
into tank below, whore they remain for 10 day
without food. whom the small sack that was at
tachod at their birth disappears, and they bogi1
to food, md are thon lot
INTO TUE FEEDING TANK8.