The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-11

seven miles below Atlanta. In that
village stocked lakes for Mr.. J. Davis,
W. d. DeVaughu, Mark johnson, Alb,
ner Camp, W. II. II. Worm, r. W
Munday, Mr. Sifnms, Mr.. James Bailey
ara perhaps one or two others. I PM
sD average of 80, COO fish in each pond
50 that you will see I have put ovel
300, 900 fish into Jonesboro on this one
trip.
1 have Just stocked eight or ten lakes
around Atlanta, and are kept going all
the time. The interest taken in the
matter is wonderful"
THE PROFIT OF FISH RAISING.
Correspondent What does it pay
you to stock pond ?"
Col. Yonge-" Well, sir, from $50 to
$50. ] charge for impregnated spawn
SiO per thousand young fry $50 per
| thousand ; breeding fish SIS per pair. ]
suppose I will stock at the least esti-
mate this year IS ponds; possibly $50 ;
L Will get an income of $4,000 from
stocking IS ponds"
Correspondent you not sell the
| grown fish, in the cities for food?"
Col. Yonge-"I have not done so
extensively yet. but will do so this sea-
|
! patented, tank for shipping the fish
to market alive. It is quite simple, and
will keep the fish hearty and fresh for
days. The tank has a spout on the side
| like a coffee pot, and the fresh water
being put in at the top, presses the dead
water out through the spout, and thus
keeps the Ash healthy nd fresh.
will arrange to make constant ship
r,G AL, ga.
bus, Macon, and Montgomery. When
get this scheme at work, my profits
Will be immense. / can take from nv
pond, without running down my stock,
THREE BUSHELS OF FISH PER DAY.
These fish, put live, fresh, and deli
cate into market will net me at least 20
cents a pound. They will command
fancy prices always. With go pounds
to the bushel, at 20 cents per pound,
and three bushels Tor $50 pounds) per
day, have a net income of over 20
dollars per day. I feel that have an
independent fortune in my pond. If
every man in Georgia could become
aware to morrow of the incredible, and
yet inevitable profit in fish raising, to
say nothing of the pleasure and enter
tainment derived from the pursuit,
would have more orders in six months
than could fill n SIX years. The re
vival has opened, however, and in three
years the whole state will be dotted
with thriving and abundant ponds"
TIE TROUT, THE Dream AND THE RED
HORSE.
Correspondent sort of fish
do you consider the best for southern
farms ?"
Col. Yonge. -'1 prefer the trout, the
Dream and the red-horsp. I have ex-
perlmented largely, and I find the e
much the best. They are harder, grow
faster, breed more reliably, and are
better for table uses than any fish 1 have
yet seen. Of these three species, the
Dream gets its growth the fastest.
though the trout will take on pounds of
flesh sooner than the Dream. A pond
stocked with these Fl Sh, will Weld Won
all you want with hook or seine in nine
or twelve months. | notice that heavy
attacks were made upon yoitr article by
northern piseicnlturists, because YOU
said that trout might be eaten in six
months, and that they frequently grew
to weigh II pounds. DR.. Bachman de-
clared that trout never got to weigh
more than two and a half or three
pounds, and would not average over
one and a half pounds. This difference
may be recOhciled by the statement that
II is only a difference of nomenclature.
What DIR. Bachman calls the brook
trout never lives this side of the Blue
ridge. 1t is a small, delicious fish,
and does not attain great size. The
nOrtherneTs give our trout the name of
bass. That's the difference. I have
scores of trout in my lake, as can
show you IN a moment, that will pub
The beam down at eleven pounds, and
some that, I think, will weigh fifteen
pounds. ] have put front ON the scales
often that weighed over ten pounds.
There is besides these species
A PRETTY ORNAMENTAL LITTLE FISH,
called the dace Ga sort of perch. that
adds to the beauty and liveliness of !
pond, but for substantial purposes, I |
recommend the Dream, the trout, and
the red-horse."
COrrespondent-"Do You feed your
fish p
Col YoDge-''Not at all. sir; they
live on each other. thave them in such |
enormous quantities that I am enabled |
to allow them to do this. Ny son super
intends the pond, and that is all the |
expense have.
COTrespOndent-"Ha Won ever made |
any very large catches of fish in any |
one day z"
Col. Yonge-''No, sir. I might do |
so if I wished, but I never slaughter |
them unnecessarily. 1 might put fifty |
men with barbs and poles around the |
pond, and they might pull fish out till /
they were exhausted and they could |
not tell the difference after weeks of |
fishing. But l generally take ont only
enough to answer my purposes of table
or courtesy.
STOCKING THE RIVERS.
/ wish very much we could have a law
passed in Georgia, looking towards the
of our rivers with fish. By a
few dollars expense, and stringent laws,
which would prevent the fish being
trOnbled in spawning time, you could
have, IN a few years time, every river in
Georgia absolutely teeming with de
liCious fish. l am inclined to believe
that our specklsd trout is the best table
fish, both as TO flavor and convenience
in eating, that ever saw. Il is as GER
tain as any thing can be, that in a very
few years our rivers may be made to
swarm with these fish, if the legislature
viii only take hold Of the subject, and
determine that it shall be So"
A BEAUTIFUL FARM.
After the conversation mad ended,
7our correspondent took a stroll over
Col. Youge's farm. It is doubtful if
here is better appointed or more
complete farm in the south than his.
He has vineyard, that is of itself o
wonder. He has dairy, and a herd nf
he very best of blooded cattle, with
yes as lustrous as a woman's and coats
Is fine as silk from which he puts
FLOODED colts on the market every sea
on. He has a kennel of full bred fox
hounds, and a kennel of just as thor
ugh poluter, from which he raises
numbers every year.
Bat this letter has about crept be-
ond the limit of decorum and hence
coaclude it by announcing a conun-
rum, 70 which / invite the attention OF ]
very Georgian.
" How much will it he worth to Geor- {
Ia 20 have one such farm as this, in {
very county in the state, and such men !
; Penn YOnCe to teach the people by
ractico, what they refuse to accredit by {
leory ?" S
While pausiug for a reply, remain {