The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-21

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best way is the question we shall dis
cuss. Of course there are no two
situations exactly similar. and 1t VIII
in many instances perhaps. be neces-
sary to deviate slightly from the way
shall describe.
1t is found necessary, for various
reasons, to carry on your operations
under cover, and the nearer TO your
spring or water supply you can locate
your Matching h.,use the better. 1t
is also necessary to have fall Of
three or four feet. After you have
selected your location, whether IT ne
In the cellar of your house, or in some
convenient outbuilding, ar you have
erected small house for the purpose.
the first thing in order Is the erection
Of a tanke for the reception of the
water before entering your troughs.
This tank can as we'll be on the out
side as the inside of your building.
It's object is to give the watera chance
to settle. and also filter. AS the tank
should be provided with grooves for
the reception of wooden frames
tightly covered with coarse red fan
mel, of course the more screens of this
kind your water filters through, the
purer it will be. and two or three is
few enough. In size the tank should
be as long as the extent of your
troughs are wide, and about three
feet deep and the same wide. Each
trough should he provided with a
faucet or sliding door, to regulate the
flow of water.
The Matching trough or troughs
can be made of any length desired.
Twelve to fifteen feet long, fifteen
inches wide, inside measurement,
and six inches deep, are the dimen-
siens l have found to be most con
venient. They should be made of
seasoned timber one and a half inches
thick and should have an inclination
Of about one inch i'm eight feet. It's
necessary, for reasons it is needless
togive here. to paint the troughs on the
inside with coal or gas tar, mixed
with turpentine enough to reduce it
to the consistency of paint. 1t is ap-
piled with common paint brush.
In order to obtain uniform depth OF
water, the through must be divided
into compartments of about eighteen
inches i'm length each. This division
is made by tacking strips of inch
stuff across at the intervals above
stated. At the lower end of trough
spout should he made for the over.
flow, and the escape Of tn, eggs or
fish should De guarded against by
placing fine wire screen at the end
made to slide in grooves on an angle
with the slant down stream.
For convenience sake the troughs
are raised about two feet from the
floor. or high enough SO that a per.
son can sit on a chair or stool and
look over the eggs but the spawn
will hatch just as well if the trOughs
are placed on the floor. Great care
must be laken to have your troughs
stand level if they do not, the water
will flow in greater volume dowr
one side of the trough than the other
and cause the eggs to pile up anG
wash away. The trough is now pre-.
pared, with the exception of placing
in the gravel, on which the eggs are
laid. There are other materials or
which spawn are Matched but VIII, re
but moderate number of eggs are
to re hatched, it is important I,
avoid expensive preparations.
The gravel for the trough should
be quite fine, about the size of pea,
and as uniform in size as possible
the uniformity can be obtained by
sitting the gravel through a wire
screen. Any kind of gravel is good
that is free from iron rust. 1t should
be washed thoroughly, and / wOuld
even recommend boiling it in ordel
to destroy any of the eggs Of insect,
that may be adhering to it, and also
getting it perfectly clean. The grave
should then be placed in the trough
one. half an inch deep. which viii
bring it within a half inch of top O
cross piece.
u In regard to ponds, always build
them in proportion to the amount o
water you have at your command
A great mistake il general made BY
building them too large. A complete
change of water should take plact
every twenty four hours, and yeul
ponds should BIZ built SO that thi,
will occur at the season of the yea
when you have the least flow o
} water.
The spawning race should be loca
ted at the head of your pond. and thu
water which feeds it should fiov
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