Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-10-13
ARTIFICIAL FISH po.os.

4 LsadieE Expert says They can be Sup
piled from Artssian Wells.
Rochester, N. T., Oct. ITO the edi.
tor: There arc many artssian wells scat
tered all over the western country, and
most of them are many miles from any
lakes or streams or f3sh.markets. It il
my opinion that nearly every flowing
we'll would furnish enough surplus water
to supply apond which will keep fami-
~ in fish. A very small stream will fur.
nish enough water fer some kinds. q
would recommend carp as being. the fish
most likely to be success, a. they re-
quire less care than any other kind. I
do not consider them the very best fish
there is, because of late years I have
been used to eating the best fish our
country affords. But remember when
my mother cooked the suckers and
sinners l caught with pln-hook, they
were the best fish there was. It would
undoubtedly be the same with families
raised on carp.
My opinion has often been asked how
o carp pond should be constructed for
family use. The pond can be made in
any shape to suit the locality, but I
would prefer egg shape, II the locality
was Just as suitable for it. The pond
would breed flies Of great many kinds,
one of the kinds being mosquitoes. The
larva Of all flies il the best food for young
fish. I have bred them by the bushel,
but some Of the mosquitoes would be apt
to take wing before the pond got we'll
stocked with young fish, and to protect
the family in measure I would advise
building the pond to the leeward of the
house in the prevailing winds of the To-
caIity. II, for instance, the prevailing
wind was from the west, the pond should
be built to the east; northeast or south.
east of the house. I would prefer the
pond to be northeast or southeast, be-
cause if placed directly to the east, the
house would make lee under which
the mosquitoes could easily reach
it. The mosquito can beat
any sailing craft before the wind
but on the wind they are nowhere or
the race, a. they have no keel. Ths
I whole human family should be thankfn
to the Creator for not putting . keel o.
them, aud If their bovsprit had not beel
quite 30 sharp they might not receive .,
many handkerchief salutes from thu
verandahs of the Long Island hotels
but would be just as useful and orns
mental.
| The pond can be constructed with
plow and scraper. It should have
deep place in the center, and be shalloy
on the edges. II you have square side
the young fish will have no protection
from the old ones. When scraping
commenced carry the dirt as far back a
you intend making the lower outside o
your embankment, and keep scrapin
until the pond is four to si
feet deep in the center
If the locality is euch that the ice freeze
very thick, the pond should be mad.
deeper and holes kept open through th.
ice during the winner to keep the hsl
from suffocating. If the embankment
raised three feet and pounded down an
sodded or sown to grass, the water coul'
be raised so that but three feet in th
center would have to be excavsted j
order to have pond six feet deep. Th
whole pond should be 80 vn with som
KIND Of grass or water.plant with the e,
ception Of about lfty or seventy five fe<
square in the center The grass An
water-plants make the spawning ground
breed food and protect the young. Tt
pond should not contain any other kin
Of fish. and il the grass gets too thick
can be raked out.