The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19


: pond or otherwise disposed OF; in Ger.
b In No. are 21S years old, and ought in
{ this latitude TO weigh from to 10
e pounds. All drafts for family use
e should be made on No. 3.
Notwithstanding the Germans ad-
D vocate large ponds, and they have some
huge ones, approaching in area the
dignity of lakes with artificial dams
/ sixty feet high, with oak trees growing
on them three hundred years old, still
r am inclined to the opinion that small
/ ponds will prove the most popular in
/ this country, The smallness of farm
holdings and the rugged topography Of
! the country render the construction OF
, very large ponds out of the question,
. and besides the cost of constructing
, small ponds is proportionately less than
large ponds and the feeding surface
greater. There is no doubt two hall
acre ponds ill cost less to build than
single one aero pond. If were going
to build five acres of ponds would have
five ponds, unless the confguTatlon OF
the ground rendered 1t impracticable,
There is q matter OF special import
ance 10 be kept in mind in planning to
construct chain or succession OF ponds.
Tha water may enter one pond and pass
iovsr-aot uzdeT or througi-the dividing
lleYee into the n 9xt, and so on through
the whole series, but the draining ap-
paratus must be placed in the outside
levee of each pond, so that any one oil
| them may be drained without interfer-
| ing with the others. One can sec at a
| glance the disadvantage of having to
| drain all the ponds at once, at the ex-
| pensc OF considerable time and patience
and probably all the fair weather; and
when the draining Is finally accom-
| plished the fish in all the ponds are on |
terra firma and no water at hand to put |
them in.
Giles county can boass OF vast num-
Der OF sites favorable tor pond making.
In fact the number reaches away up into
the tens of thousands. / have in mind |
place where half q dozen one acre
ponds might be constructed that would |
be amply supplied with water from
single spring. | refer 10 Blowing |
spring in district No. l where Sam,
Moreil's mills are located. Besides the
springs, there are dozens of small
creeks with rapid descent and low
banks, with outlying level valleys
affording every facility a reasonable
man could desire for locating fish ponds.
1t is in all probability a fact that no
people have afforded them more numer-
GUS favorable sites for ponds than are
enioyed by the people of Giles, whose
water flowing from three directions
from the highlands Of the harrens, and
their adjacent foot hills. The people of
Giles, proVerbial for their intelligence
and thrift, simply need to have their at
tention turned to this subject and their
enterprise will do the balance.
The profits accrning from carp-cul-
ture in view of the rapid growth of the
carp is apparent. II every pond sise in
Giles were utilized for carp-cuIture the
annual product would simply be enor-
moug. And If every pound OF this
healthy, palatable and nutritious food
we're consumed aE home it wonld render I
available Cor commercial purposes
proportionate quantity of pork, beef,
ETC., that is now consumed by the peo-
pie. The advantages in 3 financial way
accruing to the people from this is OBJ
vious and needs no comment.
While upon the subject OF ponds 1t
may be in place TO allude to the question
frequently asked by tarmers-will not
ponds scattered over the country prove
a fertile source of malaria? / have q
stereOtyped answer TO this question:,
malaria means bad air and not bad
water. Although the discussion of the
intricate question of malaria can hardly
be considered within the province Of all
article like this, 1 will venture the
opinion, derived from the testimony of
the most accurate medical thinkers and
observers, that however full of mias-
matte poison water may be it never oc-
casions disease as long as it remains
above ground. In fact it is argued by
good authority that the conversion OF
all marshy places in the country into
ponds of water would be a sanitary
measure. The streets of Venice, great
Italian city many csntuTies old, are
mere canalE OF water.
Persons contemplating building ponds
for raising carp should have at hand for
reference some work on the subject.
Our literature on the subject Is quite
limited. Hessell's report and Geo. Fin
ley's little work On cSrp-culture is all
we have. HessePs report can be OBJ
tanned free Of cost By applying to Hon.
8. +. Baird, u. S. fish commissioner,
Washington, D. G. The other work
costs one dollar and can be secured by
remitting that amount to Mr. Geo. Fin
ley, East End, Pittsburg, Pa. Hessel's
report is a mastery handling OF the
subject from German standpoint, but
as Mr. Finley Is an American and views
the subject through the light of expert
ence from an American standpoint, /
should certainly have his book even at
the cost of q dollar.
IL conclusion l would say this dis
jointed article is written for the sole
purpose of melting the people of Giles
to investigate for themselves the sub
iect of carp-culture, and if only few
individuals are prompted to action 1
write in all good conscience, and with
nc desire to initiate or color facts, to the
end that credulous individuals might
be induced to invest their means in a
business whose only returns can be dis
appointment and pecuniary loss.