Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
SUCCESS With earn.

A Warren county, Ohio, correspond
ent of the Grange Bulletin, relates the
following of Mr.. Baughman,n near Spring
boro, who, in December, 1881, obtained a
supply Of 25 young carp, less than three
inches long, from the U. S. Fish Com
missioner, which he placed in a pond
measuring, probably, 100 by 200 feet, and
eight to ten feet deep at the deepest
point, and Swallowing out to the edges,
so that it no doubt made a very nice
pond for the purpose, and has patiently
awaited results. :" Mr.. Baughman has
since then constructed two other ponds,
and DESTROYS Of stocking these ponds, he
fixed upon to-day as time to open the
embankment Of the first pond, and thus
procure fish to put in the others, as well
as to see what his original workers +"
had been doing toward propagating their
species.
mi. Baughman is a man full of energy
and drive. Two or three such men
placed down in any old, sleepy, go-easy
community would be a blessing to it.
He IOUes to succeed, but in his successes
he always enjoys it better if his neigh
bors and friends will rejoice with him.
Many man, under the same circum-
stances, would have quietly opened the
enbankment, with as few of neighbors to
witness it as possible, and then teld a
few of his most intimate friends of his
success.
"Not so with Brother Baughman. He
knew that there were scores of persons
who were looking toward constructing
ponds for carp, and would be interested
and prOfted by observing the results of
all such, and many others, to be present
this afternoon. And they came. Miami
isburg, Franklin, CentervilIe, Lebanon,
SpringbOrO and other points, with their
surrounding farm districts, contributed
to swell the crowd until there were like
ly 100 men, women and boys on the
banks of the pond by 2o'clock o. m.
'The embankment had been cut, and
the water was gradually leavingthe pond.
| Occasionally large fish would make the
mud boil as he would take a sudden
| tack about in his swimming. AS the
water became quite shallow the backs
of the fish began to show, and when the
water diminished until it covered a space
likely of one hundred square yards, and
that quite shallow, it looked like a mass
of fish. A short seine was taken and
drawn around part of the mass, and Mr..
Baughman, with his helpers, took their
hands and caught tubful after tubful, and
deposited them in other ponds. There
were fish of all sizes, from the little fellow
of two or five inches long, to the great
big leather carp Of 18 to 20 inches,
weighing, likely eight to ten pounds.
asked several to make an estimate of the
number of bushels of fish and while some
were very extravagant in their estimates,
1 did not ask one who put it at less than
twenty to twenty-five bushels of fish.
So thus you see, Mr.. Editor, that carp
culture near Springboro, at least, and
with such men as Mr.. Baughman to
manage the work, is no longer an expert
ment.
Nearly every farmer in Warren
County could have pond populous with
carp with very little outlay if they would
only go at it. There are now within a
radius of three miles of Springboro ten
or twelve ponds stocked with carp, and
the number will likely be doubled this
Summer"