Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-29
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ss=Fy farm has a cTssk Or '-oranch" rs-a-
amS through T. Dons attempt - @sks .
s.n aud pond % tas creek. tw y0a sin
have a.sddy water al tins, sa1 sAe oesD
1sh .rs rhoss which must have dear
water. IN most eases yoa can nnd some
natural depression - ~hich water from
ne creek can Do conveyed. IL 1as dis
t@acs a-akss iron plps 100 cestly, yOo can
1ss eagEllsR drain pipe A f01r-i8oh inlet
IS lATzs eno0Sh II you have = good head "A
~~ta4.
Yo1 hrst want receiyAaz basin. This
you saA bailA % plank By digging il
ci0ss - the creek you nse. ooly three
sAtes. ths fourth beinx open u 10. the
wases "a. Fso1 this basin rsa your pipe
"a the site selected FOR yoar poad. For
V.rtoas reasons the pipe stsald Dc as Tar
below the surface os the ground ~ you can
ga = aad still preserve tAe fsh II yon
can ran the pipe - she center Of the pond
aud have the water bubhls ap is vii be all
the bstter when winter comes
Over the mouth Of your inlet pipe. as 10
starts at the receiving basin, you mast
have silts or door. Make it nit 50 tightly
that In case there comes a freshee you can
shut the water Of
As % the depth Of water In your pond,
don't stop short of four feet on the aver
age. II thoro are no deeper spots you
Ifara ha.4. h.. f.-
in. II the ground Is covered with clean
sod you can let it remain, but take out all
the old logs and stumps Have one side Of
yOar pond shslve down to seven or eight
feet, IL possible, and don't destroy any
trses or overhanging bushes which viii
give shade tn the hot days of summer. II
you are handy to coarse sand or gravel
make shore for hsh 10 spawn on You
can shelvs IL down, beach fashion, giving
from SIX inches u two feet depth OF water
for a space = hundred feet long.
How soon your pond Will I'll up and VOW
much water it viii take 10 run it viii de-
pend on the nature Of the soil and the -
OF the land. There win be more or .
svaporA alton, according as the pond is
sheltered, and, II the soil is locse or
spongy, the water will soak away for a
long time However, you have only 10
keep rtss gate open and let the creek work
for you.
Now, as TO the fish for your. pond. In
the South they prefer the German carp, az
sasy multiply very fast and are excellent
eating In she North black bass, rock
bass, pike, psckerel, sunfish and other vaxi-
stiss wiz 30 well in an artificial pond. 1t
may cost you little money and consider
able trouble 70 get plant, bat you must
remember that fish multiply a. an amaz-
ing rate IL within hundred miles of
any port on the lakes where fishing is pur-
sued as = business you could arrange 70
have several varieties sent TO you by ex-
press You can Likewise net many speci-
mems from the nearest river.
VIII your pond free ss up in winter and
destroy the fish, Il will certainly freeze
up solid II north of the Ohio River, and lor
that reason kssp your inlet pipe down be-
low frost-line, possible, and make the
depth OK the pond as great as you can
The ice Will not freeze over two feet
thick IN an average winter, and il the
water from your pipe bubbles up In the
csnter the ice at that point will not be over
six inches thick.
How long before you can begin TO reap
the bsnedtss IL may take three years, bat
by that time The thirty or forty fsh you
begun with may number 10000. Begin at
the very outset TO feed them az q regular
ho1r. Select some place where you can
conveniently USE net The feeding viii
draw the hsh to that particular location,
and whea your pond Is ready to draw from
the net will not Be cast in vain Long be-
fore your Ash ars big enough 20 eat you
viii and sale for all the "samplssr you
care TO spare, As farmers all over the coun-
try are waking mp TO the Importance Of
this matter OF fsh-raising.
II at the North, and yOu want the ssv-
eral varieties Of fish mentioned, you must
provide fOr the habits If each as you make
your pond. Rock bass are always found
around wrecks, spiles anl timbers. Two
or three barrels alled with stones and
sunk IN water Just above their tops will be
good Substitute for spsies. PickereI aud
black bass want weedy corner in the
pond TO rambhs around in but viii take
shstr rest in shs deepest holes. The suursh
VIII haunt the shallow water. and two o.
three hesps % ssODes will be gratefully
received Pike have the same general
habits as piekersl, but II you add bullhssds
20 your plant you mussn's forget thai they
delight ia mud.
Gssmsn carp would 10 we'll at the North.
but they are no harder or better eating
than our pickerel and bass.
When your pond 10 completed snd
stocked don't permit any one g worry
your ash. II they are hsrrassed and an
noy 81. PsrsiculsrlY IN she spawning sea-
sou, you vii be tbe loser.
Tier. are hsndreis of small lakes in tss
North owned oy farmers aud others and
<eh stocked With fsh. bat II any individ-
1sl who hss made a success of fish grow
ing IA an artificial pond or lake wiu give
ms experience, ths Free Frsss viii De glad
- publish ft FOR tss beneat n those d.
sr0us n making beginning
II only dsh enough we're raised n supply
~ farmhouse table 10 voahi stil - a
Sood ling for = farmers son - 20 into.
itis something wbich will give him mors
shsn ordinary interest and rscras non. aaa
the hours be spends ~ she poad might 9TH
es-7vise b worse than thrown away in ths
village.