Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-06-17
Fish Culture.

I have few thoughts to present
my fellow farmers who want to earn
AZ honest penny. When wool is
twenty-eight ceIts and wheat eighty
and ninety we have to look sharp to
make ends meet and free exchange /
Of thought often assists us. / bought |
q farm near the city in 1884,. Then
It was thought everything was at its
lowest and times must tighten up. But
ing good times did not make
my payments. 1 could not raise cat
tie, grain or hogs with any nrofit, so
/ was driven to look for something
new. / struck on raising fish. l
will say, to start with, that the q. s.
Government will give to anyone de-
string to start in the fish business,
from twelve to twenty German Carp
fish to breed from. Our government
is doing all in its power to advance
fish culture, as it is valuable field
and almost entirely unoccupied. 1t
requires no capital and brings large
revenue. There is no doubt that
more money is made at fish culture
than in raising cattle, sheep or hogs.
One eighth of an acre devoted to
carp fish will bring a clear profit Of
$500 at the very lowest estimate. I
think I hear host of fellow farmers
say just as I did, 81 should like the
$500. Where will I get information
in regard to the fish business :"
Write to the U. S. Fish Co., Colum-
bus, Ohio, inclosing plainly ad-
dressed envelope and you will receive
free of charge, the information you
desire. "Will they tell me how to
get from twelve to twenty fish?''
Yes, they will send you blanks to fill
out by which you can get the fish
without cost. SIS there any doubt
of my making money in the fish bust.
ness?' There is no doubt. Doyou
think the government would go to
the expense of raising fish and ship
ping them to different parts of the
U. S., even giving them without pay
to her citizens unless she was Ger.
tain those citizens would find it a
profitable trade to engage in? "How
large pond must 1 have and whaI
will it cost?' A pond fifteen oI
twenty feet across will cost nothing
but little digging. II have no stream
on my lot; what will do for waterT
Carp fish do not require running VS.
ter /; they do better in still water ever
in a swamp for they delight in mud
"What section of the U. S. is bes
and most profitable for raising fish 2
Any part, north, south, east or ives,
Carp fish command a ready marke
and good price. Kansas is as goo'
as New York and Mississippi rs goo
as Michigan. "Will it not take
long time to get a start from twent
, fish," No indeed! Every femal
carp lays from forty to fifty thousan
eggs every year and increase amas
ingly fast and will increase your do
lars just as fast. What season
best to make q fish pond?" Rigf
Iaway. The Government sends fis
from Nov. 1st to March LIST. sd
you have to feed the fish in Winter
No, they eat nothing during the col
months hut lie In dormant stat
while sheep and cattle are eating the
heads off. If the u. S. Governmel
;. would offer to send a fine pair {
pigs to any farmer that would writ
!, for them, every farmer in the Ian
would send in his name. Then WI
:, not get some fish? They cost not
ing, care for themselves and brir
= more money than any farm stock.
: wish every paper in the land wou
urge this matter on their readers as
> know they would be comforting a las
= ing benefit. w. 3.