Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-28
CARP Nd

How They MAY be Constructed to the
Best Advantage and at Small Cost.
The cultivation of carp is of sufficient
Importance to fully warrant the con
struction of ponds for the purpose.
But there already exist, on many farms,
ponds used for the collection of ice and
for watering live stock, which could be
converted into carp ponds at a nominal
cost. There are also many hollows
and dcpressions in the land that, by
throwing up breastwork, could be
made to answer the purpose admira-
bly,. 1t is very desirable on several ac-
counts to have your pond so you can
draw the water off any time you wish,
so the fish a be sorted and for de-
stroying the enemies to carp. By
draining the ponds one a year the in
truders can be removed. The best de-
vice to put in a pond to drain it, is a
cast-iron pipe (tley are the ~cheapest)
six or more inches, according to the
size of yourpond; get itlong enough to
go clear through your dam and pro-
ject about two or three, feet at each
end. Make a large wooden plug,
drive it in the pipe on the inside Of
the dam, and when you want to drain
your pond, get a pole and drive the
plug out of the pipe. Wien the pond
sdry you al drive it in again.
Never build a pond where a large
stream of water flows through it, be-
cause it is liable to break your dam and
wash all the spawn and small fish
away, when there is Il great amount of
rainfall. Build beside such a stream
and let the water in at the upper end
of the pond, through a tile with net
ting over it so other kinds of fish can
not get in with the carp or they will
mix and be valueless in a little while.
In building a breast, clay soil is the
best, but other soil will do. After you
have decided where to build your dam,
get a scraper, such as you use in work.
ing the roads. A tongue scraper is the
best, as you can handle it better. Plow
up about eighteen or twenty feet wide,
the length of your dam, and scrape all
the sod and soil to the outside, then
plow again, and then scrape till your
dam is rs high as you want it. ALWAYS
keep the clay, if there is any, on the
inside OF the dam. When your dam is
done seed it down to white clover, as
it will not freeze out as quick as other
kinds will, and when it is in bloom it's
beauty alone will pay you for your
work without the profit on the fish.
When you make an overflow, get a
pipe and put an elbow on it. The
pipe should be large enough to carry
the waste water off. Put the LONG end
OF the pipe in your pond and the Short
end through the dam. 1t will draw the
cold water from the bottom of the
PONG instead of warm water from the
top as the warm water always rises to
n top OF any pond or vessel. earn
thrive best in warm water. 1t should
be shallow on the out edge of the pond
and three and a half to four feet deem
IN the middle, sloping gradually, SO #
there are any children about they can
not step off into a deep hole suddenly.
II person makes any size pond Won
can have a pleasure boat on it. witch
IS alone worth the cost of the pond
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