The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-17
LIFE ON A WATER FARM.
There is Profit in Raising fish and
Frogs for Market.
From the Indianapolis Ne,os.

CSo ACl mai NOV
From the indianapolis Ne,cS.
1t has not been many years since water
farming was added to the possibilities Of
agriculture" in Indiana, 1t began as
diversion. 1t has become a business.
Enough time has now elapsed TO demon
strate that water farming may be made
practicable and profitable-at least as prof
liable as some other rural occupations, and
more entlcing than the ordinary life OF an
agriculturist. AS much money can be
made off an acre of water as off an acre OF
land, including well-located fish and frog
ponds on one the hand and ordinary farming
on the other.
One of the pioneers in water farming IN
Indiana IS Joseph Manlove OF Milton. Seven
years ago he bought small piece of low
land living between the Viii e Water canal
and White Water river. He determined TO
flood the lowland and to add to his poSel"
slons the high laad for park purposes. ms
place now includes fourteen acres OF water
and twenty-one Of land. His business Is
largely with the water and only Incl
dentaily with the dry land. His first pur-
pose was TO establish a carp pond. from
which the fish market might be supplied
This was accomplished in tao years win
comparative ease. Now he has practlc4Hy
an unlimit ed quanty Of this variety OF nsh,
However, the public tast also calls ior
bass and ManlOve determined to add tnlS
variety to his supply. His lake IS no"
stoc&ed with vast supply of black pass
They have grown finely. and next year pas
fishing will be put on the market. pas
promise so much better than carp tna'
Farmer Manlove uses his young carp d.
food for his bass.
Still another department" has leep
added to the "farm" this season-lfoEN
Four acres of shallow water. well gre "h ~
flags, were set apart as breeding pEce -.
frogs. They breed and grow rapidly fouI
thousand tadpoles we're put in TINS bfesuIue
pen early in the spring Many Of them az
now of a marketable size. Next sea'JJ"
thew will be giants-big ten-inch 10 6 cyl
tvated" bull frogs, wort 81 80 ana 60 -
doZeh-not the little marsh frog, Du' II II
big fellows With Herr Fischer voice.
catching them for marset llght az l'h"' 10 N
used. They stare Mt the light ana can
caught and handled with ease II us slait.
in catching large quantities OF carr ~
lake is drained off. In winter the uAi nv
able fish are kept in small ponds ....r
1t is interesting to observe the IT.
farmer at his work. He can use borse ~
side purposes. but he needs neither ~ a.
planter or reaper. Suppose ne has gons,,S,1a
TO feed He has witt him MD iihe' ~ "a |
other grain. He goes g. the breellus I'D |
sounds gong or blows "bisIn ,be,r
thousands of frogs come hopping lro ,I, and |
shelter They eat tie food raYeho ~ ties
become so tame that the farmer ia ia,ens
them as a woman does her pei cN', yorng
The same food is just the thlng iOi b.. b
aud old carp. "Fi-h and ross Mar.
grain and grain products, sara 49, .l.,,aI.rg.
love, like boy takes to apple dn1 y tel
Part Of he seas IN IL is not nees''n' , ~ III
my stock at all. The water az "a a
make the fiaest Of food for the nsp, "a. ash
tais time Of the yesr ! rarely. p.9st,e.o e.lss
for the table that ! DO not ma h'N
with grass seeds"