The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-31
A FARM FOR TROUT.
They Will Be Bred for Market
Near Seattle.
PONDS FoRTHEMTo PROPAGATE
Being Inveterate Cannibals, They Must
Be Conffned-HOw Breeding
Is Carried On.

A corporation Is about to be organized
In this city with a capital stock of $4,000
which proposes to eStblish a trout farm
at a pretty spot known as Springbrook,
near Orillia, four miles this side of Kent
Theirs are a number OF private; state and
government fish farms. In the United
States, but the one at Springbrook will
he seven times as large as the largest one
now In existence. The new corporation
will be known as the Springbrook Trout
Hatchery, and among it's incorporators
will be j. b. Maxon, III. NJ. Vfele. b. b.
Allen, A. J. keene George ElAdams. B.
w Petit and Frank A Twiohell. The
majority of the stock has already been
subscribed, and as soon as the remainder
is disposed of work will begin on the
farm. 1t is expected that within three
years tho company will be shipping SOC. coo
trout a year to all parts of the United
States. In connection with the farm
there will be several private streams
where the sportsman can spend his time
catching tho speckled beauties, paying
the company 50 much q pound ter those
which he takaaL
I'VE figure" said H. NJ Viele. ono OF
the protectors OF the enterprise, whose
uncle Is a fish commissioner for New
York state, 10 a reporter last evening
'ithat we win be In a position to furnish
the entire market on the Coast and a
large portion of 1t in the East with all
the food fish desired. The natural loca-
ton of Sprin gbrook. which Includes about
10 acres fifty acres Of which can be put
under water. has seven times the ad-
vantageS OF any other farm or the KIND
in the country, and we believe that ours
will he a great success. The water all
comes from the springs ON the farm, and
vas sufficient to run a Sawmin Tor twenty
Years There are already some trout In
the n1ilidam, but it Is our Intention TO
stock the farm with eggs furnished by
the government and 10 buy and catch
enable us to ship fish to the East by the
car load, and go close will we be to the
railroad that we will be able to place
them in cold storage cars thirty minutes
after they have been taken from the
water The water from the springs ON
our hin land will be conducted through q
series OF ponds by a miners ditch. with
a fall at the foot OF each pond.
LAS is we'll known TO every SPORTSMAN
the trout Is a cannibal, and 10 is our In
tention to have ponds for those OF tho
same size, SO that they cannot cat one
another. They VIII be under our control
at any and all times, as We Will intro
duce a very modern system whereby We
can turn. off the water from the ponds
whenever we so desire.
"a stream will be created on the farm
for fishing with the fly and another FOR
err fishing We VIII tax fiShermen &C
cording to the amount OF fish taken and
in that way will In few years have the
farm paying It's own expenses. a farm
can be conducted very cheaply once in
running order, and especially is this true
in this state where the weather is never
too warm nor too cold. We Will feed the
trout on the offal OF canneries and
slaughter houses.
.~rhe location OF the proposed farm will
be owned by the company and IL Is such
that no large excavation work Will be
necessary es the natural way in which
the water flows about SpringbrooS will
do almost four-fifths OF the excavating.
Trout are remarkably fast breeders and
two and half year old viii give you
900 eggs. The other fish farms through
out the country, private. state and gov
eminent, have been success and the
government alone matches about 1,0o.-
000, 600 a year.
A number of private farms are today
fiourishing in the New England states.
On account Of the scarcity OF wild trout
and the great demand for them, the spot
ted brook trout are the favorite species
for farming purposes. A great advantage
of this form OF farming over almost any
other is that land which is undesirable
for other purposes can be utilized. II is
very necessary that the man who goes
into the trout farming business should
have a fine supply OF water, and pond