Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-29
A NEW INDUSTRY.
WASHINGTON TO BE AS FAMOUS
FOR FROGS AS HOPS.

,
velopment Of this New Resource-lt Is Pre-.
dicted that it will in Time Become as Famous
for Thoroughbred Frogs as is Crosse Point,
Michigan.
Tacoma News.
When the Stuck valley farmers saw
the floods from White river come
every year higher and higher making
of $30O-an-acre hop lands a waste of
driftwood, brush, sand and debris of
all kinds, it looked like case of ruin
as certain as the mortgage man; but
now it may be that the floods will
make the "Stuck lake" farms more
famous and profitable than they were
in the days of the hop kings.
In fact hop kings they will still be,
if the growers and breeders of high
class frogs can be that way designated.
Joe Stewart was one of the first OF
the farmers to see the possibilities in
frogs, and wrote a letter to his friend,
Daniel j. Campau, of Detroit, asking
to be put in communication with
some of the frog breeders of Crosse
Point near that city, the most ce.e-
brated frog center in America.
Mr.. Campau was delighted to hear
from his friend Stewart and to learn
what an ideal location he had for a
successful frog farm, and at once wrote
him that he had mailed lot OF liter
ature on the breeding of frogs, and
would be glad to send him start OF
thoroughbred stock from his own
school, for like many other wealthy
Detroitites, Mr.. Campau has taken a
flyer in fancy farming and has some
famous, prize-winning stock.
Among his other famous bull frogs
is Louis XX, valued at $4,000, one OF
the most noted frogs in the world
He is becoming belligerent. however
and has made a great deal of trouble
in the Crosse Point road by his forays
on neighboring farms, and will be sent
out here to Mr.. Stewart to lead his
school OF frogs. The old fellow is 13
years old, over foot in length, and
weighs about 6 pounds. He has
fought every bull frog in Crosse Point
and became the terror of the neighbor.
hood.
Along with the leader will be q
score of highbred lady frogs and a
hundred common stock and grades
which will be turned loose along with
the Stuck valley natives. The wild
frog. will soon become tame and learn
to come when called and can as read.
lily be handled as the thoroughbreds
after few weeks.
Great care is taken in selecting
stock for breeding, constantly improv.
ing the strain, as is shown by the reg
istered stock ON some OF the eastern
farms.
For market the 2 and 4-year.olds
are best, though 5 and 6-year-olds are
suitable when the beasts have not led
too rakish life.
They will average about q to 3
pounds at the younger ages and bring
from 81 to $S per dozen.
I. Chilberg, the famous restauran.
teur, procures his supply of frogs in
cold storage from the East, but has
occasionally made trip to Black
river, where he has found an unusu-
ally large and fine variety of native
frogs which compare very favorably
with the Eastern farm product. The
Stuck valley natives. are also of q SUI
perior quality, and it is expected will
show great improvement, with proper
care and the strains of highbred ami
mails, which Mr.. Stewart is importing.
Frogs will eat almost anything, but
like all kinds of insects, small fish,
liver, scraps from the table. The old
bulls are fierce cannibals and do not
hesitate to eat up their adversaries in
any little debate over the affections of
a lady frog.
Stuck lake, it is estimated, will pro-
duce easily 10000 dozen frogs per an.
mum, which would bring over 100000
to the growers.