Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
FISH FARMING.

h many respects the government fisheries exhibit at Buffalo next sum- Invr will be the finest ever attempted. It will be housed ill building 15U feet square which will form . heel calk in the horse shoe plan of the government buildings. Characteristic representa- tionS of life, manners and customs or Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines Guam, TutUila, Manua and, Cuba, will occupy the other heel caIk. The heavy turn, and toe caIk of the shoe will be represented hy the main government building. 130 by 600 feet, These i'm portant buildings will be connected by an imposing cOlOnnade forming the curved sides of the shoe and partially enclosing q water court.
 The fisheries exhibit will thus have 2 setting of considerable magnitude occupying commanding position in an exceedingly cosmopolitan neighbour hood. Many features of dominating interest will receive careful c0nsidera- ton ill this exhibit. but one of which could be mentioned in a short descrip- tive article.
 German carp, that much m2ligned and discredited food fish, will be rep resented at its true value. Like the history of the lake sturgeon, when it is better known, it will be appreci2 ted.
 In Germany, carp is cultivated as q farm product. Streams are damned, which cau&es the water to overflow areas of several hundred acres in eX- tent. Once each year. i'll cold wealth CT, when the fish are at their best, the water is drained of and the largest fish Scooped from shallow pools with dip nets. Tn this manner a pond con taning 23O acr,s of water has been made to yield 40,O00 pounds of carp per year. A thorough business is made of catching the fish and shipping them immediately, while in proper condition to the larger markets throughout the country.
 4 | the outlet of the pond a floor is built with sorting tables and large tubs of water in which the fish are cleaned and otherwise prepared.
 The men and women out in the pond, baref00ted. with little protection from the cold have the disagreeable part Of the work. A fire is often lighted on the higher ground 2t which they may occEsionally warm themselves. During the fish harvest the poacher is a constant nuisance. watch being required day and night until the pond is refillcd. That carp are appreciated in the German market is illustrated by the fact that the output from one of these carp farms amounting to about 42,000 pounds of fish brought 21.G10 sterling. or about 20 cents per pound of our money.
 In the United States no fish is re- | garjIed with favor unless it is chased as 8 game fish. This in popular par lance includes several varieties of | bass. pike and pickercl that full 1 bloodod sportsman would not consider | worthy of his royal attention. Tech nically speaking, g game fish has a straight cut tail. split or forEed tails i being entirely eliminated.
 AS population increases, we will be required to revise OUT knowledge and o! inions in regard to fish. Catfish, the lazy breeds of salmon. carp, eels and mlnv ether varieties Of. food fishes will be cultivated and grown aS they are in older countries. Many rura streams that are simply running tC waste should be sheltered and stocked with suitable varieties.
 The exhibit Rt the Pan-Amcrican px position will Illustrate how this car be d0np under favorable as well as un
 favorable circumstances. The Gues
 tiol is simple as raiaing poultry wher l it is properly understood.