Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-08
FISH FARMING.
An Important Feature of the Govern
ment Exhibit at buffalo.

In many respects the government fisheries
exhibit at Buffalo next summer will be the
finest ever attempted. 1t Will be housed in
a building $50 feet square. which will form
a heel chalk in the horseshoe plan Of the
government buildings Characteristic rep
reservations of life, manners and customs
of Porto Rico Hawaii the Philippines,
Guam. Tutula, Manua and Cuba will oc-
cupy the other heel chalk. The heavy turn
and toe calk of the shoe will be represented
by the main government building, 100 by
600 feet. These important buildings will be
connected by an imposing colonnade and
partially inclosing water court
The fisheries exhibit will thus have a set
ting of considerable magnitude, occupying
a commanding position in an exceedingly
cosmopolitan neighborhood Many features
of dominating interest will receive careful
consideration in this exhibit, but one of
which could be mentioned in a short de-
scrpt!ve article.
German carp, that much maligned and
dtscredited food fish, will be represented at
its true value Like the history of lake
sturgeon, when 1t is better known 1t will be
appreciated.
In Germany carp is cultivated as a farm
product. Streams are damned, which
causes the water TO overflow areas of sew
eral hundred acres in extent Once each
year, in cold weather, when the fish are at
their best the water is drained off and the
largest fish scooped from shallow pools
with dip nets. In this manner pond con-
tanning 80 acres of water has been made to
yield 10000 pounds of carp per year. A
lHOtOuSu business IS maze OF catching tne
fish and shipping them Immediately, while
in proper condition, to the larger markets
throughout the country.
At the outlet Of the pond a floor Is built,
with sorting tables and large tubs of water
in which the fish cleaned and otherwise
prepared.
The men and women out in the pond,
barefooted. with little protection from the
cold, have the disagreeable part Of the
work. fire is often lighted on the higher
ground, at which they may occasionally
warm themselves. During the fish harvest
the poacher is a constant nuisance, a watch
being required day and night until the pond
is refilled.
That carp are appreciated the German
market is illustrated by the fact that the
output from one of these carp farms
amounting to 1900 pounds of fish, brought
f1.6Io sterling. or about 20 cents per pound
of our money.
In the United States no fish is regarded
with favor unless it is classed as a game
fish. This in popular parlance includes sew
eral varieties of bass. pike and pickerel
that full-blooded sportsman would not
consider worthy of his royal attention
Technically speaking, game fish has q
straight-cut tail, split or forked tails being
entirely eliminated.
AS popuat ton increases We will be re-
qured to revise our knowledge and opinions
In regard to fish. Catfish, the lazy breeds
of salmon, carp. eels and many other va
TietIes of food fishes will be cultivated and
grown they are in older countries. Many
rural streams that are simply running to
waste should be sheltered and stocked with
suitable varieties
The exhibit at the pan-American exposi-
Zion will illustrate how this can be done
0nder favorable well as unfavorabe cir
cumstances. The question is simple as
raising poultry when 1t is properly under
stood.