New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-05
ON THE CULTURE OF FROGS
ALWAYS A MARKET FOR THEIR LEGS
AN OCCUPATION OPEN TO WOMEN
on. the bulldog on the hank.
And the bulfrog in the pool:
The bulldog called the bullfrOg
a green old water fool.

At Mamaroneck during the last summer a certain
party Of jolly artists who taking their vaca-
in that pretty suburban town We're observed
with the women of their families busiy engaged in
fishing for frogs The women had short skirts
rubber boots and their shouts of Inerriment as
they waded into the pond and captured the willy
amphibians made the welkin ring. They dshed
with hook. halted with a bit Of red flannel which
excited the curiosity OF Master Rama Catesbana.
commonly known as bUlfrog, and he hooked mis-
upper jaw into the cloth long enough for the hunter
catch him. Il did not require much skill Ia
catch him, but the removal of his damp and soeav
body from the hook and its transferrence 10 the
covered pail provided for his reception was a diff
ferent matter. When girl was the fisherman a
man was commonly pressed into service for this
process, and its progress was accompanied by
shrieks Of mingled hysteria and delight Many
good mess of frogs legs those merry artists took
home, ana the sport, II humber than hunting or
fishing. accomplished the beuedcent end % all
sport by keeping the sp'rt-men outdoors, with
minds actively engaged ana interested
The question occurs Why, II women can go a-hunt-
Ing Rama Catesoiana or any Of his tenderer and
more succuleut cousins. fer sport, they cannot do
il for profit. Why cannot the women who
claiming abandoned farms in New England by sci
euudc means add neat little sum annually 70
their exchequer by cultivatng the bullfrog in the
pool? ON almost every farm a thriving frog pond
Will be found and II needs only few dollars 10
adapt Il for commercial purposes
The ground needed Is a SpTlngys mdrShy bit, with
plenty of soft mud AT the bottom. where the frogs
hide and go 10 sleep for the winter. The
pond should be surrounded with a tight board
wire fence. 20 keep animals, and placed
close % the water that birds cannot stand the
banks and consume poIywogs for birds have
taste cultivated as FTenchmen in the matter Of
frogs. only they take them younger. A bittern
viii bolt millions Of pollywoEs in a season.
Just about the time the buds burst into little
leaves IN spring the frogs crawl OF the mud
and besin 10 sing After the concert has con-
tiuued for few weeks. II one goes about among
the frog ponds he may md gelatinous strings at
tached 10 sticks and water plants. a ball Of
jeIlyhke matter as big as an orange. or perhaps
several Of these attached side by side. Scattered
through these gelatinOus masses are hundreds or
black spots Ike bird shot These are the frogs
eggs. Take up the glutinous halls In cups dump
them into pals. and carry them of 10 your own
little frog pond Within a fortnight. II the oper-
| ator watches those eggs closely, he vii! see
| Httle dark lump bursting out OF each The lump
| has a pointed tail two little shining eyes and a
/ mouth just large enough 10 nibble at the scum
| the water or the edges OF leaves This IS little
! Polywog. and one can have lots % fun watching