The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-20
DYCHE ON FISH.
State Game Warden Issues His First
Bulletin.

Prof. L. L. Dyche. state fish and
game warden, has issued his first bull
letin on Ponds, Pond Fish and Pond
Fish Culture" 1t should be a valuable
booklet for any farmer who has a
pond on his place or desires to build
one or who has made a failure of the
attempt. The professor goes deeply
into the matter of Kansas fishes and
the best way to build a pond that will
hold water and also the best way to
make fish do well in the pond after it
is built. On the flyleaf of the bulletin
the professor has written the follow
ing:
This bulletin is dedicated to the peo-
pie of the state of Kansas who are in
terested in and who love fish and fish
ms. You are urgently requested to
join in the organized efforts that are
being made by the state warden and
his deputies ito promote the cause of
fish culture; to gather and diffuse in
formation bearing upon it's practical
success, and upon all matters relating
to the fisheries; the uniting and en-
couraSing of all interests of fish Gull
ture and the fisheries, and the treat
ment of all questions regarding fish. of
a scientific and economic nature" and
to enforce the state fish and game
laws in every part of Kansas.
Regarding native Kansas fishes,
Prof. Dyche has the -cllowing to say,
not emitting favorable mention of his
old friend, the German carp:
Native Kansas Fishes.
ITO the majority of people fresh fish
is not only a very acceptable article Of
food but real luxury. AS a rule
fresh fish does not keep well except
in cold weather. and must be packed
in ice when shipped for any consider
able distance. Even then most va
rites of fresh fish lose more or less of
their flavor when kept any length of
time, and when prepared for the table
are a disappointment, having a fiat
and insipid taste. If the people of
Kansas want good fresh fish. they
must secure them from the streams
and ponds of our state.
Our native fishes-the black BASES,
the crappies, the sunfishes and the
catfish es-are among the best game
and food fishes in the world; and when
they have a shadow of a chance they
do we'll in Kansas waters. Most OF
them thrive and do well in ponds that
have been properly constructed and
cared for. We hope in this bulletin
to give instructions along lines that
will make it possible to build ponds
suitable for fish-culture purposes, such
as are required for rearing fish on
farms, and to give information that
will enable person of ordinary intel
| ligence to manage such ponds Tor Doth
| pleasure and profit.
1.-THE German carp is also consider
ed a very good fish in many places in
| the world, and it is undoubtedly the
| best pond fish in the country when
considered from the standpoint of the
number of pounds that can be pro-
duced in an acre of water. The ger
man carp feeds almost exclusively up
| on vegetable matter and converts q
| vast amount of worthless vegetable
growtha found in streams and ponds
| into fish flesh; and in all fairness D
| the carp, I want to say, strange as il
| may seem to some people, that this
fish, when taken from good waters. is
Il not only valuable in the markets of the
world, but when properly handled and
cooked is a good and nutritious food
| for human beings. A special bulletin
on the German carp will be issued in
| the near future.
1T is a well-known fact to many fish
culturists and anglers that the young
of the German carp serve very extern