The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

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dustry, and after studying every de-
tail of the springs and the environ
ment, he said the place had all the
desirable attributes he had ever seen
in all the good trout hatcheries in
America. but that it would take a
year to test them out and see if they
were what they seemed. The year
was one of extreme hardship and
gratifying results. We visited the
place in October, just after the year
expired. They had 10000 trout
varying in size from the length of
ones finger to two feet. The differ
ent sizes were in different ponds, and
they were all fed daily with a spoon.
not as one feeds baby, but literaly
the statement is true. They are fed
ON mush and meats mixed together.
The mush is made of a choice quality
or shorts from the Blackfoot mills
ana cooked carefully till it reaches
a gummy stage so it will not dissolve
in water. The beef is put through a
meat chopper like a large sausage
mill and ground by water power,
Then the mush and meat are mixed
carefully and 1t is carried out along
the ponds in large buckets and is
thrown into the ponds with a large
spoon, great care being used to dis
tribute it equally at certain num-
Der OF feeding places. In October
they were feeding them 440 pounds
IA day and the amount is to be in
creased as the fall advances until
they use 1900 pounds daily. They
feed the fish enough to accomplish
rapid growth, but not enough to
make them satisfied so they will neg
lect the shrimps. They are fed enough
so they will not need to go into the
moss after shrimps and thus contract
the gill disease. They are fed enough
so they will not be cannibals and
eat each other. With all these things
adjusted the fish multiply and wax
fat, but there are other troubles.
The king fisher likes a few min
noWs and so do various other birds.
Men sometimes get the idea that they
can trespass and get away with it.
For each of these things there is a
remedy. MIR. King Fisher alights on
post to look around and finds there
Is a steel trap on the post. Mr..
Shltepoke tries different tack and
gets shot. The maybe falls victim
to the trap set for him and the state
laws have provided that a poacher on
private fishing grounds that are duly
labeled and licensed, forfefts the
usual protection. If he meets with
disaster he has about as much re-
course as the shitepoke.
Tho i'm 20 e. H.
the houses and troughs for handling
and developing the spawn, the hos
pltal service for treating trout if
they contract disorder such as gill
disease, are all interesting, even fas-
rlnat1ng to study but are omitted
from this chapter When trout are
shipped they are seined, killed and
cleaned, and packed in galvanized
containers holding about two or three
gallons. The containers are then
placed in wooden boxes and ice ia
packed about them in sufficient
quantity to last while they travel
hundreds or even thousands of miles
trout sell in this way for about 40 |
cents a pound to regular customers
every farmer 'ho has spring,
can have a trout i,ond in which he
can raise trout + N lurcws. He |
cannot breed then N pl ordinary
pond that has not h .ey. tati ! and
insects incident to = ma al pond He
can purchase then lie hat hery,
receive instrnctic" q feed ng and |
caring for them a. can have trout
at home just as h, has chickens or
turkeys and once or twice a year he |
can get a new supply of minnows |
or frye as they are called.
In Future Years
With bingham county, Idaho. lead
ing the world in the size and excell-
en"e OF trout hatchery, with ord
err coming from distant states for
eggs to sock hatcheries where they
want the oest stock and the most Wig
orons tley can obtain, with sports
men corl'Lg from other places to
hunt d. ks and eat trout at the
fatche" nd incidentally pay we'll
for { 'vilege, will carloads of
trout bel shipped oNt by rail and
the mUle 'pont in wages for en-
ployees and for all the other things
incident to cOnducting a good bust
ness, with more buildings and cement
dams and pavements and club houses
constructed and pretty groves being
planted for the pleasure of visitors
and to beautify the landscape with
clubs and lodges getting up excur-
sions to the resort, with bands hired
to furnish music for such occasions
and carpenters busy making band
stands and seats for the excursion
lists, with butter and eggs and cream
and straw berries, apple butter and
sweet cider and stewed chicken and
dill pickles in greater demand by
reason of the travel of the crowds to
the resort, with trout in the local
market and frye for sale within the
reach of every family that have a
pond fed by a spring, We venture to
say that Bingham county will not be
likely to quit loser by having Grand
Master H. A. Isaac or any other en-
gineer of natures forces succeed in
the enterprise called The Crystal
Springs Trout ranch.
One more thought-if you were
the tax assessor and one man had
10000 chickens on dry land and an
other 10000 ducks on some rice
ponds and another had a million
trout under the surface of the ponds,