The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-13
STATE WILL SUPPLY.
FISH FOR STOCKING.
POND OR LAKE FREE.
JUST APPLY TO BEN WATT. WHO
WILL SEND 'EM FROM OKLA
IIOMA'S OWN HATCiiERlES

ANYBODY who has a pond or lake
anywhere in Oklahoma, aln have free
for the asking as many fish as he needs
TO stock 1t. The state of Oklahoma mas
two fish hatcheries which are propa
eating the kinds of fish that thrive
best in oklahoma waters, and plenty
of fish are available at any time. just
now, according TO the Ben Watt, state
game and fish warden, there is an
over.abundant supply, and Mr.. watt
is calling eagerly upon those who want
fish to apply to him and get a supply
gratis. Mr.. Watt says:
Fish for stocking ponds or tanks
and lakes will be furnished TO appli-
cants without any cost whatever upon
application made out and sent to the
state game and fish department. Ok
lahoma City For some reason it has
gone abroad that fish are sent out by
express, persons to whom they are
delivered paying the charges. This is
not correct.
only upon very short, direct runs,
only requiring a few hours and with
the certainty of persons meeting the
trains and getting the fish quickly into
the water is this a possibility of sue
cess in sending fish in this way. Fish
are sent out by the state in ten gallon
cans. man accompanying the ship
ment for each twenty cans of fish car
ried. These cans hold from 100 to 800
small fish, the number depending upon
the size of the fish. Very small fry
can be sent in much larger numbers
to- the can.
Must Meet Trains
The applicants merely have TO be
on hand to meet the train, take charge
Of the fish from the station and get
them into the water as quickly as pos
sible. They will be notified in advance
OF the exact hour upon which the
train is due to arrive at their station
The applicant should bring contaner
sufficiently large for his fish as he will
be required otherwise to ship back the
cans of the state by express, but there
is no charge made by the express com
panies for returning the cans The
cans cost quite lot OF money and the
parties taking them are held response
ble for their return or for their value.
1T should be borne in mind that
the state does not attempt to stock
waters for private use or private indi-
viduals but merely to furnish them
free of any charge a nucleus for stock
and 100 in an ordinary acre-pond or
tank should be sufficient to have the
pond or tank well stocked the follow
ing year, in case the fish do fairly we'll
Bass Right Now
1--WE deliver bass in May and June |
and also some sunfish and this spring |
we hope to deliver quite a lot of yel !
low perch, a very good fish for any |
water and which will do well in ponds |
or tanks.
I'm the fall-October and the latter
part of September-it is our intention
TO deliver a large number of yellow
perch. chappie. sunfish and other va
r!eti.e. From the applications re
ceived, furnished by this office to all
who apply, it is the object of the de
partment to furnish such fish as it
deems best for the water described in
the application.
Persons desiring fish for "A nu.
,leus for a stock for their waters or
to change the stock, will be supplied
As nearly as possible.
Makes Valuable "CrOp"
1T may not be known generally TO
'armers, but it has been demonstrated
hat an acre pond can be made to
Yield about five times the value of
'ood, not to mention the duck shoot
ng in season, in fish alone than any
,ther acre of ground on the average
arm. Besides it furnishes lot of
port and amusement and recreation
or all the members of the family who
are for fishing.
ESQ far this department has this
pring furnished and aided in placing in
oklahoma waters more than ten thous-
md lingering trout. These are fish
.bove the average in size of stock fish
lsusally supplied, being about three
nches long and large enough to prac-
ically take care Of themselves, avoid
lg the larger fish which would devour I
hem. These trout are new to Okaho- {
na and have been placed in what we
onsidered the coolest streams of the
tate. Spavinaw, Barren Fork, Illinois, {
;lack Fork and other streams, have !