. Domesticated trout [microform] : how to breed and grow them. Fish culture; Trout; Pisciculture; Truite. 22 DOMESTICATED TROUT. I. You are never entirely safe from poachers, it is true, but your security is much greater for living near your ponds. Herons, kingfishers, minks, and other destructive animals, are also less likely to frequent your ponds if your house is near. Then, besides the general advantages of al>.ays being near, and having your ponds in sight, you will many times, when a sudden shower comes up, or in some other case of need, go to the ponds, when, if you lived farther off
. Domesticated trout [microform] : how to breed and grow them. Fish culture; Trout; Pisciculture; Truite. 22 DOMESTICATED TROUT. I. You are never entirely safe from poachers, it is true, but your security is much greater for living near your ponds. Herons, kingfishers, minks, and other destructive animals, are also less likely to frequent your ponds if your house is near. Then, besides the general advantages of al>.ays being near, and having your ponds in sight, you will many times, when a sudden shower comes up, or in some other case of need, go to the ponds, when, if you lived farther off, you would, perhaps, not think it worth the while. In the course of time the lack of this advantage will surely show itself in your record of losses. 8. You cannot exercise too much caution in making your ponds secure. To this end, I would recommend that every pond and every aqueduct on your place be built of two-inch plank. Had I followed this rule when I began five years ago, I should, have saved thousands and thousands of fish. I have had all sorts of ponds and dams, and have had them built by experienced workmen, and warranted to sknd twenty years ; but not a single pond has held, out of twenty- three that I have built, except my plank ponds. Some of them have stood for five years to perfection. Mean- while, there has been no end of vexation, annual ex- pense, and loss, caused by the other ponds breaking away; and if I began over again, I would build every- thing from beginning to end, that the water flowed through, of two-inch plank. Stone, concrete, cement, and similar substances, may answer as well, perhaps, for single ponds; but for a material to be used through-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stone, Livingston, 1836-1912. Boston : J. R. Osgood
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