, Sfv.' **• t* PROVING THAT BASS do well in a farm pond .gave wildlife specialist Bob Wein gard a good excuse to limber up his cast ing arm at -two pond management meet ings held last week. This is the pond at Fire Protection, Recreation Offered s. By Well Constructed Farm Pond A good farm pond serves more than one purpose if constructed and maintained correctly, said two Penn State specialists at meetings held last week. They said that fire protection, water for livestock and recreation can be provided by the average farm "'•pond if iplanning and fore- L S&ab/ THE EMBLEM OE QUALITY and SERVICE Wolgemuth Bros., Inc. Phones: Mount Joy 3-9551 and 3-8311 The World of Agriculture Can Be in Your Mail Box Farming is changing constantly. You stay abreast of those changes when you can take Lancaster Farming out, of your mail box each Friday. Right there ii\ your hand you will have the latest news of agriculture. For Lancaster County farm news, farm features, market news, home and family features and special articles, subscribe to Lancaster Farming today. The rate is just $2 a year. For other rates, see page 4of this issue. Fill in the coupon below and mail it now. Lancaster Farming Box 126 Quarryville, Pa. Bill me Find $2 for one year Start my subscription immediately. Nam Address YA thought are used. The specialists, Joe McCurdy, agricultural engineer, and Robert Weingard, wildlife specialist, met with County farmers at the Le- Roy Andrews •‘farm, R 7 Lancaster, and at the Joseph M Brubaker farm, R 3 Lititz. McCurdy listed three essentials Florin, Pennsylvania V > V, f < KJ ♦ “l»« < -VfV •** * * < '-v < i 'J 4f , * ■r V - -* / i *■ > t * * ■ to the Joseph M. Brubaker farm, R 3 Lititz. Weingard and County Agent Max M. Smith caught several of the bass, but this being the closed season, they went right back into the pond. (LF Photo) ) it 'V v ' A * r S to be kept in mind when build ing a pond They are the-source of water, the location, and man ner of construction. He said that a spring that will give a steady two inch flow of water is the best source for a pond Next best is a stream that can be partially diverted to pro vide a constant flow of water in-, to the pond Least favorable is a pond de pendent on surface run-off Such run-olf should be from a well Sodded waterway, and even at best, the pond is likely to become stagnated and subject to marked changes infthe water level. The pond should be located close to the farm buildings, Mc- Curdy said. There should be a road built to the pond that will carry a fire truck if the need should arise A drain pipe is also a neces sity, he said. This will allow the pond to be drained to control weed growth, keep the fish popu lation under control and allow for periodic cleaning Topsoil in fill dirt for the dam can ruin a pond, McCurdy said The fill should be of the heaviest clay available. Then it should be packed to make the dam perma nently w'ater tight He suggests construction of a dam that is six to 10 feet wide on top with a two to one slope on the wet side and three to one on the dry side. On the wet side, the fill should be cut away so that here is a two foot drop as soon as possible. This deep water close to the edge of the bank will keep down weed growth. _ An emergency spillway away from the fill with a six inch high er overflow than the normal water level is 'also required for proper construction. This grassland spill way will carry away excess water in times of heavy rainfall that might cut away the fill if the .pond is allowed to overflow. Weingard said, in discussing the recreational possibilities of a farm pond, that almost any warm water fish will live in a farm pond. However, the recommended stocking is a combination of small mouth bass and bluegill. With this combination, the blue gill provide feed for the bass and at the same time provide a good supply of pan fish. To keep the population of fish in balance, the pond must Ibe fished hard, he said. About 300 bluegill should be taken out for each 25 bass caught. If the pond is not fished enought, the food supply will become exhausted, re sulting in large numbers of under sized bluegill and bass. When the fish are properly harvested, both species will grow to a good pan size in a short length of time. Trout stocking of farm ponds is not recommended for two reas ons. First, the water tends to be too warm for trout and secondly, >»?w.r«N sv - ? i* ’V:;i ’ , . J ' ?“>■* A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC., LANDISVILLE, PA. Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 3, 1957 THIS SMALLMOUTH bass was taken from the Joseph Brubaker, R 3 Lititz, pond at a demonstration last week. The bass are raised with bluegill. In fishing a pond stocked with such a combination, about 300 bluegill must be taken for each 24 bass to keep the food supply in balance. (LF Photo) the trout will not reproduce to supply a continuous amount of fishing. To grow the one celled paints used as food by the fish, the tpond must be fertilized, Weingard said A hundred pounds of 8-8-4, or 5-10-5 plus 25 pounds o!f Ammon ium nitrate added, per acre of “BEST CORN WE EVER PLANTED” —say your neighbors! That’s why they grow V'*' v w- V'sN', r * '''jp |; . V<, ;>*K > v V. >**S' -* - '*t*^S3 I^ t , «• Vw#* >1 / For delivery to your farm, contact: ELMER BRILL Elizabethtown 7-5441 FRANK H. BUCHER Lititz MA 6-9124 C. B. EBB Landisville TW 8-2531 LESTER ERB Landisville TW 8-3216 MARTIN R. KRAYBILL Elizabethtown 7-2696 surface is a good fertilizer. The fertilizer should be ap plied during warm weather when ever the pond does not show a greenish blue cast. The micro scopic plant life should be so' thick that objects more than 18 inches deep in the pond cannot be seen. JASON H. MELLINGER ? Strasburg OV 7-2383 E. C. SELDOMRIDGE i Quarryville ST 6-29 M. JONATHAN S. SHIRK Intercourse SO 8-3111 LEVI M. STOLTZFUS Morgantown 6-4359 EDGAR C- UMBLE Gap HI 2-4525 13 v ✓ »
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