_ __ fish biologists and culturists
A View From The Governor's Office From trout . s „ s! jar , Thc Pe „„ s ,_ Fi ,
“E = ~ r^r.sssM
sideiable attcnLn 1 from "ov tloUt in a flbergldS Sll ° Measur farming on a world-wide basis
Someone once defined history somewhere in the world That's LmmJn off "ln iRg 17 feet hlgh and 71,2 feet m u may P‘>vc the way to answei
as the story of a hungry man over 3,500,000 humans per year, diameter, this silo at Bennei mg the question of how to avoid
in search of food” When you most of them childien, starving cuuuusis acioss me i\auon Spnng has a water capaC it> of l„rge scale starvation, especial
stop and think of it, how true to death in the underdeveloped 14 ah started several years 4,400 gallons It is open at the 1> m those underdeveloped
this is. Much of the unrest, tur- countries of the world ago when several Pennsylvania top so the fish can be fed and nations where fish is a major
moil and warfare throughout rf thf> ni . Pfl) „ Hnnc f . Fish Commission biologists there are three portholes in one staple in the human diet
the world today as in the past. Wlde star J atlon com ° e W °rue' started hatching trout eggs in side so the attendants can keep E%er > Pennsylvanian can be
can be traced to hungiy or where can tuin to produce £ IaSS ja " and V aisin f the trou l f close watch 0R the fish . A pro ud. as I am, that this dis
starving people trying to obtain mole food for ah u n « rV world’ fry , in * h « se * a [ s for several large pump maintains a constant cover> uas made at Benne ,
the necessities of life Suppose eveiw avadab e acre of bei ° re th< ; flsh were f ; ow a u nd flange of water Spring Biological and engmeei-
Here in Pennsylvania, the ag SS u ltural land on earth « p!laced in the standard hatchery throughout the silo which makes ing skl]l coupled Wlth vagina
pangs of hunger are unknown to made to produce through nroo P ° nds outd ° or l Someone de ' self-cleaning Wastes produc- tlon ancl the courage t 0 sreak
most of us There seldom are ei SOII Conservation methods Clded U might be lnteresting t 0 aa by the £ish Bre carned off at new ground has produced a
any crop shortages, despite trop prod uction techniques an let a few of these tiny fish grOW the bo “ om as fresh * ater 15 con ' revolutionary new technique of
geographical or topographical pllcatl o n of artificial fertilizers lo matunty in the same Jar 111 tinuosuly being pumped in at flsh culture _ one that IS g
limitations on the lands from lts maximum potential in food' * bey bad been hatched the top tubute to our Commonwealth
which we produce our food In- will that be enough food to £rom tbe ? g f bad nev ® r Fish living in a silo sounds and her Fish Commission
ceed, most of the time our farm- fc eep up population ex- een * nec * before, but it work- simple, and it is But think what one that may soon have world*
ers, through the miracles of plosion predicted to leach 3V 2 ec * o(iay * nm ® °* trout, this can mean to the ancient ait wide significance
modern, scientific agriculture, billion people by the end of this bavmg a tota weight of 8 0 f raising fish. It costs far less ——
are able to produce more food century? That’s two billion F °“ nds ' a F e allv „ e and bealthy V 1 than constructing the usual fish E , mo Dlantmg of
than is needed to feed our own more people hving on this a jar containing only 5 pounds hatchery with its long concrete 0 f ourcrops rsveJy^mpoSnt
people so that we can export planet than in 1900 What would of water Imed pools and raC ewa>s It Q r ™ ers of sprmg^oaS^hould
many crops throughout our happen lf thp tiUable The amazing conclusion of takes up far less space; thus, fish an
Nation and the world. land cannot produce enough that small experiment, however, hatcheries could be placed near p i anted tbe ] as j 0 j jj ar or the
the skill and hard food to feed three bilhon people, came when these biologists springs or wells in areas where first week in j. later plant ,
work of farmers and agricultural or if weather conditions, such as started figuring out the ratio of the terrain or room would never Wlll not vield as well as
scientists, however, the day may drought or flood, wipe our great P lotem m these fish as com- permit us to build a standard southeastern Penna Alfalfa
come when the world’s human quantities of food’ P ared t 0 the s P ace required to f 3S h hatchery It produces big- growers who are planning to
population will exceed the capa- „ , rear them After very detailed ger fish in much less time, “ w. a raiPh , alfaJfa
city of the earth to feed it. cal * we produce more computation, they concluded this since the system is self-cleaning w :thmit anv nurv rrnn should
Some experts are already pre- £ood for a hunsrv world’ rather simple experiment, if ex- and the fish can utilize all of the also p] i ant as ear i y as possible
dieting such a possibility, per- One possible source of ad- panded to larger numbers of food provided to them. am£ by the middle of April
haps within our own lifetimes clitional food can be found to- fish in larger containers, can But perhaps the significance These early plantings take ad-
Already someone dies from day right here in Pennsylvania produce 1,600,000 pounds of pro- 0 f this unique project, the first vantage of cooler weather and
starvation every 8 6 seconds For the past several months, tem per acre ( of its kind ever tried, truly rests more moisture to get
on the tremendous quantity of well started before hot weathei
protein produced in such a arrives Fall or winter plowing
limited space No crop of land, for these crops will usually
despite maximum yield, can make it possible to plant earhei
equal such production of pro- m the spring.
By Gov, Raymond P, Shafer
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