The Cornell Reading Courses 



I'UHLISIIED I?V THE-: 

 NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



Beverly T. Galloway, Dean 



COURSE FOR THE FARM, ROYAL GILKEY, Supervisor 



Published and distributed in furtherance of the purposes provided for in the 

 , Act of Congress of May 8, 19 14 



VOL. IV. No. 94 



AUGUST 15, 191 5 



COUNTRY LIFE SERIES 

 No. 3 



THE FARM FISHPOND 



George C. Embody 



American farmers have been flooded with reading matter designed to 

 assist them in increasing the productivity of their land areas, but that 

 which relates to the utilization of their aquatic resources is scanty. 



Fig. 169. — The harvest of the farm fishpond 



It is not surprising, therefore, that there are many springs and creeks 

 unused, and that swamp lands incapable of drainage are considered of 

 no value. It is possible to utiHze these neglected resources for the prop- 

 agation of fishes, frogs, and possibly many other useful aquatic organisms, 

 which have a market value. In this way one may materially increase 

 both the output of any farm possessing these resources and also at the 

 same time the supply of a highly nutritious animal food. 



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