186 Fish and Game Warden. [Bull. No. 1. 



While the Channel catfish were being handled, in the trans- 

 fer tanks, they would spit up fish that they had swallowed. 

 Sunfish, Bluegills, crappie, goldfish and gizzard shad were 

 most common among the ejected fish. The ejected fish would 

 range in size from one ounce to one-half pound each. The 

 bullheads spit up the same varieties of fish, but of course the 

 average size of the specimens was smaller. 



About 16,000 young fish were placed in the pond (as 

 counted). About 27,000 of all ages and sizes were taken out. 

 Estimated weight of fish placed in pond, not to exceed 700 

 pounds. Estimated weight of fish removed from pond, 6780 

 pounds. This did not include many of the small fish. 



The total number of fish that weighed one pound or over 

 was 3801, and their total weight was 4279 pounds. Black 

 bass, crappie and catfish made up 3088 pounds of this weight. 



There were 978 pounds of Bluegill and Green sunfish that 

 averaged one-third pound each, making, in all, 5257 pounds 

 of good food fish, and about 1500 pounds of carp, goldfish and 

 gizzard shad. 



Amount of food fed to the fish : 



500 pounds chopped-up liver and meat. 

 600 pounds chopped-up fish (mostly German carp). 

 200 pounds corn chop. 

 50 pounds kafir corn. 

 50 pounds miscellaneous stuff (bread and table scraps). 



THE PRIVATE FISH POND. 



A Neglected Resource, by C. H. Townsenu. 



This article on "The Private Fish Pond" was read by Mr. Townsend 

 before the American Fisheries Society in Boston, September 9, 1913. It 

 will be published in the proceedings of that society. Mr. Townsend, con- 

 nected with the United States Fisheries for years, is now director of the 

 New York Aquarium, and was president of the American Fisheries So- 

 ciety when this article was read. His wide experience and great knowl- 

 edge of the fish business in general lends a special value to his article 

 on "The Private Fish Pond." We are glad we are able to produce this 

 article with the consent of the author in this bulletin, believing that it 

 will be of much interest and value to its readers. 



The possibilities of small fish ponds as sources of food for 

 the people have received little consideration in this country, 

 and the actual breeding and maturing of fishes in such ponds 

 is an art which we have yet to put in practice. While certain 

 foreign countries have long profited by the art of private fish 

 culture, and have furnished notable examples, our own facili- 

 ties for this industry have been neglected. It is probable that 

 our resources in this respect are greater than those of other 

 countries, as the United States already lays claim to the most 

 extensive fish cultural operations carried on in the world, and 

 nowhere is there so large a body of professional fish culturists 



