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my theory is correct, you have the fish pond. How to make it 

 has been well told by Professor Dyche in a former bulletin. 

 I followed his directions, and now have four large ponds. It 

 is true my ponds are fed by springs. Yet it is also true that 

 my neighbors and friends who have engines for hoisting 

 water, or even the pioneer windmill, could have ponds nearly 

 or equally as good as mine, if they would only build the reser- 

 voir. From my personal knowledge I know that enough water 

 has been wasted by running down the ditches and ravines from 

 the windmills of Kansas during the past season, had it been 

 properly stored and conserved, to have not only made it pos- 

 sible to irrigate the home garden, but also to have raised an 

 abundance of fish. 



No man in country or city, when he turns back the well- 

 thumbed pages of m.emory, can find an incident in his life — 

 not even the sensation produced by his first pair of red-topped 

 boots — that filled his heart with more pride and pleasure than 

 the landing of his first fish. 



I further assert that in this day and age of the world, when 

 we are trying to keep the boys and girls on the farm, there is 

 nothing that will come nearer bringing the desired result than 

 the posibilities of a good fish pond. Many of you who read 

 this article may have passed the three-score-year mark, yet you 

 will admit that when you, as a boy, were given the privilege of 

 going to town, and perhaps loafing around, you preferred stay- 

 ing at home, provided you could go fishing. Hence the first 

 plea I make for a well-stocked pond is in the interest of the 

 boys, especially of Kansas. This may be sentiment, but I have 

 no fears ; it will appeal to every man whose mind will go back 

 to his boyhood days. 



Second, as an economic proposition. Located as many are 

 on the farms of Kansas where it is not possible to get fresh 

 meat except on rare occasions, the old diet of salt pork, so 

 much prized in pioneer days, becomes monotonous, and should 

 give way many times during the year for a luxury that can be 

 so easily produced on the farm. When we come to consider 

 the pleasure and sport that one receives in procuring this fish 

 delicacy for the table, and its wholesomeness and healthful- 

 ness, it has more of value than can be figured or estimated in 

 dollars and cents. 



We desire to add, what you all know, that we are living in a 

 day of high cost of the necessaries of life. We believe that a 

 well-managed fish pond can be made to do much to lighten this 

 burden. I will now proceed to give you some of my own ex- 

 perience in successfully raising fish. 



Some one at sometime has said there is a great deal in a 

 name, and hence when you read natural history or the effusion 

 of some learned professor of fish culture you are attracted by 

 the names. Let me say, first, do not despise the humble bull- 

 head on account of its common name, especially the Yellow 



