The Ponds and How to Construct Them. 



. If you have a running stream of water on your place, the work 

 of building the ponds is much easier than where you have to de- 

 pend on filling them from pumped water. 



It is necessary to have several ponds, one large pond is not sat- 

 isfactory. The reason for this is explained later. A plant for busi- 

 ness should have at least four ponds. The depth of the ponds need 

 not be very great, three feet is ample, and they could be less if you 

 can have a good loam bottom that will hold water. But three feet 

 is very satisfactory, and this graduating off to two feet, and one 

 foot deep at the bank is plenty. A good shape and cheap way to 

 build the ponds is like the cut shown. If the ground you have won't 

 allow of this arrangement why make to best arrangement your 

 ground will permit for convenience,, carrying out the plan advisable 

 for Raising Frogs. You must have a breeding pond, a hatching 

 pond, a raising and a stock pond, four ponds in all. The stock pond 

 should be the largest, permitting of plenty of room for growing and 

 opportunity to get food. The size of your ponds depends largely on 

 the amount of land available, its topography and the water supply. 

 Ponds not less than one-half acre in area, with the inlet at one end 

 and the outlet at the other, in 'a line of its longest axis, generally 

 produce the best results, though smaller ponds can be successfully 

 used. 



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