Raising Goldfish by the Acre 



Millions of gold- 

 fish are raised 

 on this farm. 

 More money can 

 be made out of 

 goldfish than out 

 of grain 



IX T E N - 

 SIVE gold- 

 fish farm- 

 i n g is more 

 profitable than 

 cattle - raising, 

 in the opinion 

 of Eugene 

 Catte of Lang- 

 <1 o n , Kansas. 

 He has ten 

 acres of ])onfls 

 given over to 

 the raising of the shiny little parlor fish. 

 Millions of goldfish have been reared by 

 Catte since he started in the business 

 years ago, but the demand for goldfish 

 continues to grow. 



That fish farming is a paying business 

 when conducted on a wholesale scale is 

 evidenced by the fact that this Kansas 

 farmer has been able to make as much 

 money from his ten acres of goldfish 

 ponds as other farmers from their one 

 hundred and sixty acre farms. In fact, 

 the industry has grown to such propor- 

 tions that Catte has turned his big grain 

 farm over to his son in order that he 

 himself may devote all of his time to the 

 raising of goldfish. 



Photo fromjifc by Dr. R. W. Sbufeldt 



Raising goldfish 

 is no lazy man's 

 job. You must 

 wade in and sort 

 out the market- 

 able fish with 

 your bare hands 



Years ago 

 Catte started a 

 private fish 

 hatchery on a 

 homestead h e 

 had taken up 

 near the foot 

 of the sand 

 hills. He was 

 able to convert 

 some bogs and 

 .1 spring into a 

 fish pond, 

 where he began raising fish for the mar- 

 ket. There soon sjjrang up such a de- 

 mand for small fish, however, that Catte 

 found it more paying to turn his atten- 

 tion to goldfish. Now his business has 

 grown to such an extent that his hatchery 

 covers thirteen acres and is compose^ of 

 fifteen ponds, ten of which are de\■cff€'?^ 

 to goldfish. 



Catte's busy season begins in the au- 

 tumn. Most of his time is spent in wad- 

 ing about in high rubber boots, sorting 

 out the marketable fish with his bare 

 hands. This is no lazy man's job. Gold- 

 fish farming consists in something more 

 than reading the newspaper on the back 

 porch, waitin^f fnr the fish to grow. 



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