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which are natural enemies of the fish. 

 Owing to the various kinds of trash in 

 such ponds it is usually very difficult to 

 seine them and remove the natural ene- 

 mies of the fish, including- the larger fish 

 themselves, which are not only enemies 

 of the young and the small fish, but are 

 a detriment to their growth and develop- 

 ment. 



Many of these natural ponds can be 

 cleaned by removing the brush, logs and 

 vegetable growth. This makes it pos- 

 sible to manage them in much better 

 shape and puts them in a condition that 

 seines can be used in removing the nat- 

 ural enemies of the fish as well as the 

 large fish themselves. However, seining 

 and netting in fish ponds may prove to 

 be a dangerous business unless the oper- 

 ators understand something about fish 

 culture. Many of the natural ponds can 

 be greatly improved for fish purposes by 

 cleaning and developing them in certain 

 places and by throwing up embankments 

 to keep out flood waters. Sometimes 

 these natural ponds can be fed by direct- 

 ing a small stream of fresh water into 



them through ditches or pipes from 

 creeks or springs or even from windmill 

 pumps. If this can be done their value 

 as fish-producing bodies of water will 

 be greatly increased. 



These natural ponds are usually well 

 supplied with fish food, especially the 

 kinds of insects and plants that young 

 fish and minnows feed upon; and young 

 fish and minnows serve very extensively 

 as food for the growing game fishes. 



The artificial pond is usually made by 

 constructing a dike or dam across a 

 draw or a piece of sloping ground, or 

 across a small stream, or by inclosing a 

 piece of ground that can be supplied with 

 water. This ground that is to be used 

 for pond purposes may be located on 

 high lands or even near a hilltop as well 

 as in the valleys and sloughs of low 

 lands. It is to this class of pond that 

 we desire to give our especial attention, 

 for many of them have been constructed 

 in the state of Kansas, and undoubtedly 

 thousands more will be constructed in 

 the near future. 



A MOUNTAIN RAM. A FIFTY DOLLAR FINE 

 AND COURTEOUS GAME OFFICERS 



By A. H. Cordier, M.D. 



I had been informed by the guides be- 

 fore leaving my home that the open 

 season on mountain sheep had been 

 changed from September ist to August 

 15th. I had traveled three thousand 

 miles to reach the sheep country in which 

 I expected to hunt. On my arrival I 

 was informed that the open season had 

 not been changed, as the governor had 

 refused to sign the new bill. My time 

 was limited. The guide and his outfit — 

 three Indians and sixteen horses — were 

 engaged for thirty days at thirty dollars 

 per day, for myself and hunting partner. 

 It would take seven days of hard trailing 

 to reach the country where we were go- 

 ing to hunt. It was then August 15th. 

 We decided to start on the trip and get 

 well located by September, ist. We 

 traveled and camped in a beautiful, little 



grass covered valley and decided to rest 

 one day and let the horses graze. The 

 next morning the guide, my hunting 

 partner, one of the Indians and I con- 

 cluded to go on a little tour of inspec- 

 tion upon Big Red Mountain, so-called 

 because of the bright red color of its 

 crest. 



It was an ideal day. The sun shone 

 down upon us with sufficient heat to 

 counteract the cold of the wind's blast 

 as it swept over the glacier and snow 

 covered mountain sides. The climbing 

 up the sides of this mountain presented 

 the usual difficulties met with in reaching 

 high altitudes. You look above you and 

 think on the next bench I will be at the 

 top, but when you reach that spot, per- 

 chance you will discover a broad, flat 

 valley several hundred yards or more in 



