SEMI- TROPIC! CA1,1 FOR NT !. 
render a general idea of pond construction,! overflow of the pond; <i ri ihc i, .let CtBBOlt BtWLBHiOE FOB KU.UNQ JotlWBFit 
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which he can modify to suit hisconronlfince. 
Tho culture is attended with «o little care 
that every farmer, who has a pond of water 
of any considerable sl/e, can soon have it 
stocked with fish. The reservoirs which 
are used in many places to collect water 
and K i* tho outlet *luir*. 
Explanation of Tig. 2 - This is on a titt 
larger scale than ponrl JCo. I p ,« 
natural pond. It is formed l.y a dam, 
abou*. seven or eight feet high, crossing 
valley, and thus collecting the water of 
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f 
Fki. 1.—Sim 
i Pox 
for irrigating purposes could ho rpry profit¬ 
ably turned to this use without interfering 
in the least with their irrigating capacity. 
Sluggish water is better lor this fish than a 
clear, running stream; a muddy bottom, 
where it can wallow, together with growing 
grass and weeds around the edges are most 
desirable. Near most of these country res¬ 
ervoir* we find an alfalfa patch; if a hand¬ 
ful were thrown into the pond, the farmer 
would he surprised to see how it 
would be devoured. The same could he | price paid i-.r the ti»h as f . I. wt u 1 1 lirg-ly 
said of refuse apples, peaches, pears and repay for ail the trouble and expense. Hoi 
other fruits, also potatoes, melons, turnips,' climate i- admirably .» Up"- 1 to th 
C, tho 
the dam, D, tber 
an nutlet loading lo| 
aii yther deepening, j. 
the so-called nutlet i,, 
col Ice tor, (» O. Tho j f, 
f iu rpose of this col- p 
actor i* tn retain fish!' 
that may have pamrd '" 
through the outlet . 
when opened. It i*ji' 
provided with a screen I" 
or netting, V t». Upon 1 J 
th® bottom of the pond, 1, 
I 1 , i« the rolfrrtnr |* 
ditch which enndurt* in¬ 
ducts the fi«h to C when tho water ia lot 
out, and thus prevent* them from being 
caught in the mud. Ft ii tho run of water, 
which, to prevent overflow, has to be con¬ 
ducted around the pond in a *cp*ratc ditch, 
leaving an inlet at J pmlecMd withaereana. 
We Irelieve that there are many hirst inns 
in Southern California, which, with hut a 
very small outlay, might be f.irtnml into 
earn pond*, and the rapidity of increase 
and growth, and the demand and 
, favonhla re part* fro» 
it throughout the Sts 
ret unfamiliar wi 
following from 
Angel*** counti 
•e the aninformer 
r B 
etc., in fact, anything that a hog will 
aat ture, i 
I the few wno have already g<n 
si&Enf 
-i Jt 
may he considered good food for fl.e carp, into the Iiuhiucmi report favorable 
His growth is very rapid; this years’ spawn j The fountain aquarium, in the 
will be ready for tho home table next year, 1 will be stocked with t arp during Kvr »■ --W. *'■ 
and for the market 
the year after. It | 
is in its prime 
when it weighs 
from three to five 
pounds, which 
weight it attains 
in the second year, 
but at twenty 
pounds, it> full ft i *r~i 
growth weight, it 
loses but little of AMljj 
its fineness nud 
sweet lluvor. It c 
is Mind tlmt sneoi- & 
mens Iisvii Doen 
taken that weighed 
even » hundred 
pounds, but thin 
weight is an exception to the rule. The j and visitors interested can learn 
examination, about the business from parlies 
.trfwflj answai 
war tJw*ly ttMemv*^ 1 helWw 
•kv state. 1 sia, sir, very truly r 
miiT, 
ill ha, so 1- 
a t>» HO 
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In explanation of tb* hUi 
• lnhi. 
heavy volatile liquid which 
pawe 
The vapor formed ia powm 
to the air. 
and small animal*, though riot 
an nrdaaa 
breathed in strong dimes fn 
rah 
and that without access to 
fr-e 
air. The 
vapor formed ia three timoi 
> hea 
iner than 
... feu b. ,.. U r~i r». 
. to 
water; then as it «matt»a« 
> In e 
all vapor* do, it force* liatrii 
every d*. 
pariment of the squirrel, rat r 
•r i«q 
destroy the animal. 
up as follows: There ia no Is 
Xi 
it kills only tho animal io t 
,1a, which 
brntlM the vapor, when- 
M •< 
rvchiiiiie. 
ph<*fnhnnta, etc., is aa apt t 
a kil 
1 the p«t 
dog, sheep, birds, ate. Tho 
anno 
af (Moot 
get away from the tapor o< 
is it try. 
other poisons may be ***'•■. 
leil. a 
bisulphide all within the ho 
■ amt re- 
.L_ J_ 
. Mohk Com* 
rut of the first pond, upi 
will bO found to ha very simple and easy of 
construction; this would he well suited (or all quest 
a domestic pond, owing to the small area 
which it may occupy. 
Kxplanation of Fig. 1.—A ia the pond; II 
is the out, or breeding pond. Tho dotted ma j., 
lioe contains tho water having a depth ofj 
only fi inches; U ia lha water of Ij feat in I ... 
depth; F K is the outer ditch to prevent «nj ^ ^ , Uilun 
ho will ch«K 
n», to the 
Croon syrup van hr Mad* 
of watermelons. Six gallon 
•rt»p. 
film 
more fell* 
in attend- j 
r any and{ 
ability. 
and other peta. 
A* prepared by John H. Wheeler, the 
only manufacturer on this Cbaat. it i» put 
up in convenient packages with complete 
•hievtiuna tor uee. These packages are 
kept by druggists and keepers of genera) 
nwrchandiae. IVww <i*amng a quantity 
shoaid address John FI. Wheeler, 111 
(.eidaadmtf street, Ssn Frawctaco. 
i juio 
jtiiCe will j la rabbits gnaw your trees sod tinea, 
I mix a pint of hlt-d with a pad ->( water 
and with a sprinkle* or hay ls»b put a 
• repotted | little of the Oil stare on the vmre and U-iiiks 
i of yowr Ueea. Pure blood it beet. 
