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Soil Saver Notes
Nine Culpeper and Rappahannock county farm ponds were stocked with fish last Friday. Soil Conservation Service Technicians working in co-operation with the Culpeper Soil Conservation District delivered the fish from ttve U. S. Department of Interior Hatchery in West Virginia. The fish are granted to ail farmers having developed complete farm plans for soil-water conservation. The ponds must meet construction specifications, however. ■
Farmers in Rappahannock county included L. L,. Voight, Flint Hill; and Clarence Gough, Wash-, ington, each having two ponds.
Two species of fish are placed in each ponu on the basis of the size. Large Mouth Bass and Bream (Blue Gills) are the twe species most commonly used. They seem to be the only species that will maintain the proper balance over a period of time. They are placed in the ponds at the ratio of 100 Bass to 1U00 Bream per acre of surface water.
For good fish culture it is very necessary that ponds be fertilized at the rate of to 1600 lb. of an $-8-4 or its ekuivalent per acre of surface water each year. The fertilizer should be applted during the period April through October.
Fertilizer in the pond produces food for the small fish and in turn the small fish provide the food for the larger/ fish. Fertilizer is also necessary to control the various water plants that are common in most ponds. All kinds of growth or trash are undesirable in a farm pond and should be discouraged.
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