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Show Pioneer Fish Fabm. Through ! tho politeness of Hon. A. P. Rook- j wood wo were seated in his carriage for 1 a trip to his fish farm, about five miles from the city. The roads were good and we soon reached the spot, a nice piece of rich land of twenty acres, , upon a goodly portion of which crops 1 of grain and vegetables are raised and an orchard planted out. Nearly two years ago Mr. Rockwood commenced fish raising, with trout from the Weber, and imported eggs, eels, etc. The imported eggs, by accident, gener" ally failed; the eels were youDg and have not been seen. The trout in any size from two pounds down may be seen, when oallod and fed. Mr. R. has some dezen pools, ponds and apartments for the Bizing of the fish, supplied bv largo springs of pure water, producing abundanee of water plants, in whioh innumerable insects of various sizes are bred, making abundant food ! for tho fish. Here we observed a ' handsome water plant, new to us, finely enfoliagod; and also sobae tiny floating petals. Mr. R. has erected a fine dwelling amidst his fish pools, where a portion of his family dwell and oare daily for the shoals of trout A canal ; runs Immediately by the fish pool?, and 1 can be used for large fish when needed. Mr. Rookwood is deserving of much credit for the expense and labor he has ' been to in introducing and experiment-! experiment-! ing in au enterprise of such import-! import-! ance to tho public of this growing Territory. |