Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-19 | Page 14 | In Your Own Garden

Your Own 10 lJ 3 u n. n t t FEEDING GOLDFISH Probably more goldfish die from overfeeding than from any other cause When the tho fish are arc brought Into tho the house for the winter after spending eight or nine months out in the pool in your garden they are ready to adopt their resting period almost similar to the tho dormant of plants Of course they do not hibernate but th they y are in a more confined space and they become less active Feeding at this time is not needed more than twice a week and no nomore nomore nomore more food should be bo given than they clean up in 20 or 30 minutes Unconsumed Unconsumed Unconsumed Un- Un consumed food in the water simply fouls it and may cause trouble among tho the fish too Goldfish Goldish to be healthy need fats proteins mineral salts carbohydrates drates and vitamins which sounds rather complicated There are aro pI prepared pre pie c- c pared fish foods on the marKet which contain th these se and there are other foods which do not The perfect perfect per per- food is one ono which has a proper balance of animal and mineral matter matter mat mat- ter added to to cereals for bulk Those who vho raise goldfish commercially commercially com corn or amateur fanciers who are really serious about their fish add portions of scraped raw beef or tiny particles of raw liver to tho the fishs fish's diet about once a week Boiled Boned carrots and spinach too are as much needed by healthy goldfish as b by growing youngsters and the fish dont don't grumble when they have to cat eat them either cither Variety in food is liked by gold gold- fish Raw oatmeal especially the thc quick cooking sorts is good allowing allow allow- ing lag a n very few flakes flaItes to each fish A hard-boiled hard egg chopped as finely finely fine fine- ly as and mixed with oatmeal oatmeal oat oat- meal to a paste makes a splendid food and should bo be fed a small piece at a time for it will keep in a cool place until all aU has been used Hard- Hard boiled eggs are used by commercial commercial commer commer- cial breeders who wish to hasten or help heip the breeding condition Dried shrimp is a valuable fish food but it must be used with caution caution cau- cau tion ion or the water will become very foul and smelling ill-smelling only give very minute portions so that every speck will vilI be devoured The fish love this Earth worms are fed to goldfish by jy fanciers who know that live food foods Is s a necessity along with the tho commercial com corn mercial products The worms are arc cut into tiny pieces and are fed sparingly all pieces which have not been eaten in a half hour being re removed removed re re- moved from the aquarium QUERIES B. B T T. S S. Murray writes Can you tell me mc how to prepare Chinese lantern lantern lan Ian tern plants for k keeping I read your articles every night and enjoy them very much Ans Thank you Simply cut the plants when the lanterns are well colored and hang them in bunches head downward from a nail in a ceiling somewhere until they are dry They will then keep and be pretty indefinitely