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Show Farmer Says Pond Keeps Kids at Home Increases Livability Of Modern Farm Home C. H. Drew reasons that improv ing the livability of his farm and keeping the kids at home is just as important as building up the soil's fertility. He pays close attention to both. Drew says one of the best investments invest-ments he ever made was the 2V4 acre pond on his 160-acre farm near Huntington, Indiana. He hired a man with a bulldozer to dig it out. The pond is 8 to 12 feet deep at the deepest point and is fed by water draining off an 80-acre field. 1 "The pond is entirely for recre- .. v.. e (Sv-j?.; ; Vv .:' ... . i Fringed by trees, the shore of the pond makes a beautiful picnic site. The family uses a big stump for a table for Sunday Sun-day night suppers. The area around the pond is a wildlife preserve. ation", he said. "It pays off in making mak-ing a better family life. It increases the number of activities my wife and I and the youngsters can enjoy together. It encourages our children to stay at home." Every spare moment during the summer, the children are swimming, swim-ming, boating or fishing. Their friends like the pond, too. Sometimes Some-times as many as 30 kids from the neighborhood come over to join in the fun.. In the winter the pond is fine for skating. Drew stocked the pond with bass and blue giUs. Members of the family fam-ily and their friends often pull out good catches. |