| Show FISH PONDS another convert to the fish industry remarkable success with large consignment of rainbow trout received last spring the fish lus has received an strong conner comer and advocate in jim bolitho jim is a genial soul and it is always fair weather in his vicinity he is a booster from boost erville arille ind and he bc his has aloiys an argument to show that utah is the greatest state in the union and that this valley is the best allen in utah he bought a ranch east of richfield se several eral years ears 3 ago and built a hand handsome ome residence theiron with sti blee bles sheds and ao ad and as is the land was a bed of the whitest mineral ever ener seen lit in this loci locilia lit the people here said thit that jim hid had bats and thit that his finish was clearly in sight he never disputed the assertions that his prosperity was ass near the zero mark not he I 1 he be just gathered his w wind ind for another start and now a visit to his place on the county roa roid d adjoining adjo ning the race track shows that he hoeu what has ha vaa doing and his frield were a lot 0 of f bikers that he had the stamina to pluck victory from defeat and the consoling ft fi lends w were ere overlooking a bet jim is getting there with both feet and inside of a few ears he will be one of the best fixed men in this vicinity but about the fish I 1 mr bolitho is an enthusiast in any line that prom aises returns and he has found the fish the most fascinating of all the he things he be has ever ener engaged in last spring a representative of the mountain frh company was here his name was james claw clawson son and he had a talk with mr bolitho about the poss posh bili ties of fish culture mr bolitho bolitno was a litte doubtful thom thomas osden oden an old fiend of mr Claw bons visited the ranch in company w with ith him and he was co convinced minced that the fish business would pay he offered to stand half the espenes of a trial shipment of fry mr bolitho was willin willing to invest money mcinel in the enterprise and so the matter las as arranged A home for the little fish was ane first thin thing necessary years agu ago at the time when jims friends took delight in referring to his place as a lizard ranch jim spent considerable money in driving flowing wells ells he has a number of them on his ranch and thy they yield a quality of water which is rated as the purest in the state one of these is from a four inch pipe situated near dear his house it has a flow of gallons per minute and during the time since it h his is been flowing a splendid growth of oung boung black willon trees has de developed eloped along the course of the stream it has created this was selected as the home of the young trout there long chimber were about feet in lenitha four feet wide and three feet deep into this the water was conducted ind and with the willor a as a shade a more ideal home for the trout c could 0 uld not be found thirty thousand rainbow trout were ordered mr ogden was dispatched to the murray hatchery for the fish the consignment arrived in eleven cans each containing fish little fellows about a half niel inch in length only two fish out of the entire amount died on the way and this ls is considered a remarkable shipment of fish fry with such a small per of loss the e were placed in the in pie pared chambers and the fellows thrived from the minute they were deposited the consignment was received in april and UD until the present timp time less thin than fifty have hane died the are fed regularly on musli mush made from shorts and chopped liver they devour devoir this ra ravenously and the way they grow is encouraging so well have hale the fish grown that many man of thern them will measure four inches in length and this his has encouraged Bolitho and olden and th 3 have hake determined to extend their operations next spring and new liew ponds will be constructed construct cd and more consignments consign ments received until the business his has grown to such proportions that they cm can raise their own fry A will be erected and there is in old slough or river bed which tra traverses erses the farm for a considerable di tince which cm can be mide made into an ideal home for the fish this is not a dream but plans are being formal formulated cited DO now for the enlargement lar gement of the mr bolitho got his training in firming farming in iowa and he brings some of the industrious methods of middle wesl farming into use on his ranch he saw some ver ago that trees planted along the streams from his hia flowing wells nells would afford shelter fur for cattle and also eventually furnish fire wood fr his lame As a result he has a i promising prom ring growth of black willow timber at various arious points on his big ranch he found from observation and investigation that the soil of the rinch ranch could be washed clean of all mineral by getting it in solution and then draining it off in addition to this he be found tint that the wild w ild hayano hay 1 no n as white top or fox tail was one of the best conquerors conqueror of miner 1 that there is in the allen and that nature h had provided thi this plant for that desirable and lobious purpose 11 he e has assiduously culli atad this in ha and if cut before the head is fully full del developed eloped and raked into windrows wind rows afeei cutting it makes a nutritious food for bittle following two sears of this ha hav the time tame timotha and kentucky blue griss grass can be sown sovin and it will ahrie wonderful vonder full he his planned a system of drainage foi his lanch w which aich will ill be completed before a greit great while and when completed his farm will be one of the most va valuable lualle in the entire valley H has an abiding faith in the future of this section and has come bemp this time to stan sta he is all sunshine and he urges that N whit hat w we e need here is more booting and improvements and prayers for more funerals of the grouchy grouch and incompetents who will neither neiter improve them nor offer encouragement to his place 1 is well worth a cibit and his bib methods of reclamation rec or ol mineral lands landh worth w orth of investigation |
