| Show j Inventor of fish feeder Max superintendent of the Whiterocks Hatchery of the Utah Fish and demonstrates his new Invention that will simplify the feeding of It is a automatic food dispenser for fry fish Max North invents fish feeder at Whiterocks praised by Fish and Game EDITOR'S NOTE The following article and the accompanying picture appeared in the July issue of the Utah Fish and Game Bulletin and concerns one of their Max resident of We reprint the article with permission of D. Paul G chairman of the Utah Fish and Game AUTOMATIC food dispensers for fry fish in hatcheries are believed to have great Experiments arc being conducted on several different Max Superintendent of the Whiterocks has developed and protected with one that seems to work with complete But why an automatic In the first it takes all the guess work out of feeding fish Men have known for years of the advantages of feeding the human baby the proper amounts at regular intervals Experimentation and research work with livestock and poultry have also shown the advantages of systematic feeding It is to believe that underfeeding or feeding Irregularly be detrimental to a fish NORTH'S dispenser provides a automatic feeding It consists of a series of tiny bins going the entire length of the troughs An opening on the bottom of the bin is activated with a solenoid The solenoid is regulated with a time making it possible to feed the fish at regular intervals over a 21 period if so desired Once you determined the amount of food that a given number of fish the North Automatic Feeder will distribute just that NORTH LIST the advantages of his fish 1 Fish are and when fed by hand are frightened right at the time they are supposed to eat The automatic feeder is in hatcheries and is believed to have great The North arc active members of the Whiterocks Ward where he is courtesy Fish the food just suddenly appears on the surface of the water and the fish start to feed The feeder is dependable It can be sel to feed the fish the way the fish He can the feel assured the fish will be properly cared for When hand feeding is other duties interfere and cause loo great a time lapse between fry fish feedings The automatic feeder furnishes factual information on experimental feeding of different types of By putting two or more feeders on different troughs with different feed in each you can definitely tell which is the best food for the fish This eliminates guess work and prejudice It is believed fish can be fed over a longer period of time at no extra A time clock starts the feeder an time in the morning and feeds until any given time Feeding ae regular intervals around the clock is possible Whether lights for will be is not known at the present time 5 The Automatic feeder sav time and After the correct feeding schedule has been the entire operation consists of setting the time clock and filling the food dispensers once a Many hours of labor are thus The instantaneous release of food the entire length of the trough tends to alleviate the pressure from fish crowding Into on spot This also gives the smaller fish a chance to feed before the mass of the food is gobbled up by the more There is a possibility that this v ill result in more uniform It is believed that less l will settle on the bottom of the trough or pond to become It will probably take some time to iron out any weaknesses in this feeding After a h y mechanical deficiencies have been it will be possible to de very accurate research work on feeding operations |
