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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1957
Page
5
Weingard explains that trout ponds require fertilization to maintain food for the fish. Use 100 pounds of 8-8-4 or 5-10-5 plus 25 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre, applied in warm weather when the water lacks a greenish blue cast. Dense micro plant life should obscure objects 18 inches deep.
Penn State specialists say a well designed farm pond can supply fire protection, livestock water and recreation. Agricultural engineer Joe McCurdy and wildlife specialist Robert Weingard urged Lancaster county farmers to plan with forethought, citing lessons from Le Roy Andrews and Joseph M Brubaker farms.
Mc Curdy outlines pond siting and construction with a steady two inch water source as ideal plus a divertible stream and drained access. He prescribes heavy clay dam fill six to ten feet wide with two to one wet slope and three to one dry slope and a six inch overflow. Weingard favors warm water fish, recommends bluegill and smallmouth bass with heavy harvest to balance the population, and discourages trout due to warm water.
A telephone contact list for farm seed deliveries includes C. B. Erb in Landisville and several growers and dealers in towns such as Elizabethtown Strasburg Intercourse Morgantown Gap Quarryville and Morgantown with respective phone prefixes. The entry notes A. H. Hoffman Seeds, Inc. in Landisville PA as a supplier.
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