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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1956
Page
12
The piece describes a large tropical fish farm occupying the first floor of a residence turned sales room. It notes hundreds of tropicals including cannibalistic fighters, neon tetras, and hardy goldfish stock. It mentions aging equipment, separate tanks, and a census challenge for fish numbers.
Lancaster Farming reports on a 112 acre Lloyd W. Nolt farm near Silver Springs Nolt's Ponds where a mix of sacred lotus papyrus and taro from the Philippine Islands grows in shared waters echoing ancient Egypt and Orient tales a peculiar farming venture in Lancaster County Penn Square setting.
The article describes Nolt Ponds at Silver Springs seven miles west of Lancaster, a historic farm run by the Von Nultz family since 1756 with a 1799 house. It highlights a world-renowned fish and aquatic plant operation, surrounded by alfalfa corn wheat tobacco oats and garden, and notes a venerable walnut tree studied by botanists.
In 1928 a hobby became a business as goldfish purchased by the Nolts thrived in summer but died after the first fall cold snap. The article warns that only drastic temperature changes over eight degrees threaten the pampered fish, noting no extreme shifts current in warmth.
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