Farm Fishponds

An important part of soil and moisture conservation is making the best use of every acre on the farm. Where a suitable site for a farm pond exists, no better use can be made of such land than to develop it for the production of fish for the farm family. The recreation the pond affords adds much to the pleasure of rural life. Thousands of farms have good pond sites. Properly developed and managed ponds may provide both food and pleasure to more than a million farm people. This bulletin tells how to have good ponds. It explains how to manage such ponds to assure rapid production of an ample supply of fish. It points out the importance of selecting suitable sites, building good dams and spillways, and protecting ponds from flood and erosion. It tells how to stock the pond with fish. These things insure a lasting pond that may be fished many times a year. This bulletin supersedes Farmers\u27 Bulletin No. 1938, Fish for Food from Farm Ponds