ACCLIMATISATION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14015, 21 September 1909, Page 4

ACCLIMATISATION.

FISHPONDS FOR INGL]^;UOD. j • "< .si'.t ."' i A meeting of ri">i<teuts ol'ihe district interested in aciliffiwivitipb matters was held at Inglewwrf last vmek. Mr. J. K. Wilson, president of the T«iannKi Acclimatisation Society, who was present by invitation ot , the local members, was voted to tlie chair. He exC" ned that the society was doing its this season to have <!»• varioUK . trout streams thoroughly ntocktHl, and that they were likely to obtain moie Rsh tbanHhey haO pdnHtfToy:':' IB tl«se vircumstances tne offer of the Tsri'vi ]ooj.le to constiuet holding ponds of their own was ver> gratifying to the society, and he was glad to learn that Inglewood was^movin^j^in'tthe same direction» iV - It was explained that the local angleis r.erf desirous of having the lngiewood fishing grounds- morsti'rjeraily supplied i than had been the effee; ami to that end they were prepared, if the sociot\ would provide the material, to construct ponds of either wood, or cvyprcU- <-,apablo of holding 10.0UO fry. !&*>y had b<-e:. looking round for a likely *pot for the ponds, and had decided to ask the permission of the lnglewooti Bacon Company to make the pond on the company's property al<mgside the \\ aion;ona Hiver, where t!-.e iood for the fish could Ix- easily obtained, and where there were one or two keen sportsmen prepared to look after them. As ihe outcome of the meeting it wa > unanimously decided tliat the Inglewood committee should proceed at once with Uie construction rf tho jm«hl>, endeavouring to have them ready to receive 10,000 trout fry in about a fortnight's time. LOCAL NOTES. The Tvranaki Acclimatisation Society proposes to establish a game farm for the breeding and raising of pheasants, probably on the Frankley Road. The society has added four additional ponds to those already in use at Pukekura Park. • Water is conducted over them by means of a wooden flume, and falls into the tanks from a height of several feet, thus thoroughly aerating the water and • keeping it in constant agitation, this having the tendency to produce stronger and more active fish. It is hoped to have the hatcheries in full swing for next season. Thejr will be erected in the fern glen, winch at present holds the rearing ponds. The Acclimatisation Society yesterday received 20,000 trout fry from ' the Hawera hatcheries. Of these 10,000 were brown trout and 10,000 rainbow. Thcv were landed in excellent condition' and placed in the society's ponds in Pukekura Park. Latterly the Hawern society has adopted the system of netting the "wild f> trout in the streams ana stripping them of ova, and these young fisn are fine healthy specimens.