Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1884 — A Good Word for the "Bullhead.” [ARTICLE]

A Good Word for the "Bullhead.”

The United States Fish Commissioners, while doing all that they can to distribute German carp among farmers, recommend, at the s me time, the stocking of ponds, natural or artificial, with native fish. Among others, they speak very favorably of the “bullhead” —horned pout or small cat-fish. It is well adapted to shallow and somewhat warm water, is perfectly hardy, not liable to disease, and propagates very rapidly. Its food consists chiefly of acquatic plants that grow without cultivation on the borders of streams and ponds. It also devours many insects that are liable to be a source es annoyance. It costs very little to prepare a pond for raising these fish, or for stocking it. Tho flesh of the cat-fish is regarded as a great delicacy in places where it is difficult to obtain it, and is now becoming popular in several Eastern cities. It resembles the flesh of eels, winch is far more nutritious than the flesh of mo 4 kinds of fish. It requires to be cooked for some time in an abundance of hot fat. Many condemn this fish who have never eaten it or, held it in very low esteem, because it is common. — Chicago Times.