United Farms, Inc.
Pond 8 (7.18 acres)

Stocking Dates Mortalities Estimated Harvest Dates
Harvest Dates Feeding Rates General Water Quality

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)   Stocking Dates

Catfish

Date

 Head Stocked Weight Stocked (lb) Head/acre Average Weight/fish (lb)
September 18, 1997 21,018 3,489 2,927 0..166
October 29, 1997 25,322 7,217 3,527 0.285
April 13, 1999 35,588 605 4,957 0.017
May 26, 1999 61,464 2,592 8,560 0.042

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)   Harvest Dates

Date

 Head Harvested Weight Harvested (lb) lb/acre Average Weight/fish (lb)
September 2, 1998 16,626 22,088 3,076 1.3
January 8, 1999 7,843 13,701 1,908 1.7
January 12, 1999 3,941 6,885 959 1.7

 


Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)    Mortalities

Date Estimated Mortality (head) Estimated Mortality (lb) Diagnosis
May 14, 1998 9,970 4,972 Hamburger Gill

NEW!!! Total Aeration Hours from 12May98 through 04Nov98.
        Electric Hours (horsepower hr) = 1,393.5 (13,935)
        Tractor Hours = 439.5

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)   Feeding Rates

 

Feed input (lb/ac/day) since initial stocking on September 18, 1997.

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Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)   Estimated Harvest Dates (based on data entered in Fishy 98)

Projected harvest dates

Harvest Date Harvest Number Harvest Weight Harvest Size (lb)
April 16, 1999 7,540 11,310 1.50
June 6, 1999 8,808 13,212 1.50
June 15, 1999 1,278 1,917 1.50
July 16, 1999 1,495 2,243 1.50

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)  General Water Quality

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Water quality since initial stocking on September 18, 1997- December 2, 1999.

Temp (C)a pHa Hardnessb Alkalinityb Nitritea NH3a TANa Clb
n 56 53 7 9 54 37 56 8
Average 24.3 8.3 205.2 210.9 0.0 0.3 2.2 58.1
Minimum 8.4 7.5 171.0 188.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 22.3
Maximum 36.0 9.5 239.4 239.4 0.1 2.5 7.8 165.0

n = Number of samples
*  Water quality based on 2 year average from weekly and monthly water samples.
a Weekly samples
b Monthly samples

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