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$2.50 and $4.95 per pound, and the catfish for somewhere
between $1.50 and $2.50 each.
Sometime after petitioner stocked the ponds, all of
the fish died due to hot weather. Petitioner then put
more fish in the ponds and attempted to keep them alive
by pumping cool well water into the ponds. This was
marginally successful, and in 1990, petitioners were able
to harvest some fish which they sold for a total of $525.
At some point, however, the pumps failed and a portion of
the remaining fish died due to high water temperature.
Petitioner then inserted a pipe connecting the small trout
pond to the larger catfish pond to regulate the water
temperature in both ponds. Petitioner also installed
electric aerators in the ponds to increase the amount of
oxygen in the water, and constructed a deck leading to the
middle of the larger pond to transport electricity to the
aerators. Additionally, petitioner purchased and installed
a windmill to operate a plunger designed to draw cool water
from the ground into one of the ponds. This plunger system
was not operational at the time of trial.
Petitioners' fish-raising activity was never profit-
able. Petitioners paid a total of $7,190 for improvements
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