Thursday. October 7, 1982
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CrayfisL, crawfish,
mudbugs or cpawdads.
Regardless of what you call
them, diet are not just for
the Louisiana Cajuns
anymore. Crawfish farms
are springing up in Texas,
California and South
Carolina. And several
people in North Carolina are
looking into ctawfish
culture. \
Crawfish are not fish at
all. They aref /freshwater
crustaceans / Related \to
crabs, lobster, and shrimp.
Crawfish look, like small
lobsters but*/their flavor
resembles shrimp. Only the
crawfish tail eaten.
Louisiana is undoubtedly
the crawfish Acapital of the
world. They rave over 55,000
acres of jirVwfish culture
ponds. Additionally, com
mercial fishermen catch 30
to 60 million pounds of
crawfish Tier year from
natural waters.
Demand for crawfish
greatly exceeds supply and
is continuing to grow. In 1980
Texas has about 3,000 acres
of craVfish ponds.
California had just begun
culturing crawfish and now
sells specially bred brood
stock. South Carolina had
about 40 acres in production
and that is expanding.
I talked to Jack Whet
stone, the Sea Grant ad
visory service agent in
Georgetown, S.C. He
provides information to
aquaculturists. He has been
overwjifalmqd with
requests for crawfish
farming information this
summer.
According to Whetstone
people are>dMM*hrdppirig
rice and
some peopfe MEretrojitting
existing pmPtl produce
crawfish. He says producers
in his area are planting rice
and browtop millet on the
pond bottoms as food for the
crawfiwh.
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Ideal crawfish ponds are
shallow. Most are 12 to 30
inches deep. Often they are
constructed fay pushing up
low levees in poorly drained
soil. The pond size, design
v and access should be
compatible with farm
equipment required to)
manage the forage crop
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. Johnny Foster
RING Sea Grant
planted on the pond bottom.
Adult brood crawfish are
purchased and stocked in
the flooded ponds in May or
June. Usually about 40 to 50
pounds of adult crawfish are
stocked per acre. Once
stocked, the animals burrow
into the mud. Then the
water should be gradually
drained about the first of
July. The crawfish
reproduce in the burrows
over the summer. v
Weeds and grass can be
allowed to grow on the pond
bottom. But a planted crop
Uke rice, clover or millet
increases production
dramatically. The young
crawfish will feed on the
decaying plants after the
pond\is reflooded. Catfish
feed, spoiled hay or grain by
products can be used for
supplemental food.
The pond should be
gradually refilled
throughout the month of
September. Well water is
bestfor filling the ponds. But
surface water can be used if
it is free of pesticides and
pollution. The water should
be filtered through a small
mesh bag to exclude fish,
eggs and prodators.
After refilling, the baby
crawfish merge from the
.burrows and begin feeding.
They wifi be ready to har
vest during the winter and
early spring. Baited traps
made from chickenware
usually are used for har
vesting. Ponds can be
expected to produce up to
800 pounds of crawfish per
acre each year without
having to stock or brood
animals. About 40 to 50
pounds of harvested"
gjwfMr are pasted tightly-
S rieft sacT and
■ delivered to the processing
plant.
For processing at borne,
, simply boil a gallon of water
for each two pounds of
crawfish. You may add
seasonings and vegetables
to the water. Add the live
crawfish. Once water
reboils, cook for five to ten
minutes. Remove the pot
from the heat and let it sit
for ten to fifteen minutes.
Refrigerate those crawfish
that will not be eaten im
mediately.
To eat the crawfish,
gently break the tail from
the rest of the animal. Plan
to.cook about four pounds of
live crawfish per paeon.
I have mentioned the
highlights of crawfish
farming. It remains to be
seen if our growing season is
long ehough to produce
edible - size crawfish.
Certainly we can produce
bait • size crawfish. But
first, the potential markets
must be investigated
thoroughly.
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First Congressional District
Democratic Party, Oct. 15
The First Congressional
District Democratic Party
Rally will be held October
15, 1982, Bill Hodges an
nounced today. Hodges is
the chairman of the First
Democratic district.
The rally, to be held at
King’s Restaurant, High
way 70 East, Kinston, at 7
P.M., will feature Gov.
James B. Hunt, Jr., and
Rep. Walter B. Jones as the
speakers.
“Gov. Hunt is coming to
the First district to remind
all of us just how important
it is for Democrats to be
elected this fall,” Hodges
said. “The people we elect to
Congress will be deciding
the fate of Social Security in
January. They will be facing
votes that will make the
difference in whether or not
the employment rate in this
area will get back to
something reasonable.”
Hodges said.
The “ears" of a cricket are on its legs. Each front leg
has a drumlike membrane that vibrates when sound waves
strike it
The races for the N.C.
General Assembly are also
critical. All of the burden
that Reagonomics has put
back on the states will be
.coming to roost in Raleigh
next session and if we want
to continue to have
economic growth, a healthy
school system and a fair
government, we’ve got to
assure that Democrats are
elected,” Hodges said.
“In the races for county
commissioner, sheriff, and
clerk of court, we know how
important it is to elect
Democrats who will
represent the people of this
district fairly and wisely,”
Hodges said.
In addition to the speaker,
the rally will include a $6 a
person dinner. Tickets for
the dinner may be pur
chased from Chowan, Mrs.
Lueta C. Sellers County
Democratic Party Chair
man.
North Carolina State Receives *250,000 Grant
By
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Kjorth\Carolina State
piversity’s School of
ngineering has received a
$250,000 graht from, the
Structural Dvfaamics
Research
(SDRC). The will
purchase computer. soft
ware that will be used in
developing a pilot computer
graphics system for
evaluating and analyzing
structures, systems and
machines in the design
state.
The software, which has
rapid analysis and testing
capabilities, will be
acquired over the next five
years and will enhance the
school’s efforts in computer
- aided engineering (CAE)
teaching and research.
The project is under the
direction of Dr. Thomas H.
Hodgson, director of the
Center for Sound and
Vibration in the Department
of Mechanical and
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Aerospace Engineering, and
Dr. Allen C. Eberhardt,
director of the depart
ments’s Undergraduate
Design Laboratory.
The project co-directors
have begun work with the
staff of the NCSU Com
puting Center to get the pilot
system operational on the
university’s computer
system.
The five - year grant has
been made under SDRC’s
University Program,
established to encourage
development of computer -
aided engineering curricula
and facilities at major
universities.
“We are pleased to have
been accepted as part of this
program supported by
SDRC, a world leader in the
field of structural analysis,”
Hodgson said. “This gift will
help us to enhance our CAE
teaching and research
programs, giving our
students an opportunity to
become familiar with new
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and powerful computer
techniques.”
Eberhardt explainedfrat
by using computer models
to evaluate the soundess ina
new design prior to building
a prototype for tesfmg,
engineers can speed up .the
design stage, saving tune
and costs in the prdcfupt
development process.
“The explosion in com
puter - aided engineering for
structural analysis can be
compared with the impact
the invention of the .itran
sistor had for the electronics
industry,” Hodgson said, “ft
is vital that N.C. State be in
the fore - front of this
growing technology.”
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