1.   Among other things, the new regulations could lead to inspection of farm ponds, tougher standards for wastewater treatment plants and closer attention for streams.

2.   Bern residents and area dairy, hog and cattle farms had to haul water from other locations or use water from farm ponds to support their family and livestock.

3.   Farm ponds, the original local watering holes, literally dot the rural countryside and can be the source of good ultralight-tackle fishing.

4.   In Mauldin, S.C., two young boys drowned in an icy farm pond Friday after a week of freezing temperatures left the surface only partially frozen.

5.   In that other age, the animals trailed from clusters of hedge to the farm pond, drawing their own abstract designs in paths across the fields.

6.   In ordinary agriculture, he pointed out, water that runs off paved roads makes its way to farm ponds used for irrigation.

7.   It has nothing in common with the ordinary farm pond or trout pond.

8.   He even wondered about paper made from the cattails that crowd sloughs and farm field ponds.