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on board, which were brought on deck and baited with clear salt pork 

 (we having no other bait on board). The lines were lowered and im- 

 mediately each line had a fish. On being hauled in we found them to 

 be codfish, and for two hours we caught codfish as fast as we could 

 lower and haul in our lines. We caught several hundred. A breeze 

 sprang up, and we filled away for the Chesapeake. The weather being 

 very warm, we dressed and split our fish and salted them in our chain 

 cable boxes, having no other means to keep them. We arrived at Bal- 

 timore the next day, and there was a great demand for our corned cod- 

 fish. We had a great rush for them and soon sokl out. I have no doubt 

 that codfish can be caught in the same locality to-day. It is but a short 

 run from Norfolk, Va. * 



BoYLSTON Hall, Boston, Mass., 



February 20, 1SS2. 



RECEIVT €0:VTRIBUTIOiVS TO POiXD CIJ1.TIVATI01V.* 



Br MK. EBEN BAIVDITTEIV. 



Eead at the general meeting of the Fishery Association of East and West Prussia. 

 [From Deutsche Fischer ei-Zeitung, vol. 5, Xo. 6, Stettin, February 7, 1882.] 



In all works on pond-cultivation, and by all practical carp-cultivators, 

 spawning-ponds of small extent are considered best suited to the pur- 

 pose. 



With your permission I shall give a brief extract from the fourth re- 

 port of the Fishery Association of East and West Prussia, for the years 

 1S80-'81, which contains a general description of pond-cultivation : 



'•The spawning-pond, as its name indicates, serves for the increase of 

 the carp. For this purpose small ponds of an area of one-tenth to one- 

 half hectare are selected, with a depth of water remaining as much as 

 possible the same at all times. Such ponds are easy to superintend ; 

 they are quickly warmed by the sun, and furnish ample food for the 

 young fry. Only in a few places the water need be 1 meter deep, whilst 

 its general depth should not exceed 10 to 20 centimeters. Fro(is are 

 considered as dangerous enemies. For spawning-carp well built and (es- 

 pecially as regards fins and scales) perfectly healthy fish are selected, 

 weighing from 1^ to 2 kilograms." 



The above was written by Prof. Dr. Benecke, the secretary of our as- 

 sociation, who, by his enthusiasm for, his knowledge of, and his experi- 

 ence in, pisciculture, has gained an almost European reputation. 



I fully subscribe to all he has said in the above quotation, but would 

 remark at the same time that I, as well as many others, have not suc- 

 ceeded in raising carp with absolute certainty. The best proof of the 



*"Nonere teichwirthschaftllche Mitheilungen." — Translated from the German by 

 Herman Jacobson. 



Bull. U. S. F. C, 81 25 July 7, 18 82. 



