BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 135 



Tal)le of German carp planted in piihlic tcaters of the United SIfitcs, Xorcmher 4, 1885, 

 to Januarii 5, 1880, inclimvc, vnder the direction of Col. 31. McDonald, Chief of the 

 Division of Distribution, U. S. Fish Commission.* 



State. 



Alabama 



Arkansas . 

 Colorado. . 

 Delaware . 



Florida ... 

 Georpa... 

 Illinois ... 



Loniaiana. 



Maryland... 

 Minnesota . . 

 Mississippi . 

 New Mexico 

 Tennessee . . 



Texas 



Virginia .... 



Date. 



Dec. 8,]8S5 



Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Del 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 -fan. 

 Dec. 

 .Tan. 

 •Ian. 

 Dec. 



Jan. 

 Dec. 

 Jan. 

 Dec. 

 •Tan. 

 Dec. 

 •Tan. 

 Dec. 

 Jan. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Dec. 

 .Tan. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Jan. 

 Dec. 

 Nov. 



29, 1885 

 20,1885 

 10, 1885 

 10, 1885 

 10,1885 

 10, 1885 



5. 1885 

 11,1885 



2. 1886 

 30, 1885 



2, 1886 



2, 1886 



30, 1885 



1, 1886 

 30, 1885 



2,1886 

 30, 1885 



1, 1886 

 30, 1885 



1, 1886 

 30, 1885 



2, 1886 

 30, 1885 

 30, 1885 

 30, 1885 

 30, 1885 



7. 1885 

 .5, 1886 



5. 1886 

 5,1886 

 5, 1886 



30,1885 

 5, 1886 



17, 1885 

 4, 1P85 

 .5, 1886 



21,1885 



28, 1885 



Nov. 30, 1885 



Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Nov. 

 Dec. 



12, 1885 



4, 1885 



24, 1885 



24, 1885 



23, 1885 



23, 1885 



28, 1885 



23, 1885 



27, 1885 



23, 1885 



4, 1885 



4, 1885 



15, 1885 



28, 1885 



28, 1885 



4, 1885 



Place at or near wliich. 



On line of railroad 



Fnlton 



Granada 



Wilminston . 

 Wilminjiton . 

 Wilmington . 

 "Wilmington . 

 Jacksonville. 

 Way Cross .. 



Aurora 



Carlylo 



Chicago 



Chicago 



Clinton 



Dixon 



Equality 



Kankakee 



I,anesfillo 



La Salle 



Lonisvillo 



Mendota 



Mill Shoals 



Napervllle 



Pekin 



Eiverton 



Vardnlia 



Wood Lawn 



La Fourche 



Monroe 



Quebec 



Rayvillo 



Richland Connty - 



Shreveport 



Tallulah 



Battery Station . . . 



Slay ton 



Jackson 



Allnu]nciqiie 



Dversbiirgh 



Fowlkes . 



San Marcos 



Brooke's Station. 

 Charlottesville . . 

 Charlottesville . . 



Chatham 



Danville 



Junction 



Lvnch'a St.ation. . 



Milford 



Otter It ivcr 



Potomac 



Quantico 



Rockfish Depot. . 



Taylorsville 



Ta'ylorsvillo 



Wood Bridge 



Total number planted . 



Waters stocked. 



Lake on line of Atlanta and West 



Point Railroad. 



Red River 



Arkansas River 



Brandy wine Crook 



Christiana Creek 



Delaware River 



Shellpot Creek 



Lakes near Jacksonville 



Satilla River 



Fox River 



Kaskaskia River 



Lakes in Lincoln Park 



Lakes in Son) h Park 



Water-tank on Illinois Central 



Railroad. 



Rock River 



Saline River 



Kankakee River 



Lanesville Lake 



Illinois River 



Little Wabash River 



Little "Vermilion River 



LitUe Wabash River 



Des Plaines River 



Lake Cooper 



Sangamon River 



Kaslvaskia River 



Big Mnddy River 



Bayou La Fonrche 



W.ashita River 



Tensas River 



Crew Lake ... 



Grassy Lake - . . 



Red liiver - 



Lake One 



Susquehanna River 



Lake Beauty 



Peail River 



Rio Grande River 



North fork of Forked Deer 



River. 

 Tiibutary of Forked Deer 



Rivei'. 



San Marcos River 



Acquia Creek 



Ivy Creek 



Rivanna River 



Banister River 



Dan River 



North Anna River 



Stannton River 



Mattapony River . .' 



Otter River 



Potomac River 



Quantico Creek 



Rockfish Creek 



Little River 



South Anna River 



Occoquan River 



Number 

 offish. 



500 



3,200 



5, 000 



500 



500 



500 



500 



COO 



2,400 



1,000 



400 



1, 600 

 1,050 



200 



1,000 

 400 



1,000 

 800 



3,000 

 200 



1,000 

 400 

 200 

 100 



1,000 



1,000 

 400 



1,000 



2, 000 



1, 000 

 1,000 

 1,000 



2, 500 

 1,000 



20, 000 



500 



5, COO 



6,000 



1,000 



1,000 



5, 050 



6, 250 

 400 



1,600 



3, 000 

 6,000 

 7,000 

 6,000 

 8,000 

 5, 000 

 5, 500 

 6,250 



200 

 5, 000 

 5, 000 

 7,000 



148, 700 



* Compiled from Colonel McDonald's report for 1885. 



Catching carp with a hook. — Carp can easily be canglit with a 

 liook if baited with anything they arc accustomed to feed upon. A 

 touj,^h crust of bread or a small ball of cotton thoroujrhly saturated 

 with dough can easily be fastened to a hook and will answer the purpose 

 very well. [Amos Ebert, Ashland, X. J., May 8, 18S0.] 



Time required for hatchinIt carp eggs. — Procuring a number 

 of eggs, immediately after the fish had cast them, in June, 1885, 1 placed 



