BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 30V 



Price-list of carp, goldfish, and silveefish. — Mr. H. W. C 

 Muth, of MouHt Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio, who received 40 carp 

 from the United States Fish Commission December 15, 1880, is success- 

 fully rearing them for sale. His price-list for 1883 was as follows : 



German carp (scale, mirror, and leather) : 25 for $3: 50 for $5; 75 for 

 $7 ; 100 for $8 ; 10 per cent off for 500 or more. 



Fringe-tailed goldfish (red, pearl, and variegated): 25 for $8; 50 for 

 $15; 75 for $20; 100 for $25; 10 per cent oft" for 300 or more. 



Goldfish (red, pearl, and variegated): 25 for $4; 50 for $6; 75 for 

 $8; 100 for $10; 10 per cent oft" for 300 or more. 



Silverfish: 25 for $1; 50 for $1.50; 75 for $1.75; 100 for $2; 10 per 

 cent off for 500 or more. 



Prices of scale and mirror carp. — Charles S. Medary, Passaic 



Valley Carp Fisheries, Little Falls, New Jersey, submits the following 

 price list of carp: 



"Mirror carp, ten months old, $75 per 100; mirror carp, ten months 

 old, selected, $85 per 100; scale carp, ten months old, $70 per J 00; scale 

 carp, ten months old, selected, $80 per 100 ; special rates on large orders. 

 In warm climates these fish will grow to 14 or 16 inches long by Novem- 

 ber next, and many will spawn this year. In northern climates they 

 will grow to 8 or 10 inches by November next, and spawn next year. 

 Orders must be accompanied by remittance. No orders filled for less 

 than $25. Cans for shipping, $2 to $3, according to size." 



The carp reared by the United States Fish Commission in 

 1878. — In a report upon the distribution of carp prior to July 1, 1881 

 (Report of the Commissioner for 1882, p. 943), it is stated that carp were 

 first brought to Washington in the spring of 1878, and that they " first 

 spawned in 3879." It appears from the follox^ing letter by Professor 

 Baird to an applicant, and dated December 10, 1878, that a few young 

 were reared that season, but that none were taken from the ponds for 

 distribution : 



" The only way of securing the carp is by drawing off the water of 

 the pond in which they are confined, and storing the fish of different 

 grades, sizes, and species in separate reservoirs until the original x^onds 

 fill up again, when the breeding fish are restored to their place. The 

 young fry can then be taken at any time and shipped to destination. 



"Asthe construction of these reservoirs involved extensive excavations 

 in a malarious part of Washington and the exposure to the air of some 

 fifteen acres of mud and rank vegetation, it was considered inexpedient 

 to commence the work until the occurrence of Irost or even ice about 

 Washington should give the assurance that no injury to the public 

 health was likely to result, this feeling of course being intensified by 

 the yellow-fever epidemic of the present year and the fear of involving 

 the city in any evil consequence. 



