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fish which are intended for propagation. It is not impossible that the 

 time will come when we shall import carp from North America, either 

 as food-fish, or to improve our race of carp. In December, 1881, 25 

 leather carp from the Government ponds at Washington were sent to 

 Scotland. The gregarious habits of the carp have already begun to 

 influence American carp-culturists, and their number in the United 

 States has greatly increased. 



Carp in rivers. — Writing from Quincy, 111., under date of Decem- 

 ber 9, 1884, Mr. S. P. Bartlett, secretary of the Illinois State fish com- 

 mission, reports that he had that morning received a carp weighing 

 nearly 8 pounds, which had been caught in the Illinois River. It is 

 supposed to have escaped from some overflowed pond. He adds that 

 quite a number have been caught from time to time along the Missis- 

 sippi River. 



Stocking streams with carp. — Writing from Saint Louis, De- 

 cember 14, 1884, Mr. I. G. W. Steedman, chairman of the Missouri fish 

 commission, states that he is now stocking public waters with 700 

 spawners and 60,000 young carp, having procured a bountiful supply 

 from the summer's crop. 



Carp planted in Tallapoosa River. — Writing from Augusta, 

 Ga., December 13, 1884, Mr. Newton Simmons in charge of Fish Com-, 

 mission Car No. 2, reports that he has planted 1,700 scale carp, in good 

 condition, in Tallapoosa River, at the nearest point to Tallapoosa City, 

 about 2 miles distant. 



Carp planted in Arkansas and Red rivers. — On January 1, 

 1885, Mr. Simmons planted 2,500 scale carp in the Arkansas River at 

 the crossing of the Missouri and Texas Pacific Railroad, and 2,500 in 

 the Red River at Denison City, Tex. A previous plant of 1,500 was 

 made in Trinity River, Texas, early in 1884. 



California trout in Nebraska. — Writing from Omaha, Nebr., 

 under date of January 3, 1885, Mr. B. E. B. Kennedy, one of the State 

 commissioners, says : "If the usual success in taking eggs of the Cal- 

 ifornia trout (Salmo iridea) at the U. S. station, Baird, Cal., attends 

 this year's operations we desire another lot. We have great faith in 

 the ultimate acclimation and successful cultivation of this fish in cer- 

 tain parts of our State. With those heretofore obtained our success has 

 been somewhat unfortunate. The first lot, which had made excellent 

 growth at two years old, were, in one night, stolen entire from the pond 

 in which they were kept. Of those received later we have a goodly 

 number, and they are doing well — as well as those received last year. 

 With one other lot of 10,000 we hope to establish ourselves securely in 

 the production of all we need for future operations." 



