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21. Sfatement of C. L. WhHniij, riiial, I'uial Co., Ariz., Avg. 18, 1884. 



Growth. — Tho carp received last wiuter have done liiiely. I have one dozen which 

 are each a foot or more long, and will average li pounds. An artesian well supplies 

 uiy pond with water, which is alwaysof a given temperature. The water runs through 

 the pond coutiuually. 



AKKAMSAS. 



2-2. Statement of Enos W. Smith, JrkadiJphia, Clark Co., Jrk., March 17, 1884, 



Disposition of caup reckived. — The 20 carp received January 6, 1882, 1 put in 

 a pond 4.') by 90 feet. 



Enemies.— The carp are only troubled by crawfish, which, at this season of the 

 year, disturb the banks of the pond. 



Growth. — Last October I cauglit a carp that weighed over 5 pounds. 



Reproduction'. — The pond is full of young of all sizes. 



Miscellaneous. — Below the pond iu which the carp are kept I am constructing 

 another, which will cover more than 1^ acres. Water will be let iu next week. 



CALIFORNIA. 



23. Statement of Hichard Threlfall, Washington Corners, Alameda Co., Cal., Fei. 6, 1883. 



Reproduction. — I placed TiO carp iu a one-acre pond in April, 1881. On drawingthe 

 pond iu January, 18s2, 1 found 1,480 carp. I enlarged the pond to 2 acres, and drew 

 it in January, 1883, and found 5,000 carp, the largest weighing 4 pounds. 



24. Statement of Ifendall Datje-'i, Big Trees, Calaveras Co., Cal., Jan. 6, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I have a pond of about half an acre, and about 20 

 inches of water running into it. The water is rather cokl, as it comes through a canon 

 running nearly east and west and densely timbered. It is fed by springs, and has an 

 altitude of 4,.')()0 feet above the sea. I put evergreen boughs of the yew tree into the 

 pond. Last sjiring the lish seemingly were spawning among the boughs, but they 

 afterwards went into deep water and ilid not come out for nearly two weeks. 



Food. — They did not eat anything during that time that 1 could notice. They 

 were always together, and nearly always in the same place. 



Miscellaneous — I have been cultivating carp two .seasons, but they have not in- 

 creased yet. There are a great many engaged in carp-culture in California, where, 

 iu the valley, they pump water with wind-mills to sujiply their ])onds. In the mount- 

 ains some have extraordinary success and otliers about the same as mine. 



25. Statement of JnUns Jreyand, Little Stony, Colusa Co., Cal., March 29, 1883. 



Growth and reproduction. — My last year's product of scale carp was as follows: 

 from 7 pair I have 341 carp from 3i to 4J inches hmg. 



Disposition of young. — I drained the tirst pond on the 10tli,aud put the minnows 

 into a new pond. 1 have not lost a lish since I have had the carp. 



26. Statement of J. II. Fettit, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., Cal, Feb. 21, 1881. 



Disposition of carp received. — On April 1(5, 1879, I put 89 scale carp, measuring 

 from 2^ to 4 inches, and 5 carp, measuring from 6 to 7^ inches iu lengtli, in a little 

 pond, which I subse<iuently enlarged to 1 acre and 3 rods. Mine is a sulphur pond, 

 newly excavated ; was .strong with iron, and the ground was black with alkali. The 

 fish, winds, aud caving of the banks keep the water very muddy. My 94 scale carp 

 cost me §100. 



Growth. — In February, 1880, one of my old carp measured 24^^ inches in length, and 

 the ones I sold in November weighed from 6 to 7 pounds. A friend at Compton, Los 

 Angeles Co., writes: '"I placed in raypondon February20, 1880, lOof the carp I obtained 

 from you. On DecemlR'r 5 I drew off my ponil aud caught and carefully weighed my 

 carp. They measured from 18J to 23 inches in length, and weighed from 4 to 7 pounds, 

 the largest measuring 15 inches in circumf'^rence, aud the aggregate weight of the 10 

 being 51 pounds." 



Reproduction. — To my great surprise, I had 4,500 carp in my pond in the fall of 

 1879, and in the following February they were from 2^ to 15 inches long. 



