[9] CARP-CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. GOT 



36. Statement of George De La Veryne, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colo., Nov. 18 18S0 



Food.— My carp received no artificial food, but subsisted on tbe natural production 

 of the pond. 



Growth. — When transferred to the feeding pond, about the 20th of last May, mv 

 carp were from 1| to 2| inches long. On the 26th of tlio following July they were 7 

 inches long. On September 2 I transferred them to their winter quarters, and they 

 then measured 9| inches in length, and were strikingly plump; others had made a 

 liroportionate growth. 



37. Statement of George De La Vergne, Colorado Sjirings, El Paso Co., Colo., Aug. 29, 1883. 



DISPOSITIOX OF CARP RECEIVED. — I received a shipment of carp in the fall of 1879, 

 18 of which survived, and Avere placed in the ponds. One pond measures 75 by 100 

 feet, is from '3i to 4 feet deep, and has a sandy loam bottom. Connected with this is 

 a pond one-third of an acre in extent and fro)n f5 inches to 2^ feet deep, with a bottom 

 of loam and turf. A strong spring 200 yards distant supplies the first pond, from 

 which the water backs into the second. The temperature of the water in the ponds 

 is 60° in summer and in winter 35°. The water freezes, but not where the supply 

 comes in. 



Plants. — The ponds contain Colorado wild grass, two varieties of indigenous moss, 

 dock, rushes, &c. 



Enemies. — There are some frogs ; I sometimes kill a mnd-tnrtle, and I am not alto- 

 gether rid of suckers. A lish-hawk took one of the original fish, and one died from 

 wounds the cause of which is unknown. 



Growth. — They get their own food. The old ones, of which there are 16 now left, 

 are from 18 to 24 inches long, and are bulky. They are remarkably healthy. The 

 young vary from the size of a steel pen to 12 inches long. 



Reproduction. — There probably were from 1,500 to 2,000 yonng last spring. I 

 think there are very many fry now. 



Sales. — I sold 25 young fish last spring. 



Difficulties. — The only great difficulty was the drawing down of the water and 

 stranding of the young in the moss, weeds, &c., on the margin of the ponds. 



38. Statement of C. E. Burris, Monument, El Paso Co., Colo., Sept. 27, 1880. 



Growth. — The carp have done finely, increasing their size threefold. 



39. Statement of George L. Sanborn, Morrison, Jefferson Co., Colo., July 25, 1883, 



Disposition of c.\rp received. — Mr. Harrimau, of this place, received carp 3 years 

 ago, which were placed in a small pond 100 feet long and 40 feet wide, fed by a springs 

 The water is too cold for carp ; the average summer temperature is 50° Fahrenheit. 



Plants and enemies. — Grass grows on the edge of the pond and there are frog, 

 and American carp in it. 



Food. — The fish are fed with curdled milk. 



Growth. — We have tried to get the original ones, but failed to find them. The 

 young ones grow slowly on account of the water boiug too cold. 



Reproduction. — A great quantity of young have been produced, but they are 

 mostly mixed with the American carp. 



Disposition of young.— Some of the young fish have been given to neighbors 

 who have warmer lakes, and are doing well, some of them now weighing 2 pounds. 



Miscellaneous. — You see that the carj) have not had fair treatment. I have now 

 a lake of 40 acres, of which the temperature is at present 80° Fahrenheit, but do not 

 want to put in the American carp, and would like this summer or fall to get a lot of 

 German carp. 



40. Statement of Hermann Hibschle, Leadville, Lake Co., Colo., Aug. 8, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received,— In 1880 I received 8 carp, which were put into 

 a one-acre pond from 2 to 3 feet deep, with a muddy bottom, near Denver, Colo. The 

 pond is under the care of another man, and I suppose it is not large enough to give 

 theuj full chance. 



Plants. — The pond is full of worms and dififerent plants of which I do not know 

 the names. 



Enemies. — There are no other fish or turtles, but some few frogs. 



Food.— -The carp have not been fed much. Liver and lights are all they have had 

 so far, and only once or twice a week, and they do well with this food. 



