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Growth.— Of the carp received last year I lost all except 3. I put them ia 3 dif- 

 ferent ponds. On November 4, one weighed IJ pounds, and measured 13 inches. I 

 think there is no question that many New England farmers could raise carp at miich 

 greater profit than is now derived from all their crops. 



56. Statement of Hiram G. Phelps, Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn., Sejjt. 6 ia83. 



Disposition of carp received.— I received 30 carp in 1880, and put them in a laud- 

 locked pond of 50 acres. 



Plants and enemies. — It contains water-lilies and frogs. I let them feed them- 

 selves and have never seen one since. 



57. Statement of Caleb Leavitf, Windsorville, Hartford Co., Conn., July 25, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 30 fish about two years ago and put 15 

 in each of 2 ponds. Oue pond, 10 by 15 rods, became dry, and the fish all died. 

 The other pond, 30 by 40 rods, is fed by springs. No stream flows in nor out. 



Plants. — The i)ond contains water-grasses and yellow water-lilies, and other com- 

 mou pond grasses. 



Enemies. — It also contains bull-heads, frogs, and turtles. Turtles I have never seen, 

 but presume they are there. 



Miscellaneous. — I have not fed them, and do not know whether they have spawned 

 or how many there are left. 



58. Statement of D. F. White, Derby, New Haven Co., Conn., July 24, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — In February, 1881, I received 15 carp in bad con- 

 dition, and only 9 lived. These are still alive. The pond they were kcj)t in is fed by 

 a spring ; is 4 feet deep, and has a muddy bottom. It is ;50 by 100 feet in dimeusions, 

 and at present is a perfect mass of pond-lilies. Last fall I built a more extensive 

 pond with abundance of water. It does not freeze. It has no frogs, and is a perfect 

 carp heaven. 



Growth and reproduction. — The carp will now weigh 3^ pounds each. I do not 

 know that I have seen any young yet; there may be mauy. From not being fed they 

 are very shy, and when there is nothing else to protect them from view they have a 

 very handy way of using the muddy water for that purpose. I have seen no young, 

 and the frogs may have eaten up the eggs. I have never fed them. 



59, Statement of Harvey S. Hall, Wallingford, New Haven Co., Conn., Oct. 9, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 20 carp in November, 1880, and put 

 them in a large pond newly made. In Februarj', or March, 1881, a large freshet car- 

 ried away the dam and all the fish. I now have 3 ponds connected aud supplied 

 with 1,000 gallons of water daily. Their average depth is 3 feet, and the tempera- 

 ture in summer 75°. 



Plants and enemies. — They contain flags and coarse grass, and no enemies but 

 fiogs. I would lilie some more carp. 



60. Statement of J. A. Ayres, Mystic Elver, Xew London Co., Conn., Aug. 4, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received about 20 carp two years and a half 

 ago. I put them in a green-house tank the first winter, where they nearly all died. 

 The oue that was left in the sjjring I put in my pond, which is 100 feet in diameter 

 and 6 feet deep. A little water flows through it, which is very warm, and the bottom 

 is muddy. 



Plants and Enemies. — It contains all the water plants and grasses common to this 

 section, as well as gold-fish and eels, frogs and turtles, and the abominable spawning 

 toad, which is my chief nuisance. I have furnished no artificial food. 



Growth. — The one carp which I have left is now 22 inches long, and I estimate 

 that it weighs G or more pounds. 



61. Statement of Leonard V. Greene, Norwich, New London Co., Conn., Aug. 1, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 20 carp in November, 1880, and 20 

 more in November, 1881. My pond covers one-half of an acre, averages 4 feet in 

 depth, and has a bottom of clay, mud, and stone. It is supplied by a spring, and the 

 temperature is 75°. 



Plants.— It contains sagittaria, typha latifolia, and a fine grass growing on the bot- 

 tom. A plant with branches of small oval leaves floating on the surface. 



