682 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. [24] 



100. Statement of It. E. Guthrie, Cumming, For.^ijth Co., Ga., July 1.5, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I bouj;lat 100 from Vainer, of Buford, Ga., out- 

 year ago this week. I have kept them in n small poiul, say i acre in extent, about 5 

 feet deep, with a muddy bottom. The water eomes from a good bold spring, and is 

 very cold when it rises, but gets warm enough iu the pond. 



Plants and enemies. — No plants have yet come up, and there are no other hsh. 

 Frogs and turtles are getting numerous. 



Food. — I fi'cd the lish from once to three times a day with c.oru bread and wheat 

 bread. They will eat most any vegetable. 



Growth. — Tiiey will \vi>igh now from 1 to 2^ pounds. There are no young yet. 



Difficulties. — Frogs and turtles, 



101. Statement of WiUhnn A. Jett, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga., July 25,1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 12 c.arjt in February, 1880, and have 

 kept them in a pond of alxmt half an acre, 7 feet deep, with a sandy and muddy bot- 

 tom. A 2A inch stream of water liows through it, with a mean temperature of about 

 GO'J Fahr. " 



Plants. — The ordinary s\vami)-lily and grasses peculiar to this section of country 

 grow in the ])ond. 



Enemies. — It also contains a few perch and the ordinary black frogs and mud- 

 turtles. 



l"\>oD. — I feed the carp 3 tinu's i)er week with corn-meal. 



GuowTH. — Tlie oldest weigh about G jtouuds, and the others from ^ to 1 jiound each. 

 I have none of the original lot Ictt. 



Reproduction. — I cannot tell how many young have lieeu jiroduccd, but I have 

 3 sizes. 



AIiscELL.\NEOUs. — I regard the carj) as the best pond lish I ever saw, and liclieve 

 they will be jjrolitable. 



102. Statement of J. A. ileCool, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga., .fuhj'lX, 18K'>. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 22 carp in 1880, and 37 more since 

 that time. My i)ond covers f of an acre, varying from 1 foot to (> feet in dcplli, aiul 

 has aniuddy bottom. About 3 inches of water Hows into it froiu springs inside its 

 limits. 



Pl.AN'i's and ene.mies. — It contains no plants or gra.sses whatever. There are quite 

 a number of frogs and some turtles iu it. I keep them cleared out as well as I can. 

 There is a long-toed bug which I think is an enemy of the carp. 



Food. — I feed the carp every day with various things, but mostly with boiled corn. 



(iuoWTii. — I have taken out 6 by hooks, and the heaviest weighed 4 pounds. They 

 have produced no youug that 1 have seeu yet. 



103. Statement of K. B. I'lunket, .Itlanta, Fulton Co., Ga., July 27, 1883. 



Disposition of cakp received. — I received 7 small carp in October, 1879, and 

 none since then. I have kept them in an artificial ]>(md, i of an acre in size, with 

 an average dejith of 3 feet and a bottom of muck. It is supjdied from a snuill spring 

 and with lu-anch water. The water is i)retty warm. 



Plani'S and enemies. — There is Uermuda gra.ss around the edge of the pond, and 

 there are a few perch, frogs, turtles, snakes, and terrapins in it. 



Food. — I give the carp no Ibod at all. 



Growth. — The original ones, of which there are .5 left, are now from 9 to 12 

 pounds iu weight ; and the largest of the young — the one-year-old ones — weigh about 

 1 pound. 



Reproduction and disposition of young. — I do not know how many young have 

 been jjroduced, but a good number. I have sold a few of them. 



104. Statement of Ji. J. Jl'ilson, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga,, July'2'S, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — About 3 years ago I received 30 scale caip, and 

 at ditferent periods subsequently other small lots of scale carp. I have key)! them 

 iu a pond of nearly 2 acres, from 2 to 10 feet iu depth. The bottom is composed partly 

 of l)ipe-clay, and grassh'ss, but the larger part is covered with decomposed vegetable 

 mud, 4 feet deep in places. About 40 gallons of water per minute enter the pond. 

 The spring which sup|)lies it registers 00'^ Fahr., but 10 yards away, in 3 feet of water, 

 the temperature is 72*^. 



