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14r>. statement of J. C. Hart, Montirvllo, I'lalt Co., Ill, Feb. *.>;>, ISSJ. 



Gkowth AM) HKi'UODUCTiON. — The earp you sent mo 2 years ago have grown well. 

 I weighed 2 carp in June, ISH2, which weighed 14 and If pounds, respectively. One 

 in October, IfeHJ, weighed 2 ])onnds, and 1 in September, 188^^, weighed 4 pounds. 

 Ther<^ were some young hatched Last summer ; I do not know liow many. 



146. Statcmeut of Madison Miller, /Vrc//. Randolph Co., III., Sept. 2:'., 1882. 



Gkowtii. — One of the carp received last sjiriug was caught this month and wa8 

 found to be 17J inches long and to weigh 4() ounces. 



147. Statement of J. Keller, Steeleville, Randolph Co., III., Aikj. 1, 1882. 



(Jkowth. — The German carp received last fall have done so remarkably well tliat 

 I have commenced auother pond on a larger scale. The largest are now about. V.\ to 

 14 inches long and weigh about \\ jtouuds, the most astonishing growth I ever beheld 

 in a tish. 



148. Statement of ]■:. II. Xorwood, Olney, lUchland Co., III., Aug. 6, 1884. 



DiSP().siTioN OF CAKP KECEiVED. — The 20 carp received in the fall of 1882 and the 

 20 received in Noveml)er, 1883, I placed in a pond 40 by 200. I have never seen the 

 tish until last night, when I caught 2 with a net, one weighing 4 pounds and measur- 

 ing liU inches in length, and the other being 12 inches long. 



14'j. Statement of John Metjer, Addieville, Washinqton Co., III.. Get. 4, 1882. 



Gj{'<wth. — 1 saw :5 or 4 of my carp to-day, and was surpi ised to tind them of such 

 enormous size. About 10 months ago they were no more than 15 inches long, and they 

 now measure 1") inches in length. 



IfiO. Stalencnt of A. II. Baler, Fahfield, ll'at/ne Co., III., July 24, 1883. 



Disposition oi' cahp received. — Two years ago I received 20 carp and put them 

 in a jiond of half an acre, from 2 to 10 feet deep, of which from 2 to 8 inches is mud. 

 The iiond is composed of surface water, with no overflow, excei)t after rains. 



I'l.Axr.s .\M) ENEMIES. — The pond contains grasses and various kinds of weeds. 

 There are some small cattish and sun-tish, but no frogs uor turtles. 



Food. — 1 have ted them but very little. For a while I gave them cooked corn and 

 meal. 



GuowTH. — I sti'l have all but a very few that got out when the pond overtiowed, 

 and should estimate that they would weigh 3 pounds each. They have given us but 

 little care and no trouble. 



151. Statement of John Lowe, John fionvi lie, Wayne Co., III., July 21, and Sept. 10, 1883. 



Disposition of cai;p ueceived. — I received 20 carji November 20, l»-80. My pond 

 lias .a surface of al)out 100 s<|uare rods, with clayey or muddy bottom, and is (J feet deep 

 ni the center. It is fed by the rain falling on about 2 acres. 1 have found it heated 

 to 108^ in sumnu'r, and ice 2li inches thick on it in winter. 



Plants. — Red to]) and red clover line the edges, and occasionally a large-leaved 

 water-grass. 



Enemies. — It contains craw-tish, one small water terrapin, a few frogs, but no other 

 tish. 



Growth. — I have seined luy pond and tind quite a quantity of last year's carp. 

 They were about 7 inches long and weighed ^ of a pound each. I took 3 of the old 

 ones. One measured 22i inches in hiugth and weighed 4^ X)onud8. They were beau- 

 ties, and looked like our common buffalo suckers. 



Reproduction. — They spiiwned June 2 and. 8, 1882, hut none hatched. I thought 

 it was too cold— 42". Again, on June 11, 1883, they spawned and none hatched; the 

 water was 86^'. 1 took .several thousand spawn and tried to hatch them in buckets, 

 but failed. I fear the earp ar(> all females. 1 think I shall have a great plenty of 

 ,\oung by next year, however. 1 lia\c ha<l a good many calls for stock. 



Ediiu.e qualities. — We at(! some of the young carp frieil, and ioiind them most 

 excellent. 



