[35] CARP-CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. fiO.". 



INDIANA. 



152. Statement of J. W. Bortsfield, Selma, Dehmaiv Co., Ind., Nov. 17 \m\\. 



Disposition of carp received. — I first reteived 20 cjup Jnimavy M, IriHl, and sub- 

 sequently auother lot in November, 1882. My i)()ii(l uieasurcs 75 square IVi't, is (> ffct 

 deep, and lias a muddy bottom. When I iiul the carp in tlie pond I bad to cut tbc 

 Ice. 



Plants. — Plants tbat are indigenous here grow in the pond. 



Enemies. — This summer I found in the pond 1 cattish, measuring u indies in leiiglli. 

 I found KO (;arp in tlie pond. The cattish may have eaten them. 



15:{. — Statement of George T. Jger, Goahen, Elkhart Co., Ind., July 25, 1888. 



Disposition of carp received. — February 22, 1881,1 received 15 pairs; April 14, 

 1881, I received 30 pairs; and March 17, 1882, I received 10 pairs. My lake covers 70^ 

 acres, 05 of which is good water. It has a muck bottom and is covered with water 

 grass. The deepest water is 15 feet, the average 5 feet. The temperature is 50^' in 

 spring and 70° in summer. 



Plants. — The pond contains lilies, water-grass, alder brush, willows, and all such 

 plants as are common to our creeks and lakes. 



Enemies. — There are no other fish, but there are frogs and turtles. Dipper ducks 

 and snappers have been very troublesome. I gave them no food whatever. 



(Jkowtii. — Nine that I found before April 6, 1883, weighed from 8 to 15 pounds. 

 The largt^st of these measured 27 inches in length, 1) inches in breadth, and 4 inches 

 in thickness. 



Reproduction. — They have produced fully 75,000 young, that reached 2 pounds in 

 weight last autumn. Those that I see daily are now from 10 to 17 inches long and 

 weigh from 3 to 3| pounds each. 



Mortality. — Speeding horses and cutting ice on the lake, 1883-'83j killed not less 

 than 60,000. But for this calamity I should have tons of carp on the market this fall. 

 Although I have carp left, I do not know in what quantity. I think the originals 

 were not all lost, as I could find 9 of the largest size. The two-pounders were as uu- 

 merous as the pounders. Competent judges estimate the number of dead at 60,000, or 

 10 tons weight, which I think below the real number, as there were many hundreds 

 on the bottom ; the estimate having been made for those floating on the surface only. 

 There were others larger, especially the mirror kind, laden with spawn. Such a growtii 

 and quantity I believe to be unprecedented in this country for such a time and plant, 

 and the sight has been viewed by hundreds of people. 



154. — Statement of John U. Baker, Goshen, Elkhart Co., Ind., Apr. 12, 1883. 



Disposition op carp received. — Two years ago last fall the carp were plact<l in 

 a pond covering about 80 acres, with a maximum depth of about 15feet. 



Growth. —The fish were thrifty, aud when the winter came on they would average 

 from 1 i)Ound to 2.^ pounds. 



Mortality. — The winter has in some way killed them all. To-day I counted 170 

 dead carp on the margin of the pond. How they were destroyed I cannot tell. 



155. Statement of Charles H. Brown, Connersville, Fayette Co., Ind., March 1, 1883. 



Growth — The carp received in the fall of 1881 have done splendidly. I think 1 

 have some that will weigh nearly 3 pounds. They did not spawn last season. 



150. Statement of John S. Coffman, Galena, Floyd Co., Ind., Aug. 8, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. ^I received 20 carp November 23, 1880. 1 have 

 them in a pond covering 1 acre. It is fed by small springs, and very little water runs 

 out. It stands at about 70°. 



Plants and enemies. — The pond contains natural plants and grasses of the creeks 

 and swamps here. There are no enemies except some green frogs, which we try to 

 kill out. 



Food. — We feed them with stale bread about every day. 



Growth and reproduction.— We have 8 of the original lor, aud they arc from 

 17 to 18 inches long. There may be some young ones, but I cannot tell certainly. 

 There has been no difliculty with them. 



