696 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [38] 



Reproduction. — The yonuj^; carp are very i)leuty aud will ainouut to thousands. 

 They are from 1 to 6 inches in length. I have let 'A other men have some to stock 

 ponds with. There has been no troul)]e except with my dam. 



1]\DIA]\ TERRITORY. 



1G9. Statenwnt of W. J. B. Lloyd, Caddo, Choctaw Nation, Ind. Ter., Dec. 4, 188:i. 



Disposition of carp received. — I have several times enlarged my pond until it 

 is now 90 feet wide and long" and 4 feet deep in the center. I put the young carp in 

 it but cannot tell bow many lived. I have seen 5 or H of them at a time. They are 

 playful and feed greedily, but 1 have as yet seen no young. 



lOlVA. 



170. Statement of S. ir. Coffin, Fairfield, Jeffemon Co., lotva. May 29, 1884. 



Disposition of caki> receiv'ed. — June 17, 1882, I planted 3 small carp, 2 inches 

 long and a little larger than a knitting needle. 



Food. — Tlie sound of my voice is sufficient to bring them to the surface of the 

 water, and a whistle causes them to come for food. For this they scamper through 

 the water like so many ])igs. They disai)j)ear as suddenly at the voice of a stranger. 



Growth.— They are now from 15 to 18 inches long, and will weigh from 5 to G 

 pounds. 



171. Statement of Hon. James F. Wilson, Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa, Apr, 19, 1884. 



Disposition of carp Ri-.rEiVKD. — In 1882 I placed 7 small car[) in my pond, and 

 also 20 more in the aiUunin of 18^^:5. The )»oiul is about 150 feet in length, by say 75 

 feet in extnmie width, and has a depth of from a few inches up to 12 feet. 



Enemies. — No other lish than carj) are kept in the pond. 



Growth. — During the breaking up of the ice this spring an original carp was found 

 near the shore that measured 21 inches from head to tail, and wcnghed 5f pounds. 

 The smaller ones of the i)lant of 1H8:^ were about 9 or 10 inch<;s long. The growth of 

 the carp would indicate that (he pond is well adapted to them. 



MoRTALirv.— 1 think all of the carp are dead. Fifteen or sixteen dead carp were 

 found near the shores where the ice melted away, but no live ones were seen. The 

 cause of this mortality cannot be accounted for unless it be the sev'crity of the past 

 winter. Four of the original carp were fouud dead in the spring of 1883 at the break- 

 ing up of the ice. 



Miscellaneous. — Presuming that so great a body of water for so few iish would 

 not retjuire the cutting of air-lu)les in the ice, none were cut. I have another pond 

 stocked with a variety of fish, aud there are great numbers in it, and all do well. No 

 openings were cut in the ice in this i)ond. 



172. Statcinciit of l'>. F. Shaw, Anamosn, Jones Co., Iowa, Feb. 14, 1882. 



Growth. — Some of the carp received on July 1, 1880, for distribution were kept in 

 cold spring water until about Jlay 1, 1881, when they were removed to our car]» 

 ponds. While in the cold spring water they grew but little. They were from 10 to 

 14 inches long in November, 1881, six months after being removed from the cold 

 water. They were fed entirely on purslane from the garden, the leaves of which 

 they ate with great relish. 



173. Statement of G. 0. Hilton, Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa, Nov. 26, 1883. 



Disposition of cai!1> received. — The carp which I received last February I 

 placed in the new [)ond. A few of them died soon after, but a dozen of the larger 

 ones, about 3 inches long, lived, aud have done finely. 



Food. — During the latter part of the summer and the fall they were fed on green 

 sweet-corn shaved from the cob. They relished this very much and became very 

 tame. 



Growth. — They appear to be over a foot in length now. We have been much iu- 

 terested in watching them and seeing them do so well. 



174. Statement of John Johnston, Lisbon, Linn Co., Iowa, July 27, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 10 carp about 3 years ago aud put 

 them in a pond 50 feet long, 20 feet wide, 3^ feet deep, with a bottom of muck. About 

 108 gallons of water ]>fi- hour How through it, of which the temperature at the iulet 

 is 50^, "and at the outlet from G5^ to 70^. 



