698 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [40] 



182. Statement of E. D. Luis, Crcstlitie, Cherokee Co., Eans., July 17, 1884. 



Growth. — Ou draining my pond to-day I found a carp that measured 10^ inches iu 

 length. The other carp escaped during a flood last .January. 



183. Statement of Dr. George Wigg, Clay Centre, Clay Co., Kaus., Mar. 27,1882. 



Vitality. — I liave a German carp in my office that has been frozen stiff on sixteen 

 different occa.sions in one niontli, and yet each time resuscitation has been produced 

 after the lapse of (> hours. 



184. Statement of E. A. Perry, Cherokee, Crawford Co., Kans., Nov. 6, 1882, 



Disposition of cakp received. — I received of Hon. A. P. Riddle, of Girard, 20 

 carp November, 1881, and planted them in a lake 1 mile south of Cherokee, Crawford 

 County. The lake covers from 35 to 40 acres, and is about 6 feet deep. 



Growth. — The carp are doing well. I have not seen them in the last 10 days, but 

 I should Judge they were 12 inches long. These fish were from 1 inch to 2 inches 

 long when planted. 



185. Statement of E. Z. Batcher, Soloinon City, Dickinson Co., Kans., July 14, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received.— In 1880 I received 7 leather carp, which I lost iu 

 the fall. In 1881 I received 10 scale carp. My pond is 30 by 50 feet, 4 feet deep, with 

 a muddy bottom, and is made by excavating the sides of a creek some 150 feet. 

 I dammed the creek to g^et water to irrigate my garden, taking water from the top 

 of the dam. Its temjjerature is always warmer than that of the creek. I have a large 

 pond in which I am at present bi'ceding buffalo. 



Plants. — The pond contains algie, sagitaria, flag, and several varieties of rushes. 

 I have collected water-cresses and all the water-plants I could find in other ponds and 

 streams. 



Enemies. — I have tried to keep out other fish, but sometimes a bull-head or a sun- 

 fish gets in. , 



Food. — I h;if e fed them regularly with the millet seed, corn, wheat, &c. 



Growth. — Those received in 1881 wcie from 11 to 14 inches long when I lost them. 



DiEKici'L'iiKS. — My first fish were lost by the creek overflowijig. This I remedied 

 by making a bank around the pond. Tlu'ee weeks ago my boys, to see aud handle 

 the carp, waded in the water, which was not over a foot deep, aud so disturbed the 

 muck and liberated so nmch gas that we found 9 out of the 10 dead. These would 

 undoubtedly have produced thousands of young this year. These were the scale 

 carp. 



To avoid a soft or muddy taste of carp. — We catch large buffalo-fish sometimes 

 in summer, in hot weather, out of ponds witli muddy bottoms. To i)reveut the muddy 

 taste that some complain of in carp, I find this the best way : Kill the fish as soon as 

 caught, clean directly, soak in ice water a few minutes, then spiinkle with salt 

 slightly, and hang up to dry. The above will make them firm, sweet, and (jood. I 

 know whereof I speak, as I have bought, dressed, and sold lish for 10 years; and 

 those who complain of carp, if dressed and served as above, would not know them as 

 the same fish. 



186. Statement of 0. Edwards, Doniphan, Doniphan Co., Kans., Xov. 1, 1882. 



Disposition of carp received. — I deposited the carp received March 1, 1882, iu 

 a pond, supplied with a spring, on a high prairie. This poud can be drawn and cannot 

 overflow, and is supplied by springs that never fail. 



Growth. — I procured an old seine, 5 by 30 feet, and one haul of it developed the 

 fact that the carp were still iu the poud: for they went over and under the rotten 

 seine like beetles through a spider's web. After reijeated efforts, I succeeded iu cap- 

 turing one and iu seeing some 4 or 5 more. This carp was about one inch long last 

 winter; now it weighs 3 pounds aud 2 ounces, and measures 17 inches. To all ap- 

 pearances they are all the same size. 



187. Statement of J. D. Griffith, Clear Creek, Ellsworth Co., Kans., Oct. 16, 1882. 



Plants. — The pond in which I placed 10 carp, in May, 1881, contains a fine growth 

 of aquatic plants. 

 Enemies. — Turtles got into the pond, and I drained it to-day to get them out. 

 Food. — My carp have received no artificial food. 



