700 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FI8II AND FISHERIES [4^] 



pasture lot. The water gets quite warm during the summer, but is always cold at 

 the bottom. 



Plants. — I sowed wild rice iu it, but the stock having access to it kept it clear of 

 all vegetation. 



Knkmiks. — There are perch, frogs, turtles, craylish, and muskrats in the ])ontl, 

 aud it is impossible to keep them out, as the pond cannot be drained. I cannot get 

 clear of them, but I intend to make a pond that can l)e emptied and put another lot 

 of lish in it. 



Food. — I have fed the carp with bread, soaked corn, and vegetables, both raw and 

 cooked. I generally feed them every night at sundown. 



Growth. — I counted .') of the original lot the other day. One of them got washed 

 outlast June which weighed 8J pounds. I have not seen any young yet. 



DIFKICULTIES. — The great difficulty, as stated al)ove, is to get rid of enemies. The 

 second supply of lish was put in a new pt)ud, from which musk-rats let the water 

 out during the winter, and the cari) froze to death. 



Ilt4. Statemvul of O. S. ilimsell. Council Grace, Morvh Co., Kann., .Inly 24, Ifs8l5. 



DiSPosiTiox OK CAKP KECKIVKO. — I received 12 carp about three years ago. My 

 jiond was 'M) by 200 feet, with a maximum dept h of (> feet. It was supplied with water 

 Irom what w;is supposed to be an unfailing spring. 



GROWTH — The lish did well and grew rapidly. 



Difficulties. — The cray-tish undermined the dam in spite oi'ail we could do, aiul 

 we lost the carp; the spring also failed after a protracted drought . I have faith in 

 car)), and would try it again bad I an unfailing water su])ply. 



105. Stattmtnt of A. Oberndorf, Jr., Ccntrulia, Xeiiuiha Co., Kaiis., 'July 24, ISSIi. 



Disposition of cahp received. — I received about :{0 carp in 1880, and put them in 

 a pond made of a slough about 25 by iJO feet and from '.^ to 6 feet <lee]). The wall of 

 the pond caved in the spring after I received the carj), and I snpjiosc if any were leit 

 they fell a prey to the cattish, w hicli are numerous iu the slough. The experiment 

 has been too expensive to repeat it. I fed them with mush, as directed. 



lt»(!. Slatcmcnl of Tliomax B. Sears, Churchill, Ottawa Co., Kaiis., Oct. 14, 1882. 



("aup in Saline River. — The heavy rains of last spring washed out juy ]i<uid, and 



1 suj»])ose my carp are now in Saliu(! River. 



l'.)7. Staicinent of L. Defculxnii/h, .IrVnii/iou, Reno Co., Kaii.s., Oct. 24, 1882. 



Disposition of fish received. — I shall change my carp into another pool in the 

 spring, as there are thousands of other tisli with them. I have two ])Onds, aud intend 

 to build a third. 



Gp.owth. — On draining the pond a few days ago 1 found VJ carp, as )jretty lish as I 

 ever saw. Some were H> inches long, weighing about 2 pounds (^acli. They h;ive not 

 spawned this year. 



198. Staletnenl of Charles Reynolds, Arliiujion, Reno Co., h'atis., Oct. Ki, 1882. 



Growth. — I received the lish last fall. I am greatly surprised now to find that carp 



2 or 3 inches long should in so short a time grow to their present size of from 1(5 to 18 

 inches in length. They were received last fall. 



Repi;odt:ction. — I have seen a lot of small ones of (his summer's s)iawning, all of 

 which are doing well. 



199. Statemoit of G. R. Joncx, lluichinson, Reno Co., Kans., Oct. 12, lci82. 



Growth and rephoduction. — Th-^ carj) received one year ago will average from 

 15 to 18 inches long. There is a tine lot of young. 



200. Statement of A. ('lark, Nicker son, Reno Co., Kans., July ] , 1884. 



Growth and reproduction. — November 25. 1882, I received 20 carp, which are 

 now from 1(5 to 18 inches long. They have not spawned yet, but I have placed some 

 limbs of box-elder with leaves and seed on them in the pond, hoping to catch the 

 spawn. 



