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201. Siatemmt of editor of Indmtnalist, Manhattan, UUey Co., Kuns., Sepr.'>:], IHH2. 



Disposition ok cakp heceia-kd.— Wc have 2 pouds, iiiom> of whidi wo, iilaced onr 

 ciiip, A]>ril 22, 1H82. 



Enemies. — Perbaps the cray-lish, which are uninerous, coiistunod tho c.nr.s of tlio 

 youug iish, though the car]) are only a year aud a half old. ""' 



Growth. — Uiuk-r the iiiiluence of hot and dry weather the i)ond liccanie very shal- 

 low, iscarcely afoot m deplh. We availed ourselves of tho unusually j;ood oi)))oitiinity 

 for drawing the ])ond and inquiring into the, condition of onr carp. "On Thursday we 

 found the carp had developed into magniticent speeiiueiis, some averaging Iti inchi's 

 in length and weighing, l)y actual test, from 2^ to :] pounds. To show how rai)i<lly 

 the carp gained, we will remark that these tish, with the most ordinary care, or Inr 

 the most part no care at all, have doubled in weight since last A])ril. 



202. Statement of E. L. Palce, Manhattan, L'iln/ Co., Kans., Xov. lb, 1882. 



Disposition of cakp received.— I i)ut the carp in a large tub 4 feet deep l»y (> 

 feet across the to]). In this tub I ))ut stones and .some dirt, allowing i inch streani of 

 water to run in it. The cold weather killed all but 4, which I sub.seqnently placed 

 in Eureka Lake. I am satisfied that car]) will do well if cared for. 



203. Statement of E. M. Shelton, Manhattan, Riley Co., Hans., Oct. 11, 1882. 



Food. — I sometimes feed the carp once a week. 1 lind they can l)e raised with 

 much less trouble aud expense than chickens. 



Growth. — Tlie carp were 2 incli(\s long wlicn received, Ajiril 18, 1881. Last April I 

 seined th(^ pond and captured 10 car]) weighing 14-])()uudseacb aud measuring 13 inches 

 in length. They have fully doubled in weight during the past (5 months, and at this 

 writing they will turn the scales at 3 pounds. 



DiFFictTLTiES. — I have never known of the death of but 1 ol" my carp, and that 

 hapj>eued shortly after the fry were received. 



204. Statement of J. F. liuclc, M. !>., Xorth Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kans., Feb. .'), 1884. 



Disposition of cakp received.— The 21 carp I received in October, 1879, were 

 then from 2 to 2^ inches iu length, and having been kept in the collar until the next 

 May, were jilaced in a pond of the Fairmonnt Children's Home, near Alliance, Ohio. 

 The pond is 1.50 by 400 feet, has a muddy bottom, and is very well supplied with 

 spiing water. 



Plants. — The pond was very full of water-grasses and weeds. 



Enemies. — The pond w.is cleaniul out about May, 1882, as it became infested with 

 turtles. A part of the Iish were taken during the iirst .season by thieves. 



Growth. — In October, 1882, Mr. , J. K.Neisz, my successor, told me one of the carp 

 weighed i") i)onnds, and that .'')otiiers weighed 20 jiounds. They were then 2 years 

 old. 



Miscellaneous. — When the pond Avas drained some of the Iish passed down the 

 spring brook. With anything like ordinary care they would have been a graml suc- 

 cess. 



205. Statement of Bev. I). U. IVelch, Madcfivdle, Stafford Co., Kans., Ah<j. 20, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received.— I received some carp about June, 187t>, and some 

 more last fall. My pond, when full, covers from M to 2 acres, and has a muddy bottom. 

 It only g(5ts tilled u]) when there is a freshet. It contains no special kinds of jdants. 



Enemies. — It contains frogs aud conunon water turtles. 



DiFFicPLTiES. — The iirst lot froze to death in the winter of 1879-'80, at which time 

 they weighed about 2^ pounds each. Th(^ greatest difficulty has l)een to keep water 

 enough in the pond and keep it u\w\x in winter. I do not know what the last lot is 

 doing, and am satislied they Avill prove a grand success if well taken care of. 



20(). Statement of Henry A. Troeyer, Levy, Sumner Co., Kans., Dec. 0, 1882. 



Growth. — We received a can of carp nearly a year ago. We saw nothing id them 

 all sumuicr and concluded that they had all died from effects of thoir.joiirno\ . Our dam 

 at the lower end of the- jiond did not seem high enough for us duiing nnr continued 

 rainy weather last sj)ring, so w(! dug an outlet at one .side through our me.idow. :ind 

 a few fresh tish found tlunr way up into our pond in spite of the wire screen which wo 

 had put in to keep them out. When the Avater got low last fall we seined out 3 nice 

 car]) ir> inches long. How many more there may be in the last mentioned portion of 

 the pond Ave do not know. 



