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224. Statement of J. L. Woolfollc, Madisonville, HopUns Co., Ky., Aug. 2, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received.— I received 43 carp in September, 1880 and put 

 them in a small pond 25 feet square with 3 feet of water. One-half of it is stone 

 l)ottom and the other half muddy bottom. I can turn in the water at pleasure and 

 having hlled the pond, cut it off. ' ' 



Plants axd knemies. — It contains grass and dock and a few sun-perch. 



Food. — I sometimes fed them with liver and baked bread. 



Growth.— I had 33 of the carp when I drained my small pond, which meastirod from 

 G to 8 inches in length. I have found no young ones. I think the boys have caught 

 a few of the carp. " 



Miscellaneous. — Last fiill I went to Florida and there was but little care taken 

 of them. After the small pond was drained I threw the carp into the big pond with 

 the other fish. 



225. Statement of L. Washburn, Lyndon, Jefferson Co., Ky., Aug. 20,1881. 



Growth. — When I placed the carp in my pond, April 0, 1881, they were from 2 to 

 4 inches long. August 10, 1881, just 4 months after planting them, they were 13^ 

 inches long and weighed 34 ounces. I fed the carp. 



226. Statement of Geo. K. Speed, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky., July 25, 1883. 



Disposition op carp received.— I received 20 carp in the spring of 1881, and 20 

 since. My pond covers 4 acres, and averages 4 feet deep, and is fed by several springs. 

 It contains no grasses. 



Enemies. — The pond contains bachelor-perch, snn-fish, catfish, and frogs. 



Growth. — In the summer of 1882, there were 2 washed over the dam during the 

 freshet, which weighed 7 pounds each and were full of eggs. I have never fed them. 

 I do not know how many are loft or how many young there are. 



Difficulties. — The only difficulty has been to keep off the poachers. The laws 

 are good enough, but they cannot be executed. 



227. Statement of T. Jeff. Phelps, Covington, Kenton Co., Ky., Aprils, 1882. 



Growth. — I can produce for inspection scale carp that have attained a weight of 

 from 4 to 5 pounds, and leather carp a weight of 7 pounds, within 5 months after 

 being placed in the pond. 



228. Statement of Thos. W. Roane, M. D., Covington, Kenton Co., Ky., Oct. 9, 1882. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 40 carp last November and placed 

 them in a pond dug in rich alluvial ground and fed by springs. 



Enemies. — On the 6th instant my pond was bored into by "craw-fish, and when the 

 stream of water was noticed an immense number of very small fish, measuring from 

 •J- to ^ inch long, with large heads, were observed coming out in it. 



Food. — The carp feed most greedily and devour anything I give them, such as com, 

 wheat, bread, potatoes, fruit, &c. 



Growth. — The carp have grown exceedingly. One I took with hook and line, to 

 my astonishment, weighed 3 pounds, and I am sure it was not the largest. 



Reproduction. — I am delighted to lie assured of the carp breeding so young and 

 in such a quantity. There must be thousands of them in my pond. 



229. Statement of A. Shinkle, Covington, Kenton Co., Ky., July 25, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 20 carp in December, 1881, and some 

 more two or three times since. I have two ponds, one 250 yards long and 100 feet 

 wide and 18 feet deep, with clayey bottom ; and another pond, not so largo, exclusively 

 for carp. It is 8 feet deep, with a bottom of clay and grass. The water is quite cool 

 and overflows 6 months in the year. 



Plants. — The pond contains a heavy wild grass, with blue grass surrounding it. 



Enemies. — The large pond contains black bass, white perch, new light, sun-perch, 

 rock-bass, and pickerel. 



Food. — I fed the carp with stale bread and vegetables. They are so well fed that 

 they will not bite at a hook. 



Growth and reproduction. — I think some of the old ones would weigh 10 or more 

 pounds. There are young, but I do not know how many. I keep tlK'Ui in the pond 

 and cannot catch them. They are the liveliest I have ever seen ; more so than the 

 black bfisa. They will not bite hooks baited with bread or worms. 



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