716 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. [58j 



Plajs'TS AST) ENEMIES. — Considerable wild grass grows all around and through the 

 pond. There are no enemies except a few frogs. 



Food. — I give the carp thick milk and breaM nearly every day. 



Gkowth.— I have about 37 of the first lot left. I caught some yesterday, and the 

 largest measured 13 inches and weighed about IJ pounds. 



Reproduction. — They have had no young yet. I thought there was plenty of 

 spawn on the water last spring, but I had no young lish. 



280. Statement of Leicis Barlow, Syl-esville, Carroll Co., Md., Sept. 8, 1883. 



Disposition of oakp keceived. — May 18, 1880, I received 20 scale carp ; October 

 22, 1880, 20 leather carp; and November 12, 1880, .50 scale carp. I have kept them in 

 a pond 30 yards long, 13 yards wide, and 3 feet deej). The bottom is muddy and sofi;. 

 The water is supplied bj' a spring, which is not strong enough to cause it to overflow. 



Enemies. — It contains no plants or grasses, but plenty of bull-frogs. I caught two 

 mud-turtles, which were playing havoc among the carp. 



Food. — I give the fish boiled corn twice a week, and wheat-bread occasionally. 



Growth. — As near as I can tell, there are about 3^) of the old lish left. They are 

 from 2^ to 3 pounds in weight. 



Reproduction. — They have produced a great many young, which measure from 2 

 to 8 inches. I think that every one who could raise carp should do so. 



2S1. Statement of Ahram E. Null, Union Brkhje, Carroll Co., Md., Awj. 29, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — In December, 1880, I received 50 carp. The pond 

 in which I have kept them is 50 feet square and 3 feet deep, gradually diminishing in 

 depth. It has a yellow-clay bottom, and is fed by a spring. 



Plants and enemies. — Various pond- grasses grow in it. It also contains catfish, 

 bull-frogs, spotted turtles, and one snapping-turtle. 



Food. — I feed the carp twice a Aveck with shelled corn. 



Growth. — I have about 20 of tlie original lot left. Of 2 recently caught, one 

 weighed \^ and the other If pounds. The largest young ones weighed ^ ])ouud. 



Reproduction. — Quite a number of young have been produced ; 1 don't know how 

 many. 



282. Statement of James W. Ogle, Union Bridge, Carroll Co., Md., Any. 20, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 40 carp in 1870, and have kept them 

 in a pond covering i acre, with a depth of from 2 to f) feet, and a mmldy bottom. 

 From 10 to 15 gallons of water flow through it per minute. The temperature is from 

 70° to 750. 



Plants. — I know of nothing growing in the pond but some meadow-grass and some 

 weeds. 



Enemies. — There are no other fish in it that I know of; but there are some water- 

 terrapins and frogs. The terrapins eat the feed from the tish. 



Food. — I feed the carp | peck of corn mush each week, and all* the vegetable 

 refuse from the kitchen. 



Growth. — I think I have still about 25 of the original lot. They would weigh 

 from 3 to 5 ])ounds. The young ones are from 3 to 5 inches long. 



Reproduction. — By the looks of the young ones in the water there must be 2,000 

 of them. 



283. Statement of Solomon She2)herd, Union Bridge, Carroll Co., Md., Aug. 25, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 250 carp in January, 1831. I have 

 kept them in a pond 120 feet long and 30 feet wide, and I'rom 1^ to 3| feet dee)i, with 

 a bottom of earth or mud. The water passes into the pond through a l|-inch ])ipe, but 

 the flow does not always fill the pipe. It is discharged through a2-iuchj)ipi'. There 

 have been several weeks at a time when there was no water pas!>ing through the 

 pond. The temiieratiire of the water varies at diiferent seasons, from 32'^ to 85^. 



Pl.^nts and enemies. — It contains no plants or grasses and no other tish ; one fall- 

 fish lived with them for a time, but wascaught with a hook and line a few days since, 

 when he measured 8^ inches. There are some frogs and turtles in it. 



Food. — I have given them a little corn-mush and wheat-bread, but very irregularly, 

 and not enough to facilitate their growth much. I expect to feed them more in the 

 fntuve than in the past. 



Groavth. — I lost most of my fish in June of last ye.ar. Some measured at that time 

 111 inches and some 12 inches. I do not know that I have any of the original carp 

 left. A few days ago I caught 2, each of which was 1ft inches long. I have come to 



