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CARP-CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. 



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the conclusion that if they will grow to bo IG inches lou-.- iu 8 months -is th.-v 

 have clone in my pond, with so littlo care and feed, almost every neison who h-is -i, 

 spring or branch on his phice, even though it be a weak one, can raise earn to' -ui- 

 vantage. '■ 



Repkoductiox.— On the 2l8t of Angust, 1S83, I let the water out of the noud and 

 caught 2 old ones and 251 young. The latter were from 4^- inches to D inches Ion.' 

 TJiere are now iu the pond 239 carp. " "" 



Edible qualities.— We have eaten 12 of the young ones. Tliey were fried and 

 the opiuion was that their edible qualities are very good— lirst rate". ' " 



Din-iCULTiES.— In the early pari, of June, lc::2, the banks of niy n.sh-i)oud wen- 

 washed away by a Hood of water, and I think most of theltsh escaixul iutoihe waters 

 of Little Pike Greek. In 2 or 3 weeks from that time 1 caught G ot the old carp, and 

 subsequently, as noted above, found many young ones. I believe my i)ond lias,'also 

 been, robbed of hsh, and I think that that will be the principal diClicultv in raisiu'r 

 carp. ' * 



284. Statement of remherton Wood, rnion Brkhje, Carroll Co., Md., July 28, 1883. 



Disposition op carp received.— I received 250 carj) in January, 1881. I have 

 kept them in a pond 60 feet long and 25 feet wide and 3 feet dei^p, with a muddy 

 botteiu. I suppose from 15 to 20 gallons of water per minute How through the pond. 

 The spring just above the pond has a teiuperature of 54°. 



. Plants and enemies. — What we call swamp-grass grows on one edge of the pond. 

 There are a few frogs in it. 



Food. — I have not fed the carp since the first few months. 



Difficulties.— I have not seen them this summer, and do not know whether they 

 are still alive or have produced any young. My attempt at raising carp is a failure, 

 owing, 1 believe, to the low temperature of the water. 



285. Statement of John T. Diffenbaugh, Westminster, Carroll Co.,Md., July 30, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 50 in November, 1881, and have kept 

 them in a pond covering about i of an acre, about 3 feet deep, and muddy at the 

 bottom. Water flows into it through a 2i-inch pipe. The temperature of the water 

 varies with the Avcather. 



Pl^iVNTS and_ ENE.\nES. — The pond contains no water-plants, nor grasses, nor other 

 fish, but there 'are a few frogs in it. 



Food. — I feed them with corn, screenings, and boiled potatoes, about once a week. 



Growth. — I cannot tell how many I still have, as I have never taken them out of 

 the pond. I suppose they are about 9 inches long, and would weigh about half a 

 pound. I do not know that they have jiroduced any joung. 



2S6. Statement of Samud Hoop, Westminster, Carroll Co., Md., July2i, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — In November, 1880, I received 2.'0 carp, and iu 

 November, 1-81, I received 20U. I have kept them in 2 small ponds, with aliout |^ 

 of an acre iu each. They are about 3i feet deep in the deepest places. Their bottoms 

 were at first composed of gravel, but have become very muddy. About a, 2iuch pipe 

 full ot water flows through them ; it gets very warm in summer, especially in the 

 lower ]»oud. 



Plants and enemies. — There are no water plants nor grasses iu the ponds. I tried 

 to grow some, but did not succeed. There are no other lish, but scune fi^w frogs. 



Food. — I do not feed them nnu.li. About once a week in suuuuer I give them 

 lioiled corn, or screenings, or jxttatoes. 



Growth. — About 175 of the 18.su lot are still left. Last fall the largest weighed 

 Ij- pounds, and measureii 15 inches. They grew much more tlie lirst suuuuer than 

 last suuHiHir. The second li)t did not do so we 1. As I oidy draw oil the water every 

 fall, I cannot tell how the others ar(i doing. 



Reproduction. — Last season I caught about 500 young oTies, aiul I can see very 

 many of this summer's hatching. 



Disposition of young. — I have put some in the meadow brook, and have given 

 some to neighbors. 



287. Statement of J. T. Wilhidc, York Eoad, Carroll Co., Md., Oct. 22. 1SS3. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 21 carp December 15, iss-j, and put 

 them in a spring i)Oiul until ^^e ■■ ould make a larger one. We lost all but one of them, 

 which was put in the large pond last spring. 



Growth. — To-day we drained it and found the carp a perfect beauty, weighing 1^ 

 pounds, and measuring 12 inches in leugth. It is a scale carp. 



