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Food. — I feed tlie carp with refuse from the kitchen, farm, &c., including both raw 

 and cooked corn, potatoes, &c. I feed them ouce in tliree days. 



Growth. — Of those received in 1881 there are 4 left, which probably averaj^ed f of 

 a pound last October, which was a line growth considering tbat I did not feed them 

 any in 1882 and the water was of quite low temperature. Of the lot received in 1882 

 there are about 100. I have seen no young. 



362. Statement of A. Garwood, CassopoUs, Cass Co., Mich., Jidy 28, 1883. 



Disposition of carp receh'tid. — I received 15 carp and kept them until this spring 

 in an excavated pond 12 by 40 feet. This spring I put them in a pond twice as large, 

 and as I let but little water flow into it it was warm. 



Plants and enemies. — Being new it contains but little vegetation. It also con- 

 tains frogs. 



Food. — Most of the time I feed them with light bread once a day. 



Growth. — I have 6 of the lot lelt, which are 15 inches long and 4 pounds in 

 weight. They have produced no young. 



Difficulties. — Those that I lost died during the winter, under the ice. I suppose 

 the water was so cold through the summer as to prevent their spawning. 



363. Statement of Junius H. Hatch, Lamping, luf/ham Co., Mich., July 20, 1883. 



Difficulties. — I have given fish-culture much attention and think the majority of 

 failures occur through ignorance of the food and water necessary for development 

 and growth of fish. 1 iiave frequently known white fish, trout, dee., being lost simply 

 because they were dumped in waters teeming with predatory lish. This is a great 

 obstacle to successful carp-culture here. Michigan, particularly in the southern part, 

 is full of small, shallow, weedy, land-locked ponds, sometimes called sink holes, and 

 peculiarly adapted to carp-culture. 



364. Statement of J. C. Sterling, Monroe, Monroe Co., Mich., Dec. 10, 1883. 



Carp in Lake Erie. — One of our Monroe fishermen found in his catch of whitefish 

 one day last week a fine specimen of German carp which weighed 3f pounds. The jiouud 

 from which the fish was taken is in Lake Erie, about f of a mile out from the mouth of 

 Raisin River. 



365. Statement of Samuel Alexander, Birmingham, Oakland Co., Mich., Aug. 29, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 16 carp in the fall of 1880 and put them 

 in a pond 12 by 20 feet and 3 feet deep, with a gravelly bottom. The flow of water is 

 boundless from a clear and cold spring, excellent for drinking. It contains many 

 plants. 



Enemies. — There are no other fish nor turtles. If I were to guess the number of 

 frogs I would say about 1,000,000,000,000,001. 



Miscellaneous. — They began to die immediately, and in the course of a few weeks 

 all were dead. I conclude that the Michigan people who can get such excellent native 

 fish as the wlrtefish, trout, bass, and pickerel will never put a very high estimate on 

 carp. The frogs did not appear until the carp were dead, and I think to raise any 

 kind of fish we should be obliged to exclude frogs and minks. 



366. Siaiement of Cornelius J. Lawrence, Southfield, Oakland Co., Mich., Sept. 15, 1883. 



Growth. — One of my neighbors got German carp from you last fall which are now 

 1 foot long, and I would like to raise some. 



MINNESOTA. 



367. Statement of L. Z. Rogers, Waterville, Le Sueur Co., Minn., Sept. 26, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — In April, 1881, 1 received 25 carp. I put them in 

 a pond of 1 acre. I received a second lot in December, 1881, and put them in a 4-acre 

 pond with water 10 feetdeep. The water is very clear. The bottom is mnddy and sandy, 

 and there is no inlet nor outlet. Another lot received last spring I put into the latter 

 pond. 



Enemies. — The small pond contains no other fish, but contains small turtles and 

 common wild duck. The second pond contains no fish except the carp j has plenty 

 of vegetation and insects. 



