748 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [90] 



Reproduction. — I have lost a good mauy young by overflow of poud. Those left 

 are of this spring's hatching and about 6 inches long. 



Difficulties. — Three carp died in oue day last summer, the cause of which I can- 

 not ascertain. 



412. Statement of E. L. McGeliee, M. D., Woodville, Wilkinson Co., Miss., Amj. 2, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received carp in January, 1880, and in January, 

 1883. My poud covers i an acre, is 5 feet deep, has a grassy and ninddy bottom. It is 

 fed by rain-water, and the temperature varies. In the part that is deep and shaded 

 the water is cool. 



Plants and Enemies. — It contains crab-grass, but neither frogs, turtles, nor other 

 tish than carp. 



Growth. — They are now 18 inches long and weigh from 4 to 5 ]>ounds each. 



Reproduction. — They have produced hundreds of young, which are from 6 to 8 

 inches long. 



Miscellaneous. — I have not fed them, but they are a hardj- and rai)id growing 

 fish. I find ditficulty in catching them, as I do not like to draw the seine. 



413. Statement of A.M. GaiUard, Water VaUcu, Yalobusha Co., Miss., Jpr.lO, 1882. 



Growth. — About 12 months ago I put 18 carp in ray pond, measuring from 3 to 5 

 inches in length. We caught 1 last Monday which was 17 inches long and weighwl 

 3 pounds. The value of these tish can be readily estimated when it is known that 

 they have not been fed a dozen times in 12 months. 



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414. Statement of T. Holt, Holt's Summit, Callawai/ Co., Mo., July 27, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — In December, 1880, 1 reeeived21 carp. Tlie pond 

 in which I have kept them is 70 feet long, 40 feet broad, and 10 feet deep. Its bed is 

 compo.sed of yellow clay. A good (piantity of moderately cool water flows through it. 



Plants and enemies. — It has grasses growing in it, and contains one catfish and 

 plenty of craw-lish. 



Food. — I feed the carp with bread — not very ofren, only in the spring-time. 



(t1:owth and reproduction. — I have It) of the original lot left. They weigh 5 

 pounds apiece. I have not seen any young ones yet. 



Difficulties. — My principal ditticulty is in catching them. They will not bite at 

 a hook, and I cannot catch many with a trammel-net. 



415. Statement of Paris J. Douf/lurtij, Myers, Honard Co., Mo., Aug. 24, 1883. 



Disposition of carp reckivicd. — The water of the pond in which the carp were 

 kept was so muddy that I could not see them. I have now made another pond, 80 

 yards long, 50 yards wide, and 12 feet deep, in addition to my old one. 



Growth. — I tried to catch some of them with a hook, but they would not bite. So 

 I sent to Saint Louis and got a seine, and dragged out one about 18 inches long, the 

 most beautiful fish I ever saw. From the growth which they have made I think I 

 have got the richest thing I ever struck. 



Reproduction. — I now see schools of young fish all over my pond. I have a screen 

 of fine wire in tlie drain to keej) them from escaping. I want to try a plan of -ray 

 own by taking the young out of the pond tliey hatched iu and putting them into my 

 new poud, so that thej^ will grow up there and all come to market together. I will 

 still keep the old ones in their place to jjroduce new crops, which I will remove in 

 their turn to the growing-pond. 



Disposition of yottng. — I think that in 2 years from now I can sell $500 worth of 

 fish. 



41G. Statement of J. P. Ozias, Centre View, Johnson Co., Mo., July 30, 1882. 



Disposition of carp. — Early in June I paid to a gentleman who received carp from 

 you ^5 for a ijair of scale carp 2 years old. I placed them in a pond fed by a con- 

 tinual stream of spring water. I also obtained iu the same v.ay 7 mirror carp, for 

 which I paid $15. These were put in a reservoir, which is suj)plied with sj^ring water 

 by means of an air-i)ump. 



Plants. — Grass grows in the jiond and around the edges of the reservoir, where I 

 planted it. 



