758 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [100] 



449. Statement of Amos Ehert, Kirhwood, Camden Co., N. J., Apr. 20, 1883. 



Growth. — The carp I received November, 1881, -were foiiud iu November, 1882, to 

 measure from 17 to 18 inches in length and to weigh over 4 pounds. 



Repuoductiox. — My carp will be 2 years old this summer. A few days ago I saw 

 a disturbance iu the j/oud not noticed before, and I thought they must be spawning. 

 Nest morning I saw spawn around the edge of the pond attached to weeds and sticks. 



450. Statement of Hiram Coolc, Verona, Essex Co.,N. J., Aug. 20, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I received 20 carp iu April, 1881, and 20 more 

 subsequently. I put them into a pond which I made, which was sujjplied with spring 

 water, and the muskrats dug through the banks so that the carp escaped into the 

 headwaters of the Passaic River, near Little Falls. The supply of water to the pond 

 is sufficient to till an inch liipe continually. 



Plants. — There are water-cresses growing in the pond. 



Growth. — I have only seen or heard of but 2 of them. These were caught by boys 

 fishing, and would weigh about 1 pound apiece. 



New TJtiAL PUOPOSEO. — I have built up my dam again which the musk-rats de- 

 stroyed, aud would like to stock the pond agaiu and make another trial. 



. 451. Statement of E. L. Hall, Woodbunj, Gloucester Co., X. J., Juli/27, 1883. 



Disposition or CARP RECEIVED. — I received 20 carp in the autumn of 1880. The 

 pond in which 1 i)ut them was 250 feet long and 30 feet wide, excavated in a lowjiiece 

 of ground and fed by uuderdrains. During the summer the outlet was by sinkage, 

 and the water was i|uite warm ; the balance of the year there is au overflow of from 

 2 to 6 inches in diameter. Say one quarter of the area was 30 inches deep, the bal- 

 ance not more than 12 inches. 



Plants. — It contained various kinds of water-grass. 



Enemies. — 'fhere were no other lish in it, but plenty of frogs. 



Reproductiox. — In the winter of 188l-'82, I saw some of the original lish, and 

 thousands of siiialt fry. 



Miscellaneous. — 1 donated 3 acres, including this lake, to the city for a public 

 square, reserving the sole rights to cut ice and take fish from the lake. Some one 

 emptied the pond, lish and all. 



452. Statement of Lyttleton White, Eatontoivn, Monmouth Co., N. J., July 31, 1883. 



Disposition of c.\rp received. — I received 12 or 15 carp iu the fall of 1880. They 

 were put in a mill pond of from 5 to 10 acres in extent, with a muddy bottom and an 

 average depth of 3 feet, through which flows a brook of about 10 feet iu width and 1 

 foot deep. 



Enemies. — The pond is inhabited by catfish, suckers, sun-fish, turtles, dsc. As none 

 of the carp have been seen or found, either dead or alive, I presume they were all de- 

 voured by the cattish. I presume that it would be useless to try again with so many 

 enemies to contend with. 



453. Statement of B. M. Hartshorne, Highlands, Monmouth Co., N. J., Aug. 7, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received.— In May, 1881, I received about 10 carp. The 

 pond in which I kej)t them was originally a inar.sh overflowed at high tides. It cov- 

 ers about 1 acre and has a very muddy bottom. Its greatest depth is 5 feet, gradually 

 shoaling. 



Enemies. — Besides the carp, there are now in it musk-rats, snapping-turtles and 

 mud-turtles, eels, small perch and sun-fish, and a quamity of fresh-water mussels. 



Growth. — On draining the jyond last May, all the fish escaped under a netting 

 placed across the waste-gate into the Shrewsbury River, au arm of the sea. Two of 

 the carp remained in the raceway below the dam and were returned to the pond. 

 They were about 2 feet 3 inches in length, very stout, and would weigh about 7 

 pounds each. 



454. Statement of Robert Kirhij, Imlaystottm, Monmouth Co., X. J., July 26, 1883. 







Disposition of carp received. — I received 20 small ones three years ago last 

 November. I have kept them in a pond 41 yards long and 15 yards wide. I have 

 3 ponds, all about one size, and all fed from a spring. The bottom is muddy. About 

 a tile full of water flows thi'ough them, which is cool where it runs in, but very warm 

 after it has run through the three i)onds, in summer: it is not very cold in winter. 



