770 KEPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND KISIIKRIKS [IIH] 



:>:V.\. SlaU'iiuiit of (',eor<i<' W. Dihhh, /iriiH/lini, tVentche»Ur Co., ^'. )., i. :U , 1H8';. 



Di.si-oHiiKt.N (>!■ ('AIM' itKCKi V ICD.— Oil Novt'inliiir 25, 1H7'.), 1 r(!((.'ivo«l 12 (turp, jindon 

 Novoiiiljcr ;il, IHHy, 20 nioic. My j)<»iul <jov»mh ni>,v«M!i1 acrcH, in from 6 In 1(1 feet tlccii, 

 iiiul liiiH a iiiiKldy lidlloin. 



I'l.AN IS.- I'liiiits iiidi/^iMioiis licici grow ill Hit- jioiid. 



Em;.mii:.s - TIk- pond Ih iiiliahited l»\ rroi>s iuul turlh's, Kliiiifis, and tsiinUHli. 



Food. — 1 do nol tVcd I In- ciirp. 



(iliowi'll.- -( >t'l«dMi, |HH2, I rjiiiglil. r> original (!inp. Tlic largest weighed H^ ])ouiidK 

 aixl (lit' rt'sl 7 poiiiidN aiul over. Wlieii caiiglil 1 licy ajiju-arcd to be ready to H|)awii. 



I',i)iiii.n t<iiAl,il'iKs. — J have ealeii caij) boiled and bake<l. Tliey are very good when 

 lioilcd, bill belliT wIhu l»al. rd. Tlir edible i|nalit ies (d" Mh' <;aip are lair. 



:.:;!. Sldliim hI <>/ Sdmutl A. SotlciUc, Iljir., HtnldicHter^'o., \. )'..,/«/// 30, 1HH:{. 



DisrosniuN oi cakt kdcI'IVJ.u. — The 15 earp received Ivoveinber 1, IHHO, I he 20 

 in the fall oC IHHl, and the 2 one-year <dd carp that 1 bought 1 put in a pond, oval 

 in Hliape, atioiit 10 by 100 Ici^t, with an iiverage depth of ;i feet, and a> ninddy bottom. 

 'J'here are 2 IioU^n in llie boltoni, with nideH of Hlone, one of whieh iw ;{ by 10 i\'i\i, and 

 :{ fei'l deep; llieodin is rirc'ilar in sliape, wi.1 li a diameter and depth of l feel. From 

 S(/pt«nibei !■> Manli t he tlow of water is trorn 2 tn :'. inelies, and I'loni .Inni' !.') to Se)»- 

 li'inbn I it IS nnl i'i|nal in ainoMiil to that ali'^oibed by the earth :ind that conHiiinetl 

 iiy (!S aiioial ion. To day, at .^ u'rloik, llii' leniperatiiri' <d' the vvat(^|• It feel Ix^low the 

 Hiirfaie i.s 77 . 



l'l,.\.N"r.s.— 'I'liere are iiu pl.-ints i n l lie ]i<>iid except a few watei-lilies w hieli I ])lanted ; 

 nor is there vegetal ion at ilH hides, as it has a Mtoiie wall. 



EM'.miios. - Oeeasionally fiog.s, but no other tisli than earp, inhabit I Im pond. 



Fo(»i>. J''.very at'ternoon I give the carp stale bread, and oecasi<niJilly I le«'<l them 

 nn tiniied polalo<'H and hominy nia<ie into Indian eakes, all id' which they hke. I 

 Nonielimes throw in water eresH, but they <lo nut Heeiii to relish it. 



(iUMWrii.— In the fail of IHHl I gave away (> original earji, and (i more were Htoh>n, 

 I of \vhi(di wan fully 10 iiicheH long. There are none of the original ear)> remaining. 

 I liave from to H <d°the is(>cond lot, whitli average from 5 to 7 iioiinds. 



IfKl'ltoDi ciioN Kesides the iinnili<'i of young <arried olf by an overllow, and the 

 •ue.s<<aluii by trogs, lish ha w kn, vV <•., 1 ha ve alioiit 1 .fidU. Of I his iinmber, l!'» average 

 7 iuvhes in length, l,(HMI I'kmii :( to 1 iniiieis, and .some others are still smallei'. 



DiNi mm I loN oi Yoi'Nt;. I diNliibnled giatnilonsly to owiieisof jiomlslito yoniig 

 in the tall ot |HH2, and 1.^0 more in the spring of IHK!. I also intend to giv(^ away 

 what young 1 niiiy raise in the liiturc, exeejit a lew which 1 .slnill keep for breeding 

 imrposcH. In Oetobei n«v\t I will |Mit from to H of the largest in a smaller ponil, 

 wherM I will also place ( 'alilbniia I loni . in order to ascertain the self-siisljiining jiower, 

 growl h, and ;ige of the carp. 



Miscii.i.AM'.oi s. — The reason wiiy I liav«' not lost any carp by ice, which forms ovtir 

 my |ion<l to the Ihickness <d'2 feel, is that the trenches <ir holes before alluded U> jif- 

 ford them protection from the severity of the winter. Tlui bottoms of tli(\se trenchers 

 should alw ays ix^ 4 teel fioiii the ice. 'J'hey also atlbrd the carp a cool retreat in warm 

 wt>atlier. I have partially const meted anol her small i>on«l, with !i depth of :!A l'e('t, 

 and it always has a plent ifiil supply of |iiire, cool spring wjiti-r. The carp seem to 

 grow more rapidly in this pmid, wIicki a laiger siipjily oi' natural food is oldainable, 

 and do not rise tn the footi (dfered llieni. \Vli<'ii completed the pond will be iO by 

 100 feet. 



.5:{5. SitUi-iiiiul of C. DfiilniiKiiiii A .Son, Whilv I'ltiiiis, Ili.-ihln-Htrr I 'o., X. 1'.. .7/rr. 2, IHHi. 



IJnoWili. — We received 20c;itp aliont IH months ago. Six ol tlies(> survived, and 

 have gitnvn to such size that W(> have taken gn'at interest in them. If more c:iii be 

 obtiiined, w«' will slock all of our i>onds with them. 



]>OK'ril 4\%KOI.II\A. 



!^t'M). SIdliiiK'iil of riionnis /.. Morlin. llini'\Kb\(nj, t 'iilxnriis Co., X. C, Aikj. 20, 1H8I5. 



DisrosrrioN of <ai{1' ickckivi- d. — 'J'ln'20carp n-ceived in February, IHHO, and the 

 ones in December, )HH2, I put in two ponds, covering, resjiectively, A and ^ of an acre. 

 'I'hey are on a spring branch, ai.d have a maximum deptii (d' f) feel, and mudd\ bot- 

 toms. l"'roiu I gallon to 2 gallons ol' water How through them ]»er minute, 



Plan IS anm I'M'XiiivS.tJrass, swamp-lily, and ll;ig <m' cat-tail grow in the pond, 

 frogs and liiilles, but no ot her lisli. iiili.ibit it. 



I''ooi>. - I sometimes giv(> the carp lircad and cabbage. 



tiROWrri. In the tall of 1H82 the origin;il cirp averaged ^i, pounds, 



