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Repboducxion. -There are probably 100 young in the pond, which are from 2 to 12 

 inches long. They are 1 year and 2 years old. ^ * lu x^ 



Disposition of young.— We removed the young to a half-acre artificial lake. 



592. Statement of L. W. Budd, Dublin, FranMin Co., Ohio, Oct. 12, 1881. 



Gkowth.— November 22, 1880, I received 20 carp, measuring from 2 to 4 inches On 

 October 10, 1881, I drew off the water from my pond to rid it of cattish, and loundthat 

 my carp had grown enormously and were almost of one size. Two measured respect- 

 ively, IG and ITi inches in length and weighed 3t and 4 pounds. ' 



Repkoduction.— [Under date of January 8, 1883, Mr. Budd states that his ciirp 

 spawned in 1882. — Editor.] 



593. Statement of H. C. Tiittle, Burton, Geauga Co., Ohio, July 21, 1883. 



Disposition of carp eeceived.— The 20 carp received in the fall of 1881 I put in 

 a pond covering about 2 acres, with a maximum depth of 10 feet and a muddy bottom. 

 I sul)sequently received 60 more. As the carp in the pond died before the spring of 

 1882 I kept 20 in a tub in a cellar last fall, but they died also. The 24 that 1 bought 

 this spring are doing well. 



Plants. — Plants indigenous here grow in the pond. Nothing that disturbs the carp 

 inhabits it. 



Food. — I give the carp chopped liver and other food. 



594. Statement of 31. B. Parsons, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio, July 27, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — The 15 carp received in November, 1880, I kept in 

 a spring as my pond was frozen over until April, 1881. I also received 15 in the fall of 

 1882, which I put in the 1-acre pond with a depth of from 4 to 6 feet and a muddy 

 bottom. The rain water, which alone supplies the pond, is warm and clear in summer. 



Plants and enemies. — Lilies and other water-plants on which the carp feed gi-ow 

 in the pond. Turtles and frogs are also found in it. 



Food. — I do not feed the carp. 



Gkowth. — The 8 carp which I put in the pond in the spring of 1881, I saw nothing 

 of till the spring of 1883, when I found 7 of them dead. The pond was frozen over 

 liom November until April. The carp averaged 20 inches in length and weighed from 4 

 to 6 pounds. I have seen no young yet. 



595. Statement of James Cullen, Sec. Cincinnati Ice Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, July 30, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eecefv^ed. — In each of the winters, 1881, 1882, and 1883, I re- 

 ceived 20 carp which I placed in 3 ponds, resioectively 10, 20, and 30 acres, having an 

 average depth of 5 feet and muddy bottoms. Canals supply the ponds with water, the 

 amount of which depends upon the weather. 



Plants and enemies. — Grass and moss grow in the pond in large quantities, and 

 sun-tish, cattish, and turtles inhabit it in considerable numbers. 



Food. — We have not fed the carp, supposing the ponds contained a plenty. 



Geowth. — We are satisfied that some large carp are in the pond, but have never 

 caught any. 



596. Statement of Ruga Mulertt, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, July 28, 1883. 



Disposition of caep received. — The 13 mirror and 9 scale carp received in the fall 

 of 1880, I put in a pond especially constructed for the purpose, 1 G by 30 feet, with a depth 

 varying from G to 24 inches and a bottom of rich black soil. About 1 gallon of '\vatcr at 

 an average temperature of 75° F. flows through the pond per minute. The carj) hiber- 

 nate in a deeper pond. 



Plants. — Abundance of wHac/mris canadensis, ceratophyllnm demersum, 3 kinds oinijm- 

 phiea odorata, and duck-weed (lemnse) grow in the pond. The carp are delighted with 

 the latter. 



Enemies. — There are also 20 grass bass (pomoxys hexacanthus) in the pond. 



Food. — I do not feed the carp. 



Geowth.— The 5 mirror and 5 scale carp remaining average 4 pounds in weight. 



Reproduction. — I have raised a great many young. I find that they will attain the 

 first season, without food, a length of from 3 to 6 inches, and at the cml ot the seccmd 

 year will weigh 1^ pounds. 



