812 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [154] 



Miscellaneous. — Before carp cau be cultivated successfully their enemies must be 

 subdued. Their culture is attended with little difficulties, and the pleasure, to say noth- 

 ing of the profit, far outweighs the trouble. 



692. Statement of Duncan 3IeAlisier, Sardis, Westmoreland Co., Fa., July 25, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — The 10 pairs of carp received in 1879 I put in a 

 pond covering about =} acre, with a depth of from G inches to 6 feet, and a muddy bot- 

 tom. It received a plentiful supply of moderately cool water from a large spring and 

 from some underdrains from fields. 



Plants and enemies. — Common grass grows in the pond. The carp were placed in 

 a pond with other fish, but I have now rid it of enemies. 



Food. — I gave the carp bread, daily. 



Difficulties. — Duriug the winter of 1879 and 1880 my carp did well, only 3 out of 

 the 20 dying, but in June, 1880, some boys seined my pond and destroyed all my fish, 

 leaving a good many dead ones on the banks and adjoining field. 



I desire more carp, as I have enlarged and cleaned out the pond. 



G93. Statement of John H. Eicdel, Dallastown, York Co., Pa., Nov. 3, 1882. 

 Gkowth. — The carp that Mr. AVilliam Neffgot last fall now weigh I', pounds. 

 G94. Statement of John B. Gemmill, Neic Park, York Co., Pa., Oct. 2, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — I received 21 carp in November, 1881, and 15 Janu- 

 ary 3, 1883. I put the first lot in a pond sloping gradually to 5 feet in depth, with a 

 muddy bottom. It is supplied with 4,000 gallons of water dail3\ I put the other lot 

 in pond number 2, which is 45 by 120 feet, with a muddy bottom. 



Plants and enemies. — It contains bulrushes and various grasses. There are no 

 other fish, but some frogs, and I killed two snappers in pond number 1. 



Food. — We occasionally give them corn-bread, corn-dough, boiled potatoes, raw pota- 

 toes, and boiled sweet-corn. They grow right along on good, natural food, of which there 

 is plenty. 



Gkowth. — There are 11 left of the first lot, which average in weight from 3 to 4 

 pounds each. The largest weigh 4iV pounds, and measure 17 inches in length. In May 

 I caught one which is now as large as a Susquehaunah shad — say 5 pounds. There are 

 no young yet. November 2, 1882, the carp were from 13 to 15 inches long, and weighed 

 from 1 to IV pounds. 



How to catch caep. — I caught one in May with hook and line and common angling- 

 worm. They bite elegantly. 



Miscellaneous. — There is no trouble in raising carp in water of the right tempera- 

 ture. I intend erecting two more ponds, and am satisfied carp-raising will be a success 

 with me. 



695. A. a Krueger, Wrightsville, York Co., Pa., July 22, 1884. 



Caep in Susquehanna Rivek. — A carp weighing about 4 pounds was taken in a 

 set-net below the Columbia dam on the Susquehaima. It had doubtless escaped from 

 some private pond, but may have been in the river some time. 



696. Statement of David Strickler, York, York Co., Pa., Aug. 9, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — I received 8 ca^-p on June 3, 1880, 16 scale carp 

 in fall of 1880, and in the tall of 1881 40 more carp. The 36 sent Mr. John T. Williams 

 in the fall of 1880, and the 20 sent my son in the tail of 1882 were put in my ponds with 

 the carp sent directly to me. The smaller pond is 83 feet long and from 5 to 25 feet wide; 

 the larger 114 feet long and from 10 to 52 feet wide, having a depth of from 6 inches to 

 6 feet, and a muddy bottom. This summer about 10 gallons of water flows through the 

 ponds per minute. In the smaller pond the temperature at the inlet is 64° and 72° at 

 warmest part; the temperature of the larger pond at the inlet is 74°, at warmest part 

 from 78° to 80°, and at the bottom 72°. 



Plants. — Water-lilies and various kinds of plants and grass grow in the pond. 



Enemies. — Small frogs, water-snakes, eels, and many tadpoles but no turtles nor other 

 fish than carp inhabit the larger pond. I still fight the eels, water-snakes, and frogs. 

 In the lower pond, bass, catfish, and eels are found. 



Food. — I give the carp wheat, corn, corn meal, shipstuif, cheese, boiled vegetables, 

 and house flies. 



