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Food. — I give the carp corn-bread, sometimes 3 times a week, and then again only 

 twice a month. 



Growth. — The carp will average about 4 pounds. I have caught no young yet, and 

 do not know how many there are. 



Difficulties. — My pond broke twice, and each time allowed some of the carp to 

 escape. 



Miscellaneous. — I desire more carp to stock my other pond. I think they are the 

 fish for the ponds of this country. 



7G5. Statement of S. M. Wilson, Tennessee Eidge, Houston Co., Tenn., July 24, 1883. 



Disposition of c akp received. — The 10 carp received on November 19, 1880, 1 placed 

 in a pond covering from 1 to 1^ acres, having a depth of from 1 to 5 feet, and a muddy bot- 

 tom. Water flows into the pond in spring until it reaches a depth of 7 feet. It has a 

 warm temperature. 



Plants and enemies. — All sorts of swamp weeds and grasses indigenous here grow 

 in the pond. A few bull-frogs, but no other fish than carp, inhabit it. There are no 

 turtles. 



Food. — An abundance of food washed from the adjacent hillsides. I gave them no 

 artificial food. 



Growth. — The carp were only from 3 to 5 inches long when I placed them in the 

 poud, and in 8 months averaged from 3J to 4 pounds and were from 14 to 16 inches long. 

 They were fat and grew rapidly. 



Difficulties. — My poud was very low during a very diy season 2 years ago, and a 

 poacher, seeing the carp, killed them. 



Miscellaneous. — (Jould I get more carp, I am certain I could cultivate them success- 

 fully. 



766. Statement of J. 31. McAdoo, MeEwen, Humphreys Co., Tenn., July "25, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — The 7 carp received in the winter of 1880 I put 

 in a ij-acre pond having a depth of 5 feet. It is supplied with rain water which gets 

 warm in summer. 



Plants and enemies. — Moss collects on the surface of the water. Perch, frogs, 

 and a few turtles inhabit the poud. 



Food. — I give the carp the sweepings of a corn and flour mill. 



Growth. — The carp were 2 feet loug and weighed 6 pounds each a year ago. I saw 

 one a few days ago that was about 3 feet long and weighed about 12 or 15 pounds. I 

 have seen but 3 of the carp since they were put in the poud. The 2 carp that I caught 

 were full of eggs, but I have seen no young yet. 



767. Statement of A. G. Kcisling, Bull Bun, Knox Co., Tenn., July 30, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — I placed 10 carp of the lot received March 8, 

 1883, in a box or pen made of plank and the other 10 in a 1-acre pond. It has 5 feet of 

 water at its maxinnam depth, getting shallower toward the shore. The water in my 

 pond passes through a weir from a mill-race. Eight days after the carp were received 

 1 removed those in tlie pen to the pond. I saw some of them occasionally, but not since 

 ]\Iay 1. 



Enemies. — I fear tliat the kingfishers and two ducks, and perhaps turtles, all of 

 which I have Ciiught in the pond, have destroyed the carp. 



Food. — From time to time I have placed food in the pond but have never seen the 

 carp take it. 



768. Statement of Cullen & Newman, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tenn., June 11, 1881. 



Growth. — The 20 small carp received in the latter part of December, 1880, have 

 within 6 months attained a weight of 1^ pounds. I notice that some grow much faster 

 than others. 



769. Statement of Curtis Cullen, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tenn., July 2^, 1883. 



Disposition of carp recer'ed. — The 20 received in the fall of 1880, and the 20 re- 

 ceived subsequently, I placed in a jiond liaviug a diameter of 100 feet, a depth of from 

 1 to 5 feet, and a muddy bottom. The water is warm and the supply small. None has 

 flowed into the jjond for 3 months. I intend to construct a windmill to supply it with 

 a suflicient quantity of water. 



