850 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. [192] 



867. Statement of C. H. Harman, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Va., July 24, 1883. 



Disposition of carp eeceived. — The 25 carp received 2 years ago, I put in J-acre 

 pond, -with a depth of 10 feet inthe deepest part, having a muddy bottom. About a 

 2-inch stream of spring vrater flov^^s through it. No plants grow in the pond. 



Enemies. — Large numbers of frogs and a few turtles and sun-perch inhabit the pond. 



Food. — I give the carp corn-bread twice a week. 



Growth. — The original carp were 18 inches long when last seen. 



868. Statement of John D. Watson, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Va., July 30, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — In 1881, 1 received 8 or 10 carp and placed them in 

 my pond, which is about 1| acres in extent, with an average depth of 5 feet, and of muddy 

 bottom. A small, continuous branch flows through the j)ond. 



Enemies. — The pond is infested by many frogs and some turtles. 



Food. — Two or three times a week I give the carp the refuse of the kitchen and the 

 vegetable tops from the garden. 



Growth. — Some of the original carp are from 12 to 15 inches in length. 



Reproduction. — I have rea.son to think that the young are doing very well. 



869. Statement of J. B. Townley, sr., Red Hill, Albemarle Co., Va., Jan. 14, 1884. 



Growth. — You were kind enough to send me 17 carp la.st February, about 3 inches 

 long. Last week in getting ice we cornered one hsh, between the bank, some grounded 

 ice and a piece of floating ice, and caught it. It measured a little upwards of 12 inches 

 in length, by 4-] in depth. It was returned unharmed to the water. Another was seen 

 at the same time looking larger than the one caught. Both were a little sluggish in their 

 movements. My ice pond Ls supplied with water at its head by a .spring, where I have 

 a pit originally 5 feet deep, and over Avhich the water never freezes. 



870. Statement of Henry M. Price, 31. 1)., Scottsville, Alhemarle Co., Va., July 24, 1883. 



Disposition of carp received. — The 16 carp I received in November, 1881, I put 

 in a pond with 3 compartments, covering an acre. Its bottom is muddy. A 4-.square-inch 

 stream of water flows through the pond. Its temperature is from 45° to 50°. 



Plants and enemies. — Most of the swamp-grasses and plants indigenous here grow 

 in the pond. It also contains frogs and some iiesh-water terrapins. 



Food. — I gave the carp corn, corn-bread, and sugar-corn daily. 



Growth. — Before the dams were broken I had all of the original carp. I have onlj' 

 2 now, which, in July, 1883, weighed from 6 to 5) pounds. Some of the old ones caught 

 in Hardware River, into which my carp escaped, weighed from 5 to 6 pounds. 



Reproduction. — There are from 500 to 800 young in my pond. Thousands were in 

 the pond before it broke. 



Difficulties. — An oversupply of water, which resulted in the breaking of the dam, 

 has been the most serious difficulty I have experienced in the cultivation of carp. It is 

 my intention to put a flood-gate to the dam to prevent a like occurrence. 



871. Stateme)it of M. W. Wallace, Yancey's 3Iill% Albetnarle Co.,Va., July 2i, 1883. 



Disposition of carp receu^ed. — In the fall of 1880 1 received 16 carp, and 19 more 

 in the fall of 1882. The first lot I divided with a neighbor. Each of my 2 ponds is 

 50 leet square, has a muddy bottom and a depth varying from 3 to 5 feet. The supply 

 of water, though moderate, is sufficient. 



Plants.— No plants grow in the i)ond. 



Enemies. — The pond contains nothing that destroys the carp. 



Food. — I have been giving my carp wheat, and corn-bread twice a week since the 1st 

 of June. My not feeding them prior to that time is the reason the first lot are no larger. 

 Some of my neighbors' carp which have been fed from the first are more than twice as 

 large as mine. 



Growth. — I have 7 of the 8 original carp. About 2 months ago they weighed from 

 2 to 3 pounds each. * 



Reproduction. — There are 200 young in the pond, which appear to be of 3 sizes; 2 

 inches, 4 inches, and § inches. On account of the different sizes, I judge that the carp 

 spawn twice a year. 



872. Statement of S. B. Corbett, Arlington, Alexandria Co., Va., July 28, 1883. 



Disposition* OF caep received. — The 19 carp I received in the faU of 1881 1 put in 

 an inlet to a pond. The pond is \ acre in extent, with a depth of from 3 to 6 feet, hav- 



