852 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [194] 



Food. — I feed them occasionally on bread. 



Geowtii. — The 11 original carp weigh from 2 to 4 pounds each. They have done well, 

 and have grown more rapidly than any fish I ever handled. 



Reproduction. — When I drew oft' the water a few days ago, I caught only 6 young, 

 each about \ iu6h long. 



Difficulties. — The spawn was destroyed by goldfi.sh before I had entirely rid the 

 pond of them. 



f MISCELLANEOTS. — I gave a part of the original lot of carp to a neighbor who placed 

 them in a pond of fresh spring water. On drawing oft' his pond a few days ago he found 

 8 of the original carp, but no young. He thinks the suckers then in the pond destroyed 

 the young. ' 



879. Statement nf Thomas A. Lif/htHcr, Greenville, Augusta Co., Va., Aug. 29, 1883. 

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DisPOSiTiox OF CARP RECEIVED. — I received 9 carp 2 years ago. My pond covers i 

 acre, with a depth of (> feet in deepest part, getting shallower as it approaches the 

 spring at its head. The bottom is of mud, gravel, and clay, which I placed there. A 

 cold Spring supplies the pond with a sufficient quantity of water at all times of the 

 year. 



Plants. — On the edges of the pond groAv swamp grasses and small quantities of moss. 

 It contains no other lish nor reptiles. 



Food. — Two or three times a week I feed the carp on vegetables, corn and wheat- 

 dough, and refuse I'rom the kitchen. 



Growth. — I haAe 8 of the original carp, each of which weigh from 4 to 5 pounds. I 

 do not know why my carp do not. breed. 



880. ,'^tatement of J. 0. Cimdiff, Emaus, Bedford Co., Va., May 12, 1884. 



(jEOWTH. — I received 22 carp, from 3 to 4 inches long, in November, 1882. They are 

 doing well, and each are now from 12 to 15 inches in length. 



881. Slalement of P/iil. F. Brown, Blue Ridge Springs, Botetourt Co., Va., Oct. 29, 1883. 



Growth. — 1 received 25 German tarp about 12 months ago. They were very small 

 then, but now average over 2 pounds each. 



882. Statement of W. J. Price, Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Va., Aug. 3, 1883. 



Disposition of (l\rp received. — In 1878 I received 20 carp, and in 1880, 1881, 

 and 1882 otlier lots. The carp nvere kept in ponds ' of an acre in extent with muddy 

 bottoms. The flow of water in one of the ponds is that of a 4-inch pipe, and has a 

 temperature of Ironi 5.5° to 60°. Several of the ponds contain standing water, the tem- 

 perature of which in summer is 75°. 



Plants. — Water-cvcss grows in one of the ponds. The otheVs contain rushes. 



Enemies. — One of the fresh- water ponds and 3 of the standing-water ponds contain 

 carp only. In the other ponds are to be found chubs, suckers, and fall-fish. 



I'OOD. — I give the car]) lu'ead once a week. 



Growth.— The carp received in 1878 weigh 6 pounds; those received in 1879, 3| jxHinds, 

 and those received in 1881, 2 pounds, and are 15 inches long. 



Reproduction. In 2 of the ponds there are a great many young, which vary con- 

 .siderably in size. Some are an inch long, and others weigh ] of a pound each. In 

 one of my ponds the carp have spawned only once. In the standing-water ponds I 

 have seen no sign of their spawning. 



883. Statement of F. N. Blaxey, Welt Water, Biiekingham Co., Va.., Oct. 10, 1882. 



Growth. — Last season I received 10 fish. They did splenditlly and grew to be 16 

 inches long. About 4 weeks ago we had an unprecedented big freshet, which broke my 

 dam, allowing mj" carp to escape into Slate River. 



884. Statcinent of N. L. Kahler, Bedford Springs, Camphell Co., Va., Aug. 15, 1884. 



Carp for sale. — T have 1.50,00;) seale and mirror c.irp for sale, as follows: 



2 to 3 inches long $3 jier liundred. 



3 to 5 inches long 5 per hundred. 



KMo 12 inches long 12 per dozen. 



12 to 18 inches long 20 per dozen. 



