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the iM)nd. Bass and sun-fish got in through a hole that rusted in the screen. I have 

 seen one or two dead carji on the surface. 



Food. — Once or twice a day I gave the carp curd. 



Difficulties. — The ravages of the black bass and the turtle -was a difficulty with 

 which I had to contend. It being almost impossible to keep the black bass, lake bass, 

 sun-fish, and catfish out of the pond, I gave the carp to a neighbor. Carp and California 

 salmon are the only kinds of fish that I have not been able to cultivate succassfuUy. 



995. State7)mit of a H. Shattuck, Parhcrsburg, Wood Co., W. Va., Mar. 4, 1884. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — Just a year since I received a lot of carp, and 

 another lot subsequently, a total of 50 carp. I placed them in a small pond carefully 

 inclosed by a tight board fence. 



Food. — In the summer of 1883 I fed the carp. 



Growth. — In October, 1883, I drained the pond and cleaned it, and found 39 carp in 

 good condition, a few of them measuring 13 inches in length and none less thaiU 10 

 inches. 



Miscellaneous. — I intend to keep the carp in the pond in which I first placed them, 

 as they muddy the water too much in an ice-pond. 



Tl^ISCONSIN. 



996. Slaiement of Joachem Schildhauer, New Holstein, Calumet Co., Wis., July 2i, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — I received 15 carp in the fall of 1880. The pond 

 is 50 feet square; has a muddy and sandy bottom. 



Enemies. — It contains some frogs. The carp all disappeared the second season, and 

 I think they were eaten by minks. 



997. Statement of A. J. Turner, Portage, Columbia Co., Wis., Aug. 1, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — I received 3 dozen carp in May, 1881. They 

 were put in Mud Lake, which is about 50 rods long, 10 to 12 rods wide, and from 4 to 

 8 feet deep. The water is quite warm in summer. 



Plants. — It contains water-lilies, eel-grass, &c. 



Enemies. — It contains frogs and turtles in abundance. We suspect the carp bane be- 

 come food for turtles. Nothing has been heard of them since they were put in. 



998. Statement of Anion Link, East Bristol, Dane Co., Wis., Aug. 11, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — I received 15 ciirp in October, 1880, and 20 in No- 

 vember, 1882. I have 3 ponds ; one, 16 by 16 feet; one, 30 by 50 feet; and another, 12 

 by 20 rods. They are about 6 feet deep, and the bottom is muddy and gravelly. 



Plants. — They contain grass and water-lilies. 



Enemies. — There are all kuids of wild fish in them, frogs, and turtles. 



Difficulties. — I have spent a great deal of money with ponds and fishes, but have 

 not had any luck with carp. I have not seen them since I put them in. 



999. Statement of Edwin Reynolds, Meiomen, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., July 31, 1883. 



Disposition of caep eeceived. — I received 20 carp June 14, 1881. My pond is 4 

 by 6 rods, of 5 or more feet in depth, and of soft clayey Ixittom. The spring at the west 

 end of the pond furnishes about 6 barrels of quite cold water per hour, but> the sortace 

 ©f the pond is quite warm. 



Plants. — I have planted some English water-cress. There are two varieties of ■weeds 

 in the pond, of which I send samples. 



Enemies. — There are none except a few minks and a very small fish known as homed 

 dace. 



Food. — I have given them old bread, cooked potatoes, soaked grain, chopped lettuce, 

 ca1)bage, sweet apples, &c. 



Growth. — I saw nothing of them until July 5, 1882, when the full number of 20 

 came to the surface and a goodly number of small ones. They were from 12 to 16 inches 

 in length, and were estimated to weigh 3 or 4 pounds each. I then fed them regularly 

 every day, and could see that they increased in size very rapidly. 



Reproduction. — They are very busy during the spawning time running among the 

 weeds and the little bayous. In the proper time small ones appeared in reasonable 



