XXVI.—RAISE CARP !* 
By Max VON DEM Borne. 
It is well known that carp:raising is a very ancient industry and has 
been brought to a very high degree of perfection. Any one who wishes 
to start a carp-raising establishment will not hesitate to undertake a 
journey for the purpose of studying by personal observation the estab- 
lishments of experienced carp-raisers. Valuable hints wili be found in 
the following works: 
WENZEL HORAK. Die Teichwirthschaft, mit besonderer Riicksicht auf 
das siidliche Bohmen. Prag, 1869. (Pond Culture, particularly in South- 
ern Bohemia.) 
KaRL NICKLAS. Lehrbuch der Teichwirthschaft. Stettin, 1880. (Man- 
ual of Pond Culture.) 
ADOLF GAscH. Die Teichwirthschaft auf dem Gute Kaniow. 1 sielitz, 
1880. (Pond Culture on the Kaniow estate.) 
As also in my own work, Die Fischzucht (Pisciculture). 
The president of the German Fishery Association, Herr von Behr, of 
Schmoldow, has requested me to prepare a short article, which would 
show in a simple manner that, even independent of pond culture, carp- 
raising may reach a much higher degree of perfection than it possesses 
at present. I gladly meet this request, and, as the contents of this brief 
paper have been very carefully examined by von Behr, I feel convinced 
that he fully agrees with the views expressed by me. 
The main points are, to introduce great masses of young carp in our 
rivers, which by river. improvements have been deprived of the old 
spawning-places of the cyprinoids; to stock with young carp our numer- 
ous German lakes, where, owing to the presence of pike and other fish 
of prey, carp cannot successfully spawn, as a portion, at least, of such 
young carp will under all circumstances reach maturity; and to make 
even small ponds and marl-pits sources of revenue by stocking them 
with young carp. The manner in which [ would like to see the Stettiner 
Haff stocked with 20 million young carp, may be seen in various news- 
papers articles on the subject, as well as in Circular No. 6, 1881, of the 
German Fishery Association. 
I therefore gladly meet von Behr’s request, and will endeavor to de- 
scribe how young carp, for the purposes indicated above, can be pro- 
* Ziichtet Karpfen! | M. v. d. Borne | auf Berneuchen i. N. M. | herausqeben rom Deutsche 
Fischerei- Verein. | —Translated from the German by HERMAN JACOBSON. 
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