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three or four pounds, which sell for about a quarter of a dollar 

 in the German markets, without the slightest difficulty. 



Mr. Wilmot : Do they live upon one another? 



Prof. Baird : No, sir; they live together like a flock of 

 sheep. 



Mr. Wilmot : I cannot conceive how this large carp can grow 

 in ponds merely from the vegetation they will find. 



Prof. Baird : The more the carp lives upon the vegetation, 

 the faster it grows. There is one gentleman in Austria who 

 has 26,000 acres in carp ponds, and it constitutes an element in 

 a very large'fortune to him. 



A Member : Is not the vegetation in the Southern States more 

 luxuriant ? 



Prof. Baird : Yes, sir ; it is. 



INVITATION TO A DINNER. 



The President introduced Mr. Coup, who thanked the mem- 

 bers for the honor conferred upon him by electing him as an 

 honorary member of the Association, and invited them to a 

 dinner this evening at 8 o'clock at the Gilsev House. 



SHAD FISHERIES. 



The President called upon Prof. Milner to give a further 

 statement with regard to the United States Commission. 



Prof. Milner : There is very little more to be said beyond 

 what Prof. Baird has stated. When the shad culture commenced 

 we were associated with Mr. Ferguson in Maryland. Instead of 

 getting our entire supply of eggs from one fishery, we were able 

 to get them from a large number ; but the shad do not seem to 

 have the disposition to come up the streams unless the tempe- 

 rature is as high as 68° or 69 and from the want of rain 

 the streams have been very low. We succeeded in obtaining 



