152 THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



Arkansas, 58,800 lb., valued at $4162; Indiana, 24,000 

 lb., valued at $5026; Ohio, 14,000 lb., valued at $2340; 

 Vermont, 5500 lb., valued at $825, etc. a total of $22,953. 



The enormous and increasing prices of large diamond- 

 backed turtles, and the cheapness of little ones shows that 

 maturing, at least, if not actually breeding them, would be 

 well worth investigation. Many wealthy New Yorkers 

 send direct to Maryland for their supplies. Where turtle 

 meat is bottled or canned, the snapping turtle and the com- 

 mon box tortoise are sometimes used as "substitutes." 

 Both are capital eating. 



The carp is one of the most excellent fresh water fish, and 

 is of great value on account of the facility of culture and 

 the enormous extent to which this is carried on. "In Eu- 

 rope some artificial ponds comprise an area of no less than 

 20,000 acres, and the proceeds amount to about 500,000 

 pounds of carp per annum.'-' (Hessel, in "Carp and Its 

 Culture.") 



It attains the weight of three to four pounds in three years 

 without artificial feeding, and much more under more favor- 

 able conditions. It lives to a great age and continues to grow 

 all the while. 



"In Europe it is common to see carp weighing from thirty 

 to forty pounds and more, measuring nearly three and one 

 half feet in length and two and three quarters feet in cir- 

 cumference." 



It lives on vegetable food, insects, larvae, and worms, and 

 will not attack other fishes or their spawn. It is easy to 

 raise, and, provided certain general rules are followed, suc- 

 cess will attend its culture. 



The localities best adapted to a carp pond are those in 

 which there is sufficient water at hand for the summer as 



