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The German Carp 1 was introduced into the United 

 States by Mr. 11. Poppe in 1872, and in 1877 by the United 

 States Bureau of Fisheries, because of the fact that in Ger- 

 many it is considered a good food fish, and can live and 



GERMAN SEALED CARP. 



thrive in muddy ponds and streams. By thousands of 

 prairie dwellers it was received gladly, especially throughout 

 the Great Plains, where any fish with scales is welcomed. 

 The free distribution of young Carp led a great many per- 

 sons to apply for them, and plant them in ponds, from which 

 they afterward found their way into streams that contained 

 fishes infinitely their superior. 



1 Cy-pri'nus car'pi-o. 



