CONTENTS. 8 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE DISEASES OF THE CARP AND ALLIED DIFFICULTIES IN POND 

 CULTURE. Indications of Disease. Fungus Growth. Remedies. Polyp 

 Asphyxia. Dropsy. Injuries. Hospital. Poud Difficulties in Sum- 

 mer. Lack of Water Supply. Lack of Oxygen. Heat. What to Do 

 Absorption and Evaporation. Winter Difficulties. Depth of Water. 

 Poisonous Gasses. Holes in the Ice. The Help of Age. Cornstalks or 

 Rye Straw. Fallacy of Bank Chimneys 67-71 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE ARTIFICIAL FEEDING OF CARP. Natural Food. Not Vegetarians. 

 A Floating Island. Digestive Organs of Plant and Flesh Eating Ani- 

 mals. Natural Food of Carp. Nutritious Matter. Albumenoids. Car- 

 bohydrates. Their Uses in the Body. The Nicklas Rule. Difficulty of Ex- 

 ecution. Material at hand. Desideratum. Combination of Food. First. 

 Second. Third. Preservation of Food. Fourth, Food for Young Fry. 

 Increasing the Home Supply. Production of Natural Food. Cheap 

 Food. Waste of Slaughter Houses, Breweries, Distilleries, Starch Fac- 

 tories. Suspending Flesh Over the Water. Whole Wheat. Bread of 

 Coarse Shorts. Blood as a Moistener. Platform Feeding. Calling the 

 Fish to Meals. Do They Hear? 



CHAPTER X. 



ON THE HEARING OF FISH. The Controversy. Methods of Working 

 the Problem. The Organs Indicate the Faculty. Rank Estimated by 

 Structure. The Human Ear. -Sound Waves. The Drum Head. The 

 Eustachian Tube. Movement of the Membrane. The Labrynth or Inner 

 Ear. Nerve Motion. Ear Stones. Rudimentary Ear. Ear of the Fish. 

 The Ear Bones. Auditory Nerve. Vestibule. The Three Semicircular 

 Canals. The Bulbs. The Fish Ear a True Ear. Head Bones a Medium. 

 Fitted for the Water Not the Air. Not Applicable to All Fishes. Pecu- 

 liarities of the Carp Ear. The Air Bladder. Illustrated. 78-87 



CHAPTER XI. 



WATER PLANTS FOR CARP PONDS. Remedial AgentsBeautiful and 

 Essential Accessories. Gravel and Stone Bottoms. Measure of Life. 

 The Ornamental and the l T seful. Crowfoot Family. Water Lilly Fam- 

 ily. Water Milfoil Family. Evening Primrose Family. Parsley Fam- 

 ily. Primrose Family. Buckwheat Family. Hornwort Family. Arum 

 Family. Duckweed Family. Cat-tail Family. Pond-weed Family. 

 Water-Plantain Family. Frog's-bit Family. Iris Family. Rush Fam- 

 ily. Sedge Family. Grass Family. Cryptogamia 88-90 



