i OXTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



CLASSES OF CARP PONDS AND THEIR PURPOSES. Live Fish Markets. 

 Systematic Ponds. The Hatching Pond. Depth of Water. Water 

 Level. Plants For. Size of Pond. Waves, Their Effect. Selection of 

 Spawners. Number of Males to Females. Feeding the Spawners. Size 

 of Fry in the Fall. Removal of Fry. Difference of Ponds in Different 

 Latitudes. Effect of Cold. The Stock Pond. Its Depth. When Stocked. 

 How Many to the Acre. Increase of Weight. Marketable Size. When 

 to Sell. Spawn in the Stock and Market Ponds. Pike in these Ponds. 

 Proportionate Size of Market, Stock and Hatching Pond. Sale Pond. 

 Winter Pond. Market Pond. Stock Pond. Hatching Pond. Mixed 

 Carp Culture. Spawning Bed. One Variety. Objections. Removal of 

 Eggs. Use of Boughs 32-40 



CHAPTER VI. 



TAKING THE FISH FROM THE PONDS. IMPLEMENTS FOR HANDLING 

 THEM. THE SHIPMENT OF YOUNG FRY. Drawing the water. Remedy- 

 ing a Panic. When to Begin Taking Out. Weights and Records. General 

 Purpose Seine. Bag Net. Sinker Net. Canvas Stretcher. Taking Carp 

 Alive to Market. How to Make the Boxes. Importance of Selling Alive. 

 Educate the People to It. Shipping Carp. Cans. Their Size. Treat- 

 ment Before Shipment. Best Temperature. Proportion of Water and 

 Fish. Working Express Companies and Agents. Wooden Jacket Cans. 

 Cans With Flaring Sides. How to Fill. Shipping Season. Spring and 

 Well Water. 41-47 



CHAPTER VII. 



KNEMIES OF THE CARP. How TO DESTROY THEM. Carp Are Canni- 

 bals. Domestic Fowls. Water Snakes, Etc. Shot Gun Policy. Craw- 

 fish Traps. Protecting Dams. Muskrats. Protection of Dams. Traps. 

 Brimstone and Salt Petre. Mink. Turtles. Birds. Other Fish. Black 

 Headed Minnow. Insects, Larvai and Bugs. The Water Asell. The 

 Water Flea. The Snail. The Boat Fly. Its Destructiveness Yellow 

 Banded Water Beetle. Its Larva. The Black Water Beetle. Its Cocoon. 

 Its Grub. How to Destroy Them. The Dragon Flies. Libellula, 

 Aeshma, Agrion. Their Copulatio'n. Mode of Depositing Their Eggs. 

 Their Grubs. Their Destructiveness. Their Enemies. An Interesting 

 Enemy. Piscivorous Plants: A Fish Eating Plant. How to Get Rid of 

 the Enemies. Erratum.. 48-66 



