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to six inches long, after conveying them 180 miles by wagon, Dine days 

 on the road. I have just Drained my pond. Found the original fourteen 

 all right and more than twice the size they were when put in, I also took 

 out 125 young ones, ranging from one to three inches long, which I sold 

 for a big price, and left a few more in the pond. I can only account for 

 the small number of young from the fact that my pond was infested last 

 summer with turtles and frogs, which I suppose destroyed many of the 

 eggs and young fish. J. G. MURDOCH. 



AFTON, Iowa, August 12, 1886. 



In November last I placed nineteen carp minnows in a small pond ; 

 commenced feeding them in July; they will average fifteen inches in 

 length now and look as if they would weigh two pounds. 



S. D. COMFORT. 



BLAKESBURG, la., October 18, 1886. 



On November 8, 1884, I planted 500 fry from Z% to 3 inches long in a 

 pond ten feet deep, filled with surface water. On the 21st of August, 1885, 

 I took some with a sein that weighed 2>a to 3 pounds each. My neighbors 

 who helped draw the sein could scarce believe it possible they had grown 

 so. I gave them some to try, and they say they never tasted better fish. 



W. A, DAY. 



EDGAR, 111., November 17, 1886. 



I have a well constructed dam with drain pipe, overflow and screen, 

 so put in that the water comes through from below. The pond, when full, 

 covers about one acre and a quarter of ground. It is fed by tile and nat- 

 ural springs that never fail. I started my pond in October, 1885, with 

 large and small scale and parti-scale carp. I drew my pond this month 

 and found a few thousand of 1886 hatching from three to seven inches 

 long; the hatch of 1886 weighing from three-quaoters of a pound to a 

 pound and a quarter. All of my fish are in a thrifty condition. I am sell- 

 ing some young fry to stock ponds with. One quickly passes the experi- 

 mental stage and finds that carp culture pays. They are nice for breakfast, 

 dinner or supper. C. C. STANFIELD. 



HOOKER, O., October 20, 1887. 



My carp ponds have been very successful this year. I have four-year 

 old fish that weigh 14 pounds, three year-olds that weigh 10 pounds, two- 

 year olds 5 pounds, and thousands of this year's spawn from 2.} to 7 inches 

 long. We have been using them freely this fall and find them to be of 

 excellent quality. Can see no difference in the quality of the different 

 varieties. I use the bottom drain overflow in my ponds and consider it 

 superior to any other. S. E. WILLIAMSON. 



PALMETTO, Ga., January 4. 1887. 

 I drew my pond on the 29th day of December, and I found two of my 



