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that? To those of my brother carp-raisers who have lost all in the ice 

 this winter, I would say don't give up the carp. They are bound to be the 

 coming fish. Get some more and try it again. For your benefit I would 

 say that I wintered 11,000 in one of my ponds this winter, never cut the 

 ice, fed nothing and, in short, paid no attention to them whatever, and 

 have iipt lost one-half dozen. My secret was just this: Deep water and 

 plenty of it. The balance of my fish were put in a small pond (there is 

 between 50,000 and 100,000 in there), not containing over one-tenth of an 

 acre, and not overlive leetdeep in the deepest place. I cut in the ice a 

 hole 16 feet square, and kei t it open all winter, feeding once a week. The 

 result is no dead fish, not OLIO dozen in all. 



Another point and I will close. In the past, when I have drained my 

 pond, I have found bushels, I might say wagon loads, of those large-sized 

 tadpoles. I suspicioned my carp of eating them during the past summer, 

 and when I drew the water off in November there was not one tadpole in 

 the pond. I infer from this that the smaller sizes do not eat them, but I 

 know the larger sizes do. W. C. ROSE. 



EGGS THAT GO TO THE BOTTOM ARE NOT LOST. 



CHATHAM CENTER, O., June 16, 1887. 



It is said that eggs that go to the bottom will not hatch. This is not 

 correct. I fixed my pond all up with grass and brush, but the very dry 

 weather caused the water to settle, leaving my fixing high and dry and yet, 

 in a single dip with a scoop I took out 556 minnows by actual count. 



JOHN W. WHITE. 



WINSLOW, Mo., October, 1887. 



My carp spawned last year on May 18th, 19th and 28th, and on June 

 1st, 7th, llth, 13th, 16th, 30th and on July 5th. I have two spawning ponds, 

 two growing or stock ponds and a supply pond, covering in all about eight 

 acres. JAMES W. WALDO. 



CORSICANA, Mo., April 23, 1888. 



My fish commenced spawning April 2nd, and in five days after they 

 hatched. We put the thermometer in the water and it stood at 65 deg. 

 Now I think there are at least 100,000 young ones, which are growing 

 nicely. I am feeding the large fish, which are becoming very gentle, al- 

 most gentle enough to eat out of my hand. I will soon have completed 

 my fifth pond. Have a hydraulic ram running all the time. Am plowing 

 and feeding hogs to firmly fix the bed. Will soon attach an elevator to the 

 carding machine, which, together with the ram, will force from 80 to 100 

 gallons per minute. My fish are doing just as well as I want them to do, 

 and ten times better than I expected. 



L. J. BLANKENSHIP. 







A SURPRISE. 



BERTHOUD, COL., April 12, 1888. 

 Three years ago I bought twenty scale carp about sixteen inches 



