﻿LIX 
  

  

  Cakp 
  — 
  [Cyjprinus 
  carjmf.) 
  

  

  In 
  our 
  previous 
  reports 
  we 
  have 
  recorded 
  tlie 
  successful 
  

   importation 
  of 
  the 
  Gorman 
  carp. 
  AVc 
  arc 
  now 
  able 
  to 
  present 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  good 
  results 
  therefrom. 
  The 
  fish 
  left 
  in 
  our 
  care 
  

   by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commissioner, 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  our 
  report, 
  January, 
  

   1879, 
  were 
  not 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  constructed 
  for 
  their 
  recep- 
  

   tion 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  thought 
  advisable 
  

   to 
  draw 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  ponds 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  but 
  

   from 
  the 
  one 
  drawn 
  we 
  secured 
  about 
  7,000 
  young 
  fish 
  for 
  

   distribution. 
  This 
  fish 
  is 
  especially 
  adapted 
  for 
  small 
  ponds, 
  

   and 
  is 
  essentially 
  a 
  domestic 
  fish, 
  we 
  were 
  desirous, 
  therefore, 
  

   to 
  issue 
  them 
  in 
  small 
  number* 
  and 
  to 
  those 
  wishing 
  to 
  culti- 
  

   vate 
  them 
  in 
  artificial 
  ponds. 
  AYe 
  deemed 
  it 
  advisable 
  to 
  

   notify 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  through 
  tlie 
  principal 
  papers, 
  

   that 
  upon 
  application 
  at 
  the 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Hatching 
  House, 
  ten 
  

   pairs 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  would 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  every 
  person 
  desiring 
  to 
  

   stock 
  a 
  pond 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  carp 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   ceedingly 
  prolific, 
  one 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  pounds 
  weight 
  produc- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  400,000 
  to 
  500,000 
  eggs. 
  One 
  of 
  double 
  the 
  weight 
  

   mentioned 
  would 
  yield 
  at 
  least 
  1,500,000 
  eggs, 
  the 
  number 
  

   allowed 
  for 
  stocking 
  a 
  pond 
  was, 
  therefore, 
  considered 
  ample, 
  

   their 
  ofi'spring 
  would 
  soon 
  be 
  numerous 
  enough 
  to 
  stock 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  lake. 
  

  

  Under 
  this 
  sj'stem 
  of 
  distribution 
  seventy-five 
  persons 
  have 
  

   been 
  supplied 
  u]"> 
  to 
  this 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  demand 
  for 
  carp 
  not 
  being 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  was 
  anticipated 
  

   — 
  our 
  people 
  evidently 
  not 
  appreciating 
  its 
  great 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  

   food-fish, 
  and 
  one 
  eminently 
  qualified 
  for 
  domestic 
  purposes, 
  

   ■we 
  arranged 
  with 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commissioner 
  to 
  supply 
  him 
  with 
  

   3500 
  for 
  present 
  distribution. 
  That 
  number 
  was, 
  accord- 
  

   ingly, 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  his 
  messengers, 
  with 
  the 
  understanding 
  

   that 
  in 
  return 
  for 
  them 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland 
  was 
  to 
  receive 
  

   other 
  fish 
  when 
  the 
  National 
  Carp 
  Ponds 
  at 
  "Washington 
  were 
  

   drawn. 
  As 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  Washington 
  ponds 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  leather 
  

   carp 
  variety, 
  which 
  is 
  greatly 
  su])orior 
  to 
  the 
  ficalc-carj) 
  — 
  of 
  

   i^rhich 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  those 
  in 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park 
  consist 
  — 
  we 
  

   hope 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  to 
  distribute 
  the 
  more 
  valuable 
  

  

  