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  fish 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  degree, 
  and 
  we 
  cannot, 
  in 
  the 
  colder 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Maryland, 
  expect 
  such 
  rapid 
  growth 
  and 
  early 
  development 
  ; 
  

   but 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  taken 
  into 
  consideration 
  that 
  to 
  each 
  individ- 
  

   ual 
  wishing 
  them 
  we 
  have 
  issued 
  twenty 
  fish 
  averaging 
  from 
  

   three 
  to 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  it 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  many 
  years 
  

   before 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Maryland 
  are 
  well 
  stocked. 
  We 
  are 
  

   informed 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Poppe'« 
  farm 
  are 
  fed 
  almost 
  

   wholly 
  on 
  " 
  curd 
  " 
  from 
  the 
  dairy, 
  although 
  this 
  food 
  is 
  some- 
  

   times 
  varied 
  by 
  barley, 
  wheat, 
  beans, 
  corn, 
  peas 
  and 
  coagu- 
  

   lated 
  blood. 
  Mr. 
  Poppe 
  remarks 
  that 
  " 
  they 
  would 
  eat 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  that 
  a 
  hog 
  would." 
  In 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  ponds 
  of 
  Maryland 
  

   the 
  carp 
  would 
  find 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  natural 
  food 
  in 
  the 
  mud, 
  

   and 
  the 
  aquatic 
  plants 
  wovild 
  also 
  furnish 
  much 
  food, 
  but 
  

   where 
  very 
  large 
  numbers 
  are 
  confined 
  in 
  limited 
  waters 
  it 
  

   will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  fed 
  at 
  very 
  small 
  cost. 
  Unfor- 
  

   tunately 
  the 
  fish 
  introduced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Poppe, 
  although 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   uine 
  carp, 
  were 
  not 
  of 
  such 
  carefully 
  selected 
  varieties 
  as 
  

   those 
  brought 
  over 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hessel, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  stock 
  in 
  

   Maryland 
  was 
  derived. 
  

  

  Next 
  spring, 
  before 
  the 
  breeding 
  season, 
  the 
  ponds 
  at 
  Druid 
  

   Hill 
  Park 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  drawn. 
  Due 
  notice 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  ad- 
  

   vance, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  such 
  of 
  our 
  citizens 
  as 
  desire 
  to 
  propagate 
  

   this 
  fish 
  may 
  be 
  prepared 
  to 
  receive 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  issued. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  next 
  page 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  a 
  table 
  showing 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  persons 
  and 
  localities 
  reached 
  by 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  winter 
  distri- 
  

   bution. 
  

  

  