﻿LXVII 
  

  

  The 
  Caki'. 
  

  

  The 
  supply 
  of 
  German 
  Carji 
  for 
  1870, 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  

   increase 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  deposited 
  with 
  iis 
  by 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner, 
  enabled 
  lis 
  to 
  distrib- 
  

   ute 
  during 
  that 
  year 
  6.135 
  young 
  fish 
  ; 
  which 
  

   were 
  given 
  to 
  such 
  persons 
  only 
  as 
  had 
  ponds 
  suitably 
  

   prepared 
  for 
  their 
  reception. 
  The 
  extraordinary 
  success 
  

   which 
  had 
  attended 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  those 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  issued 
  having 
  aroused 
  a 
  lively 
  demand 
  for 
  these 
  

   fish, 
  the 
  few 
  hundred 
  that 
  were 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  opening 
  

   of 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  all 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  Janu- 
  

   ary 
  — 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  disappointment 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   applicants, 
  whose 
  orders 
  we 
  were 
  necessarily 
  compelled 
  

   to 
  leave 
  unfilled. 
  

  

  The 
  Carp 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Mary- 
  

   land 
  are 
  mostly 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  kinds 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  "Scale," 
  

   and 
  the 
  "Leather 
  ' 
  for 
  scaleless) 
  varieties— 
  the 
  latter 
  

   being 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  careful 
  selection 
  and 
  breeding 
  are 
  

   h^d 
  in 
  somewhat 
  higher 
  esteem. 
  

  

  The 
  Scale 
  Carp, 
  however, 
  from 
  which 
  all 
  our 
  stock 
  is 
  

   derived, 
  were 
  imported 
  by 
  Professor 
  Baird, 
  some 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  ponds 
  in 
  Europe. 
  They 
  were 
  so 
  

   carefully 
  selected 
  by 
  his 
  agents, 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  purity 
  

   of 
  stock, 
  that 
  they 
  often 
  produce 
  individuals 
  of 
  the 
  

   "improved,'" 
  or 
  "Leather," 
  variety 
  — 
  young 
  fish 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  destitute 
  of 
  scales 
  being 
  frequently 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  brood 
  with 
  those 
  holding 
  more 
  closely 
  to 
  the 
  origi- 
  

   nal 
  type. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  of 
  interest, 
  in 
  this 
  connection, 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  the 
  fish 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  distributed 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  breeding 
  ponds 
  

   at 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  government 
  ponds 
  at 
  

   Washington, 
  have 
  shown 
  a 
  most 
  remarkable 
  annual 
  

   growth— 
  greatly 
  in 
  excess 
  indeed 
  of 
  what 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  

   .observed, 
  for 
  a 
  corresponding 
  length 
  of 
  time, 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  

   of 
  those 
  bred 
  in 
  their 
  native 
  waters. 
  

  

  This 
  phenomenal 
  dovelopr.ient 
  may 
  be 
  readily 
  account- 
  

  

  