﻿LXXXIII 
  

  

  Altliough 
  puplic 
  notice 
  had 
  been 
  given, 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  

   fall 
  of 
  1879, 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  could 
  be 
  had 
  by 
  api:>lying 
  for 
  

   them 
  at 
  the 
  hatching 
  house, 
  many 
  persons 
  neglected 
  to 
  

   make 
  application 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  spring, 
  when 
  

   the 
  supply 
  had 
  become 
  exhausted, 
  and 
  much 
  disappoint- 
  

   ment 
  was 
  experienced 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  our 
  inability 
  to 
  

   meet 
  these 
  tardy 
  demands. 
  Fearing 
  a 
  repetition 
  of 
  this 
  

   procrastination 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  farmers 
  would 
  again 
  

   postpone 
  sending 
  for 
  their 
  fish 
  until 
  the 
  last 
  moment, 
  I 
  

   limited 
  the 
  early 
  distribution, 
  for 
  1880, 
  to 
  25 
  pairs 
  to 
  

   each 
  applicant 
  ; 
  it 
  being 
  considered 
  that, 
  if 
  properly 
  cared 
  

   for, 
  that 
  number 
  would 
  be 
  adequate 
  to 
  the 
  stocking 
  of 
  a 
  

   very 
  large 
  extent 
  of 
  pond. 
  As 
  the 
  season 
  advanced, 
  

   however, 
  and 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  fish 
  remaining 
  in 
  hand 
  was 
  

   apparently 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  what 
  would 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  meet 
  

   the 
  iDrospective 
  demand, 
  the 
  number 
  given 
  to 
  each 
  appli- 
  

   cant 
  was 
  proportionally 
  increased. 
  

  

  The 
  Carp, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  before 
  remarked, 
  grow 
  much 
  

   more 
  rapidly 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  than 
  in 
  Europe, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   quite 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  issued 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1880 
  

   will 
  spawn 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1882. 
  If 
  this 
  should 
  

   prove 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  case 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  thrive 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   there 
  is 
  every 
  reason 
  to 
  expect 
  they 
  will 
  do, 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  

   be 
  very 
  long 
  before 
  they 
  will 
  become 
  plentiful 
  in 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  As 
  an 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  success 
  which 
  has 
  attended 
  

   their 
  cultivation 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  I 
  make 
  

   the 
  following 
  extracts 
  from 
  reports 
  made 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  

   have 
  received 
  them 
  : 
  

  

  Ko.^sE, 
  Limestone 
  Co., 
  Texas, 
  Jwie 
  28th, 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  German 
  Carp 
  sent 
  Sam'l 
  Bell 
  and 
  me 
  last 
  fall 
  are 
  

   doing 
  as 
  finely 
  as 
  any 
  one 
  could 
  possibly 
  ask. 
  When 
  

   they 
  arrived 
  there 
  was 
  very 
  little 
  water 
  in 
  our 
  pond, 
  

   so 
  we 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  well 
  with 
  about 
  four 
  feet 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  

   it, 
  and 
  connected 
  the 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  tank 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  

  

  