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  Maryland 
  are 
  admirably 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  

   the 
  Carp, 
  and 
  it 
  may, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  confidently 
  expected 
  

   that 
  within 
  a 
  comparatively 
  short 
  time 
  every 
  farmer 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  State 
  will 
  have 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  tisli 
  ponds, 
  

   which 
  will 
  prove 
  quite 
  as 
  much 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  pleasure 
  and 
  

   profit 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  familiar 
  chicken-coop 
  or 
  pig-pen. 
  

  

  Although 
  hitherto 
  regarded 
  as 
  being 
  essentially 
  a 
  

   fresh-water 
  fish, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  Carp 
  will 
  

   thrive 
  in 
  brackish 
  water 
  as 
  well. 
  I 
  would, 
  therefore, 
  

   earnestly 
  recommend 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  our 
  citizens 
  whose 
  sur- 
  

   roundings 
  prevent 
  them 
  from 
  securing 
  ponds 
  of 
  entirely 
  

   fresh 
  water, 
  that 
  they 
  try, 
  at 
  least, 
  the 
  experiment 
  of 
  

   cultivating 
  this 
  fish 
  in 
  such 
  water 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  

   control. 
  It 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  borne 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  the 
  Carp 
  

   is 
  peculiarly 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  waters 
  which 
  are 
  subject 
  

   to 
  very 
  high 
  degrees 
  of 
  temperature 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  

   months 
  ; 
  for, 
  although 
  it 
  sturdily 
  withstands 
  the 
  rigors 
  

   of 
  a 
  Northern 
  winter, 
  it 
  is 
  even 
  more 
  at 
  home 
  in 
  a 
  warm 
  

   climate 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  favorable 
  results 
  have 
  attended 
  

   its 
  introduction 
  into 
  our 
  extreme 
  Southern 
  States. 
  

  

  As 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  success 
  attainable 
  in 
  Carp 
  culture 
  

   must 
  always 
  largely 
  depend 
  upon 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

   ponds, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  supplied, 
  

   proper 
  care 
  must 
  of 
  course 
  be 
  exercised 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  to 
  

   obtain 
  as 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  as 
  possible. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  important 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  that 
  the 
  ponds 
  should 
  

   have 
  soft, 
  muddy 
  bottoms 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  be 
  furnished 
  

   in 
  the 
  second 
  place 
  with 
  aquatic 
  plants— 
  especially 
  those 
  

   producing 
  seeds 
  which 
  will 
  fall 
  into 
  the 
  water 
  when 
  ripe. 
  

   The 
  Carp 
  spawns 
  in 
  the 
  sx^ing 
  and 
  summer— 
  often 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  its 
  breeding 
  season 
  into 
  the 
  fall 
  months 
  — 
  and 
  as 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  upon 
  being 
  freed 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  

   attach 
  themselves 
  to 
  the 
  plants 
  where 
  they 
  remain 
  ex- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  other 
  fish, 
  by 
  whom 
  they 
  are 
  

   greedily 
  devoured, 
  no 
  fish 
  besides 
  the 
  Carp 
  should 
  be 
  

   allowed 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  reserved 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes. 
  

   The 
  young 
  fish, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  remarked, 
  usually 
  make 
  

  

  