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  their 
  appearance 
  in 
  from 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  to 
  fourteen 
  days, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  CONSTRUCTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  PONDS. 
  

  

  While 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  Carp 
  is 
  

   of 
  sufficient 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  farmers 
  to 
  fully 
  warrant 
  

   the 
  construction 
  of 
  ponds 
  for 
  the 
  express 
  purposes 
  of 
  

   snch 
  cultivation, 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  true 
  that 
  there 
  already 
  exist 
  

   in 
  many 
  places 
  — 
  and 
  more 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  

   and 
  south-eastern 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  — 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   ponds 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  now 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  ice, 
  or 
  

   for 
  supplying 
  water 
  to 
  live 
  stock 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  

   could 
  be 
  readily 
  converted 
  into 
  jiroductive 
  Carp 
  

   ponds 
  at 
  a 
  comparatively 
  small 
  cost. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  

   many 
  depressions 
  of 
  surface 
  in 
  the 
  lands 
  bordering 
  upon 
  

   some 
  of 
  our 
  larger 
  rivers, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  tidal 
  region, 
  

   which 
  could 
  be 
  reclaimed 
  and 
  filled 
  with 
  water 
  with 
  but 
  

   little 
  labor, 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  answer 
  admirably 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  

   purpose. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  desirable, 
  on 
  several 
  accounts, 
  that 
  the 
  ponds 
  

   which 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  

   should 
  be 
  so 
  constructed 
  as 
  to 
  permit 
  all 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  

   them 
  to 
  be 
  drawn 
  off 
  at 
  certain 
  intervals. 
  By 
  this 
  means 
  

   the 
  fish 
  can 
  be 
  readily 
  captured 
  and 
  assorted 
  without 
  

   injury 
  ; 
  when 
  those 
  intended 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes 
  

   should 
  be 
  restored 
  to 
  the 
  pond, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  placed 
  

   in 
  tanks 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  be 
  subsequently 
  taken, 
  by 
  the 
  

   aid 
  of 
  dip-nets 
  or 
  small 
  seines, 
  as 
  required 
  for 
  market 
  

   or 
  for 
  home 
  consumption. 
  The 
  advantages 
  of 
  this 
  facil- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  drawing 
  off 
  the 
  water 
  will 
  be 
  further 
  experienced 
  

   whenever 
  the 
  necessity 
  arises 
  for 
  destroying 
  such 
  ene- 
  

   mies 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  as 
  may 
  succeed 
  in 
  effecting 
  a 
  lodgment 
  

   in 
  their 
  midst. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  such 
  ponds 
  as 
  are 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  inflow 
  

   of 
  tide-water, 
  for 
  instance, 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  native 
  fishes 
  are 
  

   often 
  wafted 
  in, 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  thus 
  produced 
  soon 
  com- 
  

   mence 
  to 
  consume 
  the 
  food, 
  and 
  even 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  the 
  

   young, 
  of 
  the 
  Carp. 
  By 
  draining 
  off 
  the 
  ponds 
  once 
  or 
  

  

  