1882. ] FISH COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT. 27 
GERMAN CARP. 
The interest in the cultivation of German carp seems to be 
increasing in this state, and inquiries are constantly made of 
your commissioners how to procure them. All applications 
for them must be made to Prof. Baird, on printed blanks, 
which he kindly furnishes to your commissioners for distribu- 
tion. It should be understood that these carp are suitable 
for shallow, grassy ponds, in which the salmon family will 
not thrive at all. They are vegetable feeders to a consider- - 
able extent, and require a muddy bottom. The ponds in 
Washington are drawn off in October, generally, and the 
young fish are then sent to the different states, a large num- 
ber at a time, to be distributed by the State Commissioners, 
to those who have previously applied for them. Last year 
the following persons received from ten to twenty each. 
