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Although pnplic notice had been given, early in the 

 fall of 1879, that the fish conld be had by applying for 

 them at the hatching honse, 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 prospective 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 : 



KossE, Limestone Co., Texas, June 28th, 1880. 

 Dear Sir : — 



The German Carp sent Sam' 1 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 



