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CARP. 
O TTO coireBpondi'nl visited the new 
carp ponds of J. H T’ottit, San Ber¬ 
nardino county, and from him gleaned the 
following facts: 
A carp pond may be made in any basin 
Hint coii be mndr to hold wat* i 1 l>si|n»l- 
ity of the soil, though strongly impre, 
noted with all.ali, -i l ining to Im- of mi 
eonsequenoe whatever. Tue arrangement 
of carp ponds for convenience of br.. I 
ing, feeding, drawing off, etc., bus n , fund 
nils, hut varies according to lurid -m 
roundings, and is the easiest of all Huh 
jrands to construct. For the carp, al¬ 
though a soiilo-tiab, reseinliling in *iw and 
slmpo the fresh water hfi.-H, has rutin el 
the habits of the common cat fish, feeding 
much in the soft mud at tin *idos and 
bottom of the pond. 
C*np ieki). 
Mr. Pettit him fed to his car]*, Corel*-- 
weed, parsley, lambsquartcr, water irfsi, 
boiled cabbage, carrots, turnipH, beets, 
potatoes, bran, shorts, conimcd, chopped 
barley, wheat, any kind of meat, Hvor, 
lungs, entrails, blood, in fact most any¬ 
thing that a hog will cut will he devoured 
by them greedily. 
OBOWTH. 
The first measurements made by Mr V , 
in March, 1S7H, showed his largest, earfi 
to be only six and seven inches in length, 
while in November of same year he found 
several specimens ranging from fifteen to 
twenty-one and a quarter inches in length. 
A specimen weighing two and a half 
pounds was oaten iu October, 1 NTS and 
was very fat, and u most excellent table 
fish. On February 15), lSSO, one W IlH 
taken Iwciily-lbrce inches long, weighing 
five pounds. 
The carp is very prolific, increasing rap¬ 
idly in numbers, and is said to 10• to n 
very great age 
Levi Davis, in /fi'< mvi-/‘ i.i. ji, quoting 
from Bing Icy s History, says The r»*rp 
tribe, for t lie mast part, inhabit fivdi 
water, where they feed oti worms in - • • i - 
aquatic plants, clay or mold. Some id 
them are migratory, Moat of tlm *p* ■. 
which are numerous, arc found only in the 
northern part of Kunqin, and mm., ipu otlv 
were unknown to the amnent natui ili«t 
(rivecc and Home Tim c.immon cop. in 
their general habits, exhibit so gn at a b 
gtce of conning as to be called the Itvcj 
fox 
When nlteiiipti <1 to be taken by a ini, 
llioy will often bap over it. ui imimr** 
theniHolvis ho deep in Ibc mud in told 
the nut |»uu* over tnuni Imruilcs ly Tiny 
ui c »* rv nby of taking the bail , but during 
spawning time they an so intent oil Hu 
business of depositing tlieir ow n ova. that 
they will suffer themselves (o I* handled 
they spawn time or four turns m the 
year, but their first spawiiiug is in May 
t'aip are found in the sluggish rivers 
mid stagnant wuti r** of Europe ami Per ! 
sin. and Imic, principally In deep hole*, 
under banka, on great beds of fin h, it* , 
They do not often i vowed four fret in. 
length and twenty {rounds in weight, but 
Zorina mentions some caught in Ini 
Como, Italy, that weighed two hundred 
pounds each, ami other* have been taken 
iu the Dneister five f«. t in length, 
From their quick andv.t-' inn* »-.<■. tin r 
me considered the mnat valuable of dl 
fish for slot king {lamia, and if the breed¬ 
ing and feeding of llieui sir* brlli r nn- 
ileratiKid »ml more practiced, the advan¬ 
tage resulting from them would be very 
great Dr. Smith, in epeakiug 
-v magnificent outlook \j,. Vn*,fli*» 
comity ha* ltltl l fW) «crr» in wl oat, '.HiyXMJ 
in bariev and ffO.OOO in corn. 'iiWHt net.-. ui 
flat and as many m ev n r b*'--»ris, lioni 
seres in sugar beat s a rut (UrOft in alfalfa. 
Over 50,POO oerr-* of land have brs-n 
plowed. this year for the fit -' time, making 
a grand tidal in cultivation nf over JMif),- 
000 r* s, leaving ticnrlv l.isifiyvsi aer-** 
of til Libia land in La AngrIn vet to he 
cult ivate. 1, 
en«a crops that will tie 
vr r* I over »i(h ag« , like • 1 1\r fi»b, 
perfectly tarn* , -o that when a { •- . 
approached their wntnry habitation they 
usd to c*»m*' U> lli«i shore in *u< I* nuin 
bet*# as to licftte each other out of the 
water, begging for bre 1 1, of which n 
quantity was always on band on porpo** 
to fed then* Thei would own allow 
theinmdveH to Is handled 
Carp are very long-liv* |. The pood ill 
the garden of Emanuel College. Cam 
bridge, contained ■ carp that bod lieu ui 
inhabitant of it more than aeventy year* 
and Garnet has un ntinm I an irmtaor. »*f 
odo that was a hundred years old They 
ur« also extremely tenanoiu of life and 
will live for n great length of time out 
of wattr. 
Caw Cn.n nr — Mr Dans, the carp cut 
lariat, soys: *' Iu summing up the ft-enlt 
•u my • Ap> i i-rn • 
suit I made a blunder, or put it in rack 
shupo that you could not undi r»taud it 
My fish (Mist rue #5 cm h, or llie whole f ill; 
I heir feud $11) n year. $10; luy (minis $50 
apiece, making in all $‘J70; and I 
sold fish for $115, Taking out the #270 
makes my gmu &)u< *i writing y o I 
hat® boon nt the draw in^ i ilT "f *if iiit 
neighbor's hr** ding p ■mla, and 1 have 
scon norm nice fi-lj ITier- 1 wi re all**' t 
'AHKI young fUh >u all. It was a '-mall 
point; I handle think thorn is in it the 
eighth of an acre. It it. at the head of a 
cold spring, and the li-h were not aa bug • 
aa they would ban- been f It ■ w»t* i hoi 
bn n warm n, they will tot grow a* fact in 
cold us they will iu warm w iter I have 
had th< best growth in tbo ]..>ud wlu-n ttu 
water got up to H8 d<-grMa, which i* 
higher than ordinary fl-ii will live in, r»- 
peoially trout 
Nivni in the tiiatoiy of California 1 :*• 
I br oiitlo*'k bo n moiv pi'niiiiking thin 
now, 
California, tile " Gulden State. Known 
the world over for her pn-mou* Metal* 
tK'W com*'** ti> tin fo nt yr.-if ngriojl- 
turul State of Ih*- l' llll'i!. 
Gold is no longer king, hnt vivid* tin- 
i ••cptre t*> king -Vgricullurw. W Iren I, hay 
Isulcy. pobitoe* and vom wiut*. raious, 
oningos, I. cions usd fl lilts of all kind*: 
wool, she. p, stock and the dairy; ill go 
hand in loin I to till the colli r* id 11■«* lu *n 
who turns the flrirow nud Uo*k* .* the tuulb 
bring forth iu almtulan. < 
Southern C.ilibuuiu ■ . iidly pri mula 
the 
With th* i 
i the 
«il- 
and 
gntM*n-d tin* 
tif*n and a** 
with *H-nie mo 
to work, nee 
tiger 
and uleutj. 
ami 
, ami a will 
of comfort 
Fr»ia the ear* ful e«maate*r mmlc by the 
r*r- rtcr of the San Fnnruno fikrmwfe, 
; it IS i.if n to a tab! Dial the n.i.ne-, value f 
III. pro-luet* of E>s Aagelisa, Cal., fur 
]KH|| Will m--. .1 i*’, I Hitt I M|*l 
Ssn Eli riisubn i cniuitT I* rrl'ifW to 
have <tt mut .VI000 s. r*s in wheat, tarlev 
and other crop*, with a mn*t encouraging 
'untilmil. fri sildltjon to UlP bright agri¬ 
cultural pro»pi-ct», the mints *>f Santa 
lUrt>»ri» county promi-* a Ewwun u. the 
i prudnctiun of the pn-rion* metals 
Santa liartvrra county haa in cultivation 
.10, Calf* acres, plante.} in ivub-v, vrloat. 
orrtiftnlf] 
muatarn, etc., witl 
1 w 
flllfipfiOlN 41 III 
^nn Diti^.t ouor' 
UOCflt. 
* Ini* *5.000 beam him 
i«r 
nilUvntioD) <11 
%' * a e 4 ia ft ik i 'n a 1 a 
:i*r lentil more than 1 
im<)iiu( <if i^lfi %f, » 
.t. I (1 a 
list 
1 
11 ui, uu 1 '(uni j 
Uirti-r anwed; agri 
•mi) turn! i»*-' 
ftr 
Iwtter. The honey proepect* .f San Du- ;o 
i .willy are good, and the world vo 
h* i f.-r the elu-i,'. «t ■ f the el.. I- u . y 
Thn rivtviuii, orange and olive mtip rs 
a. r naa Imm I. t. .el •> i— . 11 
prOnilM) OiOOCijlD|Pj * '111* 
The euc ca — in rnlroo*! interewt* ot the 
city of Sail Ih- go rail "i*i« t" i i<**itnr 
tilin' With the 6Mat barb rm. tliiinail, 
with 500 nob'.* less of nil to ivu •- t -*w- 
l»«r*l with w-alsMinl, th.rv i« no rawti 
under the sun why she *hai! nut in a »h*irt 
bme be one of th*' great cilice of the I'a- 
ctfin Cwiri. 
Ventura county -*»a*l» up a most pruni~- 
[ mg pmepcet for IT i* year » crop. 
of making barley ih« greet -tuple of pfo- 
> ilwtioh, there i* a Jmiv to raise a van* If 
I of product* The people of Ventura pro- 
\ |*'»e to (five anrgliuw) ran* a fair Uwt this 
I year by ]>hiutin>; * large creoge The 
11 be put «p for 
i. i.r i iic. tn*l we 
i irsimsite marhinerv 
1 * 
pirly working th' 
1 l J ^ l/ t 
li t g*KKi nieru 
V 
1100 
■ | 1*. I.l Ilf t' ||,la 
acres what an 
Di-u-*. w Ileal ii*'1*41 
gfi.OUO octra iu barter, alt in W'.-ilvut 
[condition, and pionii-nkg ;i yield of fivn* 
•,< to 40 Inndrrl* h- the actv Se.eral 
Ihundrid aciva lw*»* 1« *>u planb't m r«i"**i 
h- iri county irpuita a largely om* i-ni 
i .ili a plaiiliul in wheat, tstib'j,alfalfa, etc.. 
‘ with an t-niHutragiug oatlook- 
Pvii u Ins t gne promise *»f a large crop 
I tliia year, and we hope every ptw.'h will lsi 
Ulilued by caiiunv drying, or in moki-g 
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