Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-24

CARR CULTURE.-Levi Davis, Forest
vile, Sonoma county, the carp culturist
sends the RECORD UNION another interest
ing letter Since last writing to you ;
have had about forty letters OF inquiry I,
answer, and | now propose 10 answer tn
most prominent ones through your col
umns. First question 'How do Vol
build your ponds = Answer My pons
are on a narrow spring branch, and MAJ
them by placing TWO stringers across as IA
apart as | want my dam thick, boarding i
up, and then excavate from where | wan
my pond, and filing IN between tht
two as high as | want my dams. Be
fore filling | place a sluice-box a
the bottom through the dam, with :
flood ate at the upper end, so l can draw
all the water out of the pond, and wheI
the dam Is high enough place another boz
across the top to carry off all the surplu:
or waste water. The upper end of this boz
l keep well screened, so that no fish car
get out. Ii the situation required a Ions
dam, | would throw up a levee with the
aforesaid boxes \ good breeding pond
wants to be about four feet deep IN the
deepest place, with considerable portion
only from six inches to a foot deep, and
that covered with grass and water-Weeds.
But for older fish the ponds might be SIX
or eight feet deep.
Second question-"W they do in diff
ferent temperatures of water Answer
| will refer you to the United States Fish
Commissioner report, page ST. There
Is no other fish " hich will with proper
management be as advantageous as the
carp. Its frugality in regard to its food
its easy adaptability to all waters, in riv-
ers, in lakes and IN ponds, and even in salt
water estuaries its regular, rapid growth,
and it's value as pond fish, are its best
recommendations" 1 think this is enough.
Third question: What is your price for
Carp" Answer-For good breeders, 6 fish
for Sl2; y for $40; % for $37 so; 80 for
$50; 100 for $50. For young fish, % for
So 50; 30 for SO; 100 for $50; 1000 for
$3.50.
Fourth question: What and how do
you feed your fish," Answer will
quote again from the United States Fish
Commissioner report, page $50: " The
carp likes above everything else, vegetable
matter, such as boiled cabbage, lettuce,
corn, turnips. pumpkins, melons, etc. The
refuse of malt from breweries and distil-
leries is also very good food for carp, and
whenever such refuse can be had it should
be given to the fish" | generally feed my
kitchen, or bread baked of middlings.
The curd of sour milk is splendid, Chopped
feed of any kind, and in fact anything IN
the vegetable line that hog will eat, is
good, thrown in promiscuously. | might
continue at greater length, but fear this
is rather long now. The whole subject is
interesting to me, and especially when it
comes to the eating part, then l can hardly
quit as long as there are any fish in sight.
RACE HORSE SUPPLY.-In the course of
an article reviewing the past racing season,
B. G. Bruce writes as follows concern
ing the future supply of race-horses I'VE
do not believe there is any speculation that
would pay better than the formation of an
importing company to send to England
and import a number of brood. mares, colts
and few hlgh-class stations. Thorough
breds are very low in England, and brood
mares, with colts at their side, and IN foal
again to a good sire, could be purchased at
such prices as would pay handsome divl-
dend and improve the stock OF the coun-
try. With the increased number of courses
for 1850, the demand for race-horses will
far exceed the supply, and without an i'm
portatiOn we cannot see how the deficiency
Is going to be made up. We did not breed
in 1878 more than 900 thoroughbreds, and
we doubt if 1879 did exceed it. There
will be fully 500 to 1000 horses trained
west of the Alleghanies, and nearly as
many east of the Alleghanies. The pro-
grammes are being SO arranged that there
will be demand for any kind of a horse
that can gallop and we expect to see
prices, from the scarcity of horses, to be
high. There is nothing that will pay 80
handsomely for the next ten years as to
breed thoroughbreds, and farmers should
provide themselves with a few brood
mares, if they know their own interest. y
New York Sportsman.
MORE WHITE DEER.-The San Diego
Neos says: Only short time ago we de-
scrbed the skin OF a white deer brought
into this place which was killed in Pine
mountain, and now we have the following
from Virginia paper at Richmond 1t is
well known that white deer have been
killed in Dinwiddie county for two years
past. The first seen was considered a
freak of nature, but this year a number
have been seen Last season one was
killed on the land of c. J. Cabanis. Re-
Gently another was shot by Samuel Jeffer-
son. The shot put out the deer's eyes,
hurting him but little otherwise Mr.
Jefferson, in his efforts to secure him,
mounted him as he would colt, but the
deer threw him off with great violence,
and he had to shoot him again to secure
him. The skin, with hair on it white as
snow, has been dressed, and is preserved
as a memento OF rare species OF the deer
genus. Can sportsmen and naturalists
tell US If this white species is found else
where?
ANOTHER IGNORAMUs. Another shoot
ing accident and an inexcusable one. A
sportsman q hunting last Sunday near
Oakland sees the eyes of a wildcat in the
bushes, fires and shoots child and young
lady. Now this thing is altogether too
frequent. The true sportsman will make
no such plumbers. He does not shoot at
eyes without other indications of game. A
little wholesome punishment would make
these ignoramuses more careful This blaz-
ing away at eyes and dark forms which can
be seen sufficiently clear to draw a bead
on, is in our opinion objectionable, when
the form is that of human being. Men
who cannot tell wildcats eyes from those
of blue. eyed baby las in the Oakland easel,
ought to be prohibited by law from hand
ling gun or going into the woods alone.
They are careless killers of human beings
and ought to be punished for manslaughter
at the least.
The SPORTS OF MOUNTAIN LADs.-SOme
boys were playing follow the leader .
along the hume couple OF miles beyond
Town Talk recently. The foot board was
icy, and several times some of the party
narrowly escaped falling off the thread like
structure Finally, one OF them named
Wilkins, who possessed more hardihood
than the rest, endeavored to run at the top
CT his speed over chasm where the walk
was about So feet above the ground. As
he reached point midway, he slipped and
went whirling over in the abyss below.
The snow happened to be quite deep there
and he sank into it nearly out of sight.
His playmates thought at first he was
surely killed, but moment after he clam