The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-04-16
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Carp Ens.m.
From the Galveston News.1
GALVESTON, April 1, 1881. -The
German carp is the most rapidly
growing OF any of the fish family; il
is something bordering on the mar
velous - more remarkable in the
United States where tried than any
part of Europe. The oldest and
largest carp now known in the United
States are three and half years Of
age, and have an average length Of
thirty inches; average weight, eight
and a half pounds. The carp is pro
badly Of Asiatic origin, and hasibeen
raised IN China for along time. II
has been so plentifully distributed in
Europe as to be claimed as native,
and is now to be found in public wa.
tiers as well as private enclosures. II
is truly the farmers fish, and is the
same among fish as the chickenamong
birds and the pig among animals. 1t
is very sluggish, which is a merit,
and is the cause of the ease with
which 1t is kept in limited Enclosures
is a vegetable feeder, and inoffensive.
The carp does not disdain flies,
worms, larv@, etc. They prefer,
however, ssucculent roots, leaves OF
aquatic plants, and the seeds as they
fall into the water, and other similar
substances, and may be fed on corn
bread, root crops, raw or boiled, and
vegetables of any character, Any
pond that will raise goldfish or frogs
will do for carp. In fact, no waters
are too warm for them. The carp
ponds used at Washington City are
in the old swamp near the thing called
a monument to Washington. They
we're stocked aboutthre years since.
Alarge amountlhas been taken from
the pond from three to eight inches
long and sent to Texas, Georgia,
Carolinas, Alabama, and, in fact,
nearly all the States. OF those sent
to Texas, through the urbanity of the
Hon. II. j. Labatt, and the Kindness
of Major Dinkins, the Texas Fish
Commissioner, Col Jas. M. Brown
and myself received a little lot, he.
placing his in a well adapted pond
on his suburban place, and ! placing
mine in pond on Madaline Place,
well adapted to their successful cul-
ture. My pond is frontier inches to
four and a half feet deep, and covers
about one and q quarter acre.
drained and cleaned it out last year,
and then sowed it in cane, water
lily, crest, mint and such other native
aquatic plants as grow about Sweet
Water Lake. This pool, / am in
formed, is Of sufficient size torender
1t unnecessary to feed the carp for
the first ten months, or until after
they have spawned. In smaller ponds
feed from the refuse of the kitchen,
such as lettuce, cabbage leaves, leaks
or hominy. If you feed grain, it is
deemed better to boil before feeding
but not absolutely necessary. Tt is,
however, of the utmost and highest
Importance that there be no predato-
ny fish in the same pond with carp.
Of course the larger fish will be
measnrably secure against the at
tacks Of earniverous species of about
the same size, but the eggs and the
young will become a prey to the
of their associates, and if
possible let them be the sole occu
pants Of the pond; and if they are
to have company, let it be suckers,
crabs, buffalo, rather than bass, trout,
or sun-fsh. Hence, in my Judgment /
l do not think they will do in any of
the great streams of Texas, OF the
South, where, in all, the trout and 7
bass abound. But in Matagorda,
Wharton, Brazoria, Fort Bend and
the section Of the lower coast where
there are large ponds, they can bel
made very productive, and hence
very profitable. Carp spawn in the
spring, in April and May, South; in
the National pond in June; in nearly
every part in Germany, in July;
while in the south sof France and
Italy they spawn in April and May.
They will evidently spawn in our
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