Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-03

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poems. He called Douglass attention espe
cially to well-known poem beginning:
II am Monarch of all survey,
Ny rights there is none to dispute" etc.
Nevertheless, he did not seem to be happy
There was one wish, his greatest, he
could not gra.ify-he could get no roast
beef. At present, this island is in possession
of colony of Germans. Sixty or seventy Of
our countrymen, under the leadership of an
engineer named Robert Webrhaha, settled
there in 1868. They describe the island at
being in the highest degree salubrious and
fruitful On their arrival they found large
hocks of goats, about thirty halfwild horses
and some sixty asses. They brought with
them cows, hogs, farming utensils, small boats
and 6shing.tackle. .Appplston's Journal.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
THE GERMAN CARP.
New YORK, February 15.-Here I come
back to carp again. Because it is an inter.
esting study-because l see in it great proLa'
bilities of progress and comfort for our peo.
ple-and because met in Washington few
days since gentleman who knew all about
the carp establishment in America-that Of
Mr.. Pappe in California.
As a typical experiment in this most i'm.
portant matter, the study of Pappe's farm and
farming will be interesting. Said my inform.
ant:
"Mr. Pappe was German, of intelligence
and wealth, who owned farm about six
miles from Sonora, in California. 1t is com.
posed Of about 700 acres, of which about
250 acres waseonsidered worthless. It was
low, swampy land, and was full of springs
that were constant rather than bold, and kept
the place perfect marsh. Mr.. Pappe had
bought the farm to use as dairy farm. He
put the arabic land in grasses and grain, and
selected herd of good milk cattle. This
occupied the most of his time until few
years since, he leased it to company of
Swiss dsirymen. He then determined to
utilize the marsh or "tule" land by 6ttingit up
for the culture Of carp-the enormous profits
of which he had seen in Germany"
"I.et US have his process"
ut was 50 simple that it could hardly be
called process. He had the the foresight
to provide bis ponds, however, before he went
for his fish. He laid off the lowest part Of
the marsh into an area for seven ponds. He
then dug them out to the depth of about B
feet, each covering about two hundred feet.
The drift dug from the bottom was used as
dam and levee. His place was called, "Pol-
pull Rancho" from the number of springs on
it, and the ponds soon filled up with water
that has uniform temperature Of about "A
degrees. The water is allowed to flow easily
through the pond gates at intervals, so as to
keep it fresh. The ponds succeed each other
in falls of few feet. Besides these ponds he
built several small ponds in which to place
the fish that were for sale. The making of
the ponds drained the rest of his 250 acres
and made it the richest land on his place"
"How did he secure his carp?"
"He went to Germany for them. This
shows how important he considered it, He
travelled 5000 miles across the continent
then took steamer for England and thence
to Bremen. He looked up certain miller
in Rein6eld, who was reputed to have an ex'
cellent quality of carp. He purchased S3 fish
selecting them in all sizes-from fish more
than two feet in length-and from that size
down to the length of steel pen. He then
hurried aboard steamer and started home.
He placed the fish in four buckets, placed
one higher than the other, aud arranged it
so that the water would flow from one bucket
from the highest to the lowest bucket and
back again. The supply of ice gave out and
be soon found that he could not keep the wa
ter cool enough. The fish commenced dying,
the largest one going first. Mr.. Pappe set up
night after night watching them, but by the
time he reached New York harbor only 20 Of
the SO were left. Being detained two days
on account Of quarantine, twelve more died
before he reached the shore. These he put
at once in small ponds of Croton water which
he had prepared for them. They were left
here for several days to recuperate and were
visited by hundreds of fish men. Mr.. Pappe
made the most elaborate preparations for
their conduct across the continent, taking half
of a special car where he could attend to them
all the time. After nine days trip he reach.
ed Sonora valley with FIVE tiny fish, the Eve
smallest of the original S3. These were pu.
ny, sluggish and almost dead. They repre-
sented, however, three months trip, and over
$4,000 in cash, or about $500 each"
"How did they thrive"
"That is the interesting part Of it, and for
tunately have the figures to give the special
Information. The FIVE fish were scarcely
larger than steel pen when he put them in
the pond. This was in August, 1877. In
the May following, nine months after he had
put them in the pond, the original FIVE had
grown to be over sixteen inches in length,
and the number increased to over 5000.
The carp spawn in April and May, spawning
two or three times instead of continually as
other fish do. After this there was no lack
of fish, although the demand was immense.
At three years old the three remaining fish
of the original FIVE were over two feet long
and weighed about fifteen pounds. The aver,
uge growth of the carp was about twelve
inches in twelve months after birth-that is
fish spawned in May will by the next May
weigh from four to six pounds and measure
from nine to twelve inches. This is the ascer-
tanned result of Mr.. Pappe's fish. AS one
female will hatch out from 10000, to 10000
under good conditions, you can see that mum.
erous results are obtainable. There's no meat
producing record like it. Think of it. A
single pair of carp to produce in one season
young that by the next season would yield to
the net from 60, to 100000 pounds Of the
most delicious meat food, and this, too. with
out dollars expense for feeding or housing
or attention"
"If the yield of single pair is from 10000
to 10000 why did Mr.. Pappe's produce only
5000 the first year?'
"Simply because they had spent the first
three or four months of their lives in travelling,
and month, probably. in recuperating.
Their spawn was much larger than 5000 but