The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-07-27

more favorabi7. Differences in
the ratio Of weight are commonly
owing, as | observed before, to
/ climatic influence, and the great
est and most rapid increase will
! be found in localities where there
is an early Spring, and where the
months Of September and October
are warm, !; but particularly where
the nights are still and mild dur
ing Spring and Autumn. . ,.-..,
Breeding-pends tlrouid have 4
| certain number of fishes only
| placed in them when they are
stocked, and that~numbcr should
never be exceeded. For the cul-
| turist it. is important TO bear IN
mind that the younger the trans
ferable. breeding g.fshes are, the
less expense they will have caused
aud the sooner their moneyvalue~
may be realized, ak earps weigh
ing q pounds and more being for
! the market. ..-:----..-'
TO stock u culture pond of one
acre 400 to 500 carp. Of one pound
in weight, will be required: and in
the following year. or rather.in
Autumn of the same year, when
! the. fishes are taken out for the
market, they will weigh, in a
good pond, q to 3 pounds each, or.
about 1900 to 1000 pounds in the
aggregate. In some localities on
ly 200 carp are taken to one acre
Of Am erican square measure.;- IN
other places more. ..-.... .,-.- ..-.
Pike are. frequently put into.
carp, ponds in Europe withoutre.
duciag the number of carp, one
pike being added to 25 or 80 Of
the former. This is an old prac
tice, which has been proved ct
great use by experience, assisting
through the effects exercised in
the improvement Of culture-that
is, the favorable progress OF the
fishes. The carp is a. very indolent
+ fish, which freq quently remains tor
many honrs in the same place at
the most favorable period for
feeding-namely, in. Summer. 1t
is aware of-the pixies voracity
and remains: always cautiously at
a distance from it. The introduce
tion Of the pike is practiced for
two reasons G) That the carp
may not constantly remain in the
same feeding place, but, fFightens
ed away by the pike, may visit
others also; (2.) 1t is done, and
principally so, to prevent the
more mature carp from spawning;
should the spawning occur, as is
the case occasionally, the young
fry will devoured by the pixies,
which otherwise would have
deprived the large carps Of their
food. The pike will also. destroy
those fishes and their spawn
which had succeeded in getting
into the ponds 90 without the
knowledge or. through the ina
bilitv Of The culturist to prevent
it. Great care is required ID the
introduction Of the pike; specl-
| mems Of minor sizes than that OF
the carp must be selected. The
growth of the pike being much
more rapid than that Of the carp
| 900 per cent. per annum), the
former should BIZ younger by one
wear at least than the latter, so
thatit may notprove .dangerous.to
the carp. If this precautlon Is
taken in the introduction OF the
pike, it will be an actual boon to
the carp colonies, for it will not
only exterminate by degrees all
| those parasitical fishes which IN:
trude themselves into the ponds,
but it will devour frogs or the
smaller kinds Of its own species
as we'll as water snakes and
tritons.
Should the pike suffer for wan!
of food after having cleared the
ponds Of all these animals it must
be supplied with it; small spoiled
fishes, or such as have been stunted
in their growth, will answer the
purpose. If this is neglected the
hungry pike will attack its CON-
panions, the carpS, and though it
will DOT devour them; it will
mortally wound them with its
teeth.
| have SO far given the principal
traits of natural carp culture, and
will speak more explicitly Of the
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