The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-03

pond,' and hnaIIy to the breeding
pond, as the great advantage OF
separate ponds for the different
ages Of fish over the 'mixcd pond
system soon became evident.
In such mixed pond no pike
must DC kept for regulating stock,
as may be done in & cIass.pond,
for all the small fish. would then
soon be devoured. II must be
made a strict rule that, with the
exception of the tench (Cypvlnus
tMcn,) no other kind of fish, how
ever harmless, is allowed in the
pond. Tho tench is related to
the carp, but it spawns four to
five weeks later, SO there can be
no danger of cross breeds.
Great care should be taken that
no goldfish (Cyprinus carpio aura
tus) or Dream (brama) get in the
pond, for these fsh would soon
mix with the carp and tend TO
degenerate the breed. Such fish
should therefore be removed or
killed at once. The goldfish es-
peciaily the miter, swims in
spawning schools like the carp,
and at the very same season. 1t
thus spoils the eggs OF the carp,
as all eggs which it impregnates
will produce spotted fish, having
at least a silvery streak / to J inch
long and ] inch broad, between
the caudal and the dorsal fins.
Such bastards (the cross. breeds OF
gold fish and Garassius also re-
semble them) do not grow larger
than goldfish, and have as mauy
bones. They are unfit for table
use and entirely uosuited for Or
nament, as they are neither gen
uine carp nor goldfish, and are
disagreeable objects il the eyes Of
the scicntist or connoisseur. II
such fish are not removed imme-
diately the consequence will be
another cross-breed daring the
next spawniDg-season, for such
a hybrid spawns like the goldfish,
when it is a year old, and the
breed of carps would degenerate
still more. 1t is best to kill such
worthless cross breeds at once, as
they are apt to give great trouble
| would embrace this oppor-
tunity to impress upon every
carp-culturist who intends to make
neutrality-suspicious. with any
carp procured through the United
States Fish Commission, the i'm
portance of having ifposslble only
one of three aforementioned
kinds Of carp, unless he can have
every kind in q separate pond.
Thus, the common carp (Cyprnus
carpio communist should never be
| placed in the same pond with the
mirror carp or the feather or
naked carp Cyprinus carplo ale-
| pidotus, corlaceus vel nudusO nor
should the two last.mentioned
varieties ever be in the same
pond. Cross breeds would in
yariably be produced, and IN
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such a manner that one would
have neither genuine common
carps nor genuine mirror or
leather carps, but cross-trecd of
all the three varieties. Not even
when .quite young ard not yet
capable Of spawning should these
varieties be put together, because,
even if they arc kept strictly sep
arate during the spawning pro
cess, the young fish would never
have the sharply-marked charac-
teristics Of their variety as re-
CARDS form and color, but would
approach nearer to the mirror
carp and the common carp The
carp has a striking tendency
when living with other varieties
to approach the primitive form o1
the common carp, and finally tc
be merged in it. These beautiful
varieties should therefore be kept
strictly separate lack Of ponds OF
any other reason should never in
duce people to mix them.
If the neutrality-suspicious. are
to be accompanied by good re
suits, a pure variety should be
selected, and the finest and best
miters and spawners, showing
strongly all the characteristics o.
their variety should be procured
and the experiments will be
crowned with success.
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