The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-12
Carp.
pref. s. p. Baird, Unitsd States

Pref s. r. Bsind, United States
Commissioner, Is interested in
neing and distributing the Ger
a. carp In this country The fol-
sing account Is given Of this fish, BY
.Ale professor;
The fish itself Is probably Of Asiatic
rigin, and has been domestieated in
f,hina for thousands Of years. 1t has,
.wever, been so extensively distri-
lied in Europe as to have become, in
-peasure, 4 native 1sh, occurring in
sc wHtep q we'll a. in private en-
urea The carp, Is known in
, aud England, Is, as stated, an
.eEioT kind, but in Germany, by q
oeess of careful breeding, seyera
rieties have been developed. Thus,
iile tho original stock Is covered
ia large scales, much In proportion
those of the western Buffalo fish.
q .ariety was first developed in which
IA ny of the scales had disappeared.
~leayin here and there patches on tho
, surface. These are known as the MIR
. ror carp. Still further breeding pio-
duced fish having scarcely any scales
only q few scattered here and there.
These are the Leather r Thu
tHttI taAALkAIoT 1uENIl ~ AllDOl ~
~ us, are all of first-class excellence,
I'd eharacterized BY broad backs, as
istinguished from the sharp lass and
more bony character o. the common
ish. They occupy . conspicuous
place in the German ish markets., and
being the same price as the trout, SELL
ing generally for about twenty-five
cents per pound.
Its special merit lies In the dst o.
its sluggishness and the $50 with
which It IL kept in very limited enclo-
sure, it being. . vegetable feeder, anil
its general inoffensiveness. Where,
trout and black bass require a supply
u animal food for their sustenanco
and growth, the carp, while not dis
dainingj hies, worms, larve, ETC., live
on the s~ucculent roots and leaves OF
aquatic plants, their seed, as they fall
into the water, and other similar SUBJ
stances, and may be fed very readily
upon corn, grain, bread, root crops,
raw or boiled, and, indeed, any vegcta-
bio refuse whatever. Its rate of
growth, too q something marvellous,
and o. observed so far in the specimens
introduced into the u sitcd SUtcs, be-
ing oven moo remarkable hero thar
in Europe. Among the original fish
imported by us Dom gnropc, lpI
which are no Y only about iiree and
q half years old, are some from ;vtn-
ty-fve TO thirty iEchc5 in length
weighing from four to eight or nine
pounds.
Tho early spawn in ne spring, in
Aiay and june, and indeed, unde. como
circumstances, throughout the .cL,nc
summer. We have youns 10 that
spawned all the way from May to
September. They are very prolific,
the female la lng frcm $4,000 to $780,
0oJ e .gs, according 10 her size. Tho
eggs adhsc tenacionsly to whatever
they tsuch, and for that reason IL is
very iiportaot that the new pond
be provided with floating seeds
for such atta~h,nent The eggs hatch
out In . few days, and the young row
very rapidly. They feed voracious!y
upon tho so-cAlled frog -spittlc, the
green slga scum so common in frog
ponds. IanseQus atty such waters are
sho water bcc.srcs chilled down to
perhaps orty degrees, ap6. e~spstriiy
when n1zen sver ut tho top, 20 Ssn
bury tnemse v e In tho mud, cs>.snA
..ting = Iots Of from nfty 10 are n',n-
lrAd, frequently with their tails pro
%. Stag. and constituting what's callsd
N Germany ssttles or ose 10 !.
very imre<tans that tbsy should not
b distu. bed undR @rh ciraumstans>
~ course, sAile hibsrnAtang IN this
~sy they sv -. faadlax, alshouxA
Acy arc SAIL net to lo-e apprecia ~
in weight. In the more southern re-
gions, where the waters do not freeze,
they will probably feed throughout
the year. and make n more rapid
growth. !.