The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-05-05
Chr Gupinh Signal,
Hazlchurst, May 9TH, 1882.
Snrccs>fui Carp Culture.

A VISIT To the POND or Mr.. ABEL
wrIdur, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
In 1876 the commissioners Of
Agriculture Of Georgia, Jadgs J. T
Henderson rec eived from tho United
States Fish C., admission, 740 young
carp, which were distributed through
out the State to parties owning pri-
vate ponds. They were distribl'ed
in lots of from eight to sixteen to
the different ponds, so that more
than sixty pon's in GeorsiA woro ,uo-
pliad By the D1pl rtment Of Agricul-
turc. and probably "a many by the
members Of Congress, and W. we
have heard Of but two in which u
complete success has been made in
propng 'ting the fish. All report re-
mark ,ble growth Of the original fish
and few others have found young
carp in their ponds in limited num-
bers. but Mr. l C P,an., OF Macon,
and Mr. Able Wright, Of Gri(il, are
the only on,s thus far, he srd fro N Z,
who have succeeded in propagstins
the carp in largo and satisfactory
numbers. There mus, be sDmo rea-
son why these two gentlemen have
succeeded 50 perfectly while the fail
IRE on tho part OF others has been
81 general.
We have long desired to make an
examination Of Nc Wrights pond
which has become so celebrated as q
success. We enjoyed this pleasure a
fewdays since, aud realized what we
Lad before suspected, that his won.
derful sue cess is not accidental, but
the result Of u weil-dirccted cnthusi-
asm. rue greatest achievements at
tanned by mln usually result from
enthusiasm guided by sound ildg-
nent. II VIC have been correctly in
formed, Mr.. Plants Success is due to
his efforts 10 prevent poaching,
which lead him to throw a quantity
Of brush into his pond. rhese brush
aNJried the necessary INDUS for the
reception OF the eggs of cnrp, and
heuco his sue cess. Tic case is diff.
ercrt with Mr.. Wright who studied
the hlbit5 OF the fish he proposed to
cultivote. aad supplied in sy''epa'ic
manner thu aquatic plants which sup
ply q. once food for tho carp, and
serve the Clually important purpose
ot suspcndiug the csg1 in the water
during the process Of incubation
This Mr. Wright supplied by planting
ir his pend y variety Of lilies and
yxa;cr Sras,es. TIC roots OF two
weeping willow trees which s.sad Oh
Islands in his pond afford admirable
~rswnins suriaccF. raese two vii
Iowa originally stood on tho dam Ct
, bis poai. II, afterwards dctermin-
ed 10 increase his area OF water, and
TO d. this. moved the dam on one
side OF his pom d ont about fifty feet
but Jeff tie willows with enough
cath 20 support hen 30 -urc'y box
cd up. their roots have now extend
ell beyond this boxing iato tho wa
ter, spreading on: o multitude OF
fea;hercd roollets which not only
afford shelter for the fish but wrest.
Ing place for the spawn. All carp
eggs which sink to the bottom OF the
pond are lost. riley arc surrounded
by ge!ia;inous substance which ad-
heres TO any Object which it touches
aad .hus protects th9 lie OF tho EGG
NV the two principal causo1 OF
Mr.. W,ight's success are first, that
he had no o.her fish except carp in
Bis posd; an'. sccond, that he sup
piled the proper substance 70 sap
polt tue spawn. Neither of these
precautions alone will DO sufficient
to insure SUCCESS. U hers dsSw IF
their poudS aud took out other yiri-
cites Of ii>h, while some supplied tue
aquatic plants without removing 9th.
er varieties Of fsh. The result has
bcta The same in each case, viz:
Ei,lsr very fowyCung carp or none
at NIL. Besides making his pond ~
iLeShGrs lblc source oiplelsurc, Nc.
Wright has made it quite source
oi income by tho sale of Young carp
for stocking other ponds. One who is
prepared fIr growing carp can well
MI I'd to purchase enough TO stock
his pond. rather than wait upon the
uncertainties OF being supplied gra.
tai;ously next winter and thereby
lose Que year and perhaps two. Mr..
Wright has spent good ieal Of time
Labor and money on his poud, and
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