New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-11
DISTRIBUTING FOOD FISH,

,,,,,, >,orrxc CARP ARE SENT TO APPLICANTS
THRoUGuoUT THE COUNTRY.
icy TELEGRAPH THE TRIBuNEi
WASHINGTON Nov. l0-The old Armory bm'ulhs
An this city winch built thirty years ago LOT INC
accommodation of the citizen soldiery Oh the blS-
trict of Columbia Is now devoted to more peace4ui
use.. ATRlBUNE correspondent who isitedit We'd
nesiay found the first floor occupied by poru"o u
the paraphernaa Of the United states Fish Comni'-
sion and bv several of Professor Baiids assistants
who are Just now husily engaged in preparing some
thousands Of young carp for their journey 10 oI'
ferent parts OF the country. Daring the last weeN
abont % 900 of these fish were shipped, ana 10
day 10000 more were TO bs sent vi mo
$4,000 already shipped 1000 were deS'ne" ~
stock ponds in Pennsylvania, 1000 ioI NE" n,
G6OO Tor Massachusetts and othcr Ne"-rNE-' Gnu
Stot.s oOo for Columbus Ohio. 1900 icf heh-
tucky. coo for Virginia and the lemal'uc' ~!
MARYLAND and TO individuals in other states. 'n0
10000 to he shipped to-day are maih'y ~,
Iowa and Minnesota. About 27,OOO young ASh S'i
rcnain in the tanks AT the Armcryi and there still
remains to DO drained the larger OF the two prop
aoatipg ponds so it is probable that Professor
Baird will be able to distribute more than lVo'oVO
of the Young of this food fish this present autunn
In reply TO q question: the Professor SAID
that from 1900 to $4,000 carp ponds IN all
have been stocked since the Commission be-
Gan the work About 10000 Applications
ure now on file from different parts Oh
the Union and new applications are cohs''nuy
received at the rate of fifty to one hundred per Day
As the value of the carp for food. the ease WIN
which it is kept, and the rapidly with Whlch the
species multipes as well as that OF It's growth Oe-
come known in a county or nelShborhood tue de-
mand for Young fish to stock new ponds OF course
increases The hardy constitution OF the carp rem
ders its transportation alive and III good
condition from place to place an easy
matter and Is announcer e'ions P'in'
in its favor Small tin buckets partly filled with
water are now extensively used for this porpose
Each of these buckets has a capacity of about
one gallon and is fitted with cover In
which are two small holes for the adm sson of air.
Twenty young fish can make long journey by ex-
press in one of these buckets very comfortably
without a change of water. year or Two ago
as an experiment, common tin bucket containing
few live carp sent by express to Commissioner
Blaclford in New York, with request thar II inc
fish were alive when .he received them, he would
reship them to Washington without changing the
water He did so. and when they reached Wash
ipgton again after weeks absence. the fish were
found In good condition and did not appear to
suffer after remaining another week ia the same
wafer although the bucket stood in a warm room
I'm the meantime. The small buckets mentioned are
much used in sending carp to individual applicants
not too remote from Washington. Where a number
of applicants live in the Same vicinity dozen or
two dozen buckets are packed in a strong wooden
crate and sent by express. For larger shipments
teD-gallon tin cans are used, of which will ac-
commodate from 100 to 200 young fish.
1t has been found by experience that the young
fish taken from the water in the spring appear to
he more tender and do not bear transportation so
well as those taken IN the autumn 1t isfOund too,
that the g1owth of the carp the South is about
twice rs rapid us in the North. There lie carp now
a; the Smithsonian Institution which, as young
fish an inch or two In length, was
sent to Georgia end placed III pond
where il remained less than year when II was sent
back to Washr gtOu weighing seven pounds. In
the latitude OF New-YOr6 aud New-England one OF
Professor Baird's assistants informed the corre-
spondent the average yearly increase IN weight the
first year is about three TO three aud hall pounds
Carr weighing from three TO six pounds are occa-
sionally seen on the tables OF FISH dealers in the
Washington markets, having been taken in the
Potomac into which it is supposed they escaped
during "a season of nigh water when the carp ponds
were invaded by the river. These fish are esteemed
a dellcacy and sell at good prices.