The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-04
HOW TO GROW CARP.
Hint, Picked up by Col. -. Wyatt Aiken
at 70 Lecture In Chicago.
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CUIcAGO, December IA was latter.
" called from duties to the Northweat,
and returning through this beehive this
morning concluded To spend day in
attendance upon the National Agricul-
tura! association, which knew was in
session here. The day ha, been Que of
mul!! interest 10 me, and ;hc most inter
e.ting portion Of il WAS spent III listen
ing 10 AN hours talk upon the question
ot fish culture by one Capt. Pearcc, of
Pennsylvania, and while waiting to night
Tor my train, with hit speech fresh IN
my memory, thought the time might
bu we'll spent in dot,ing down for pub
icalion those ideas most essential to
your rea1ers who arc attempting To groH
fish, many Of whom know live in the
Third district,
The speaker Capt. pcarce, seemed TO
intimate t!iat lic Was master Of his sub
jrc,, and what hc did no. know about
fishes was no. worth knowing.
lie said, lct those who have the time
and spare money attempt TO grow trout
and other fishes, but the nas-c. must
grnm only the carp. This was the fish
inr the people and about which the pco.
pie knew but little. and were attempting
to Practice thc culture Of without knowI-
cdsc, and consequently going directly in
the face of what was correct.
The carp is native Of Asia, where it
ha, been cultivated, grown and fa,tcncd,
even in wash tubs, for centuries. Six
hundred years ago it WAS introduced by
Je.uits into Austria, thence into Germa
ny, Prussia and Italy, N which countries
T.. r
pond, were devoted To their culture, aud
upon which almoA millions Of people
sub-is;cd.
Tie is ,imid fisk and should
never be in pond with other fishes.
i;ig carp never destroy little carp,
They hybcrnate at the first cold weather
! III the TALL and come out when the sun
grows warm in the spring, exactly the
same size they we're in the fell, having
lived through the winter with their
whole body buried i'll the mud head
downward. They grow only when the
fed, bu! "pastured" upon the natural
spawn in sand bed, as other fishes, but
blcs aud the males lash these growing
/
over them. There are usually three
males to one female They grow more
the second than the first year, and should
not be eaten till they are three years old,
when they will vary in length from Il
foot to eighteen inches, and in weigh,
from six to nine pounds. They can be
grown rs cheap food for tho million,
while it will cost nearly dollar to grow
seventy.five cents worth Of any other
fish,
There should be three ponds, inmate
rial whether they were together or not.
They may be miles apart. One for the
spawn and yearling, one for the two year
olds, and ono for the eating fish. The
pond should be AZ shallow AZ possible,
never more than five feet deep in the
South, aud as much shall0wcr AZ possible.
An average of two feet is the best depth.
| The bottom should be mud if possible,
aud if the pond is in ruvine with pre-
cipitous sides it should be filled up 10
prevent deep water. The dam should be
40 constructed ny TO enable the owner 10
draw of tho water from the bottom, and
all water escaping from the pond should
go through crate ut the bottom OF the
dam, SO rs to let off the cold water, there
being Ut least twenty degrees of heat
difference between the first and the fifth
foot Of water in pond five feet deep.
| There should be no shade trees near the
pond, and every encouragement given to
| the growth Of all kinds of mud or water
grassco. There should be Il plnnked vat
about two feet deep and ten feet square
just inside the dam in the deepest portion
of the pond, SO that when the water was
drawn of L, catch the fish they would
all seek that vat, and could be dipped
| from it in Il basket or net.
The captain said much more that was
new and interesting, but I've given the
essential points.
Tonight we had two very interesting
"talks" on "Shcep growing" and The
Hog with a streak Of lean and streak of
fat" which l wish l could report, but
have not the time, for in half an hour
more / expect to be vending my way
Washingtonward.
u. WYATT AIKEN.