Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-05-09
Carp Culture.

Mr.. I. II. Cotton, Of Traders Point,
Ind writes as follows TO the Indiana
T;nls of the ease with which THESE fish
nav be raised: Two years ago last
,%oyember | received thirty-thTee mirrow
arm about three inches long, direct from
~ United States fish commissioner. |
laced them in my pond, and saw no
.,oro of them until the following summer
Jaw no young fish the first summer, but
5nrinp the second, hundreds of young
an came to view. took two with hook
nd halt in twenty three months from
he time that | put them in. One
Insured seventeen, the other nineteen
aches in length, the larger weighing
three pounds and ten ounces; so that the
;ncrease and growth are all that we could
~ for. The quality Om satisfied will
,5rc better satisfaction than the great
Sgaiority Of fish you can buy on the
market They have no small bones and
arc very tenacious of life after being
saLen from the water, and would keep
,snger than most fish without dressing,
bench all fish should be beheaded rs
I'm NJ taken. Ponds may be made by
Ieyeeinr or excavating or both. They
noed not lie fancy, and may be irregular
nod in any shape that the locality will
hermit. 1t takes but small supply OF
water to keep a pond of one-half an acre
ali If the water source is high enough
~ The water will rise high enough, !
,bonld prefer leveeing or excavating.
faoL ont for gravel beds or seams OF
rravel There is where you lose your
TSster-through the gravel BY cutting
a trench through the gravel and filling
with clay you can stop leakage You
should have from four to SIX feet oil
water in some part of the pond, but you
g.ant more shallow water for feeding and
snawning. with plenty Of aquatic plants
frr tho fish to feed on. Watercrcss is
al said to be good. The black muck bot
to , or even clay, is better than gravel
for earn. The greatest difficulty in
making ponds is to get rid of water of
branches and tavines that are liable to
oyerdow your pond in times of heavy
roins They should be ditched around
he nond. There should be a place of
discharge for surplus water little lowtt
than the top od the levee, well protected
frrn wash by boards or stone Youneed
not be much alarmed about carp trying
TO get out They are non migratory,
and in time of rain and storm or any
disturbance of the water they seek the
bottom of the pond
Wake you carp pond, if it is but one
rod wide and three or four long, and you
will be surprised at the amount of fish
YOU. can raise in it by feeding If you
have six sheep on an acre pasture they
gr,y NV WELL but if you put fifty you will
ba sc TO feed or they will starve. A linn
it, III number OF carp will flourish in a
pond without feed, but an livestock
n INST be fed. Throw in cabbage leaves,
otato Feelings, turnips, cucumbers,
satermelon rinds, or anything that your
mo will eat, and you will be astonished
at what good feeders they are and their
growth They like wheat bread better
than anything that have fed If you
will feed at the same place in the pond
always. your fish will soon learn to come
there for their feed Throw in few
pellets of bread that will sink to the bot
tom and then some that will float, and
YOUR fish will soon learn to come to the
surface. have been unable to keep en-
tirely clear of excitement when carp
two feet long rises to the surface to take
his food and returns lashing the water
with his tail, even though | have wit
messed it hundreds of times.