Show carp with feathers several years ago a friend ol 01 mine ran a little poultry farm on the bank of the raisin river in monroe county says S bower superintendent of the michigan elsh commission in the de troit tribune he conceived the idea of propagating german carp in con with the poultry business the necessary ponds were made and a supply of carp placed in them his scheme was that when he dressed his poultry for market he would feed the offal to the carp and when he dressed the carp he would feed the ash offal to he poultry it was an alluring combination a scheme of reciprocity that promised large dividends A few years afterward I 1 met my friend and I 1 said well dan how did you make out with your hen carp proposition well he said it worked farst rate for awhile and I 1 thought there was a fortune in it and there would have been too but after awhile those blamed carp shed their scales and grew a heavy coat of feathers and the darned chickens lost their feathers and became covered with a coat of scales that ruined my business |