Show carp for every farm beth seth green the noted fish writes to the american agri cult uriar for november to construct a pond first stake off your land the desired dimensions then take a plow and scraper and with them make the necessary necess ar y excavation the pond should bo be about five or six feet deep in tho the center gradually sloping up to the edges the object in having the pond deep in the center is ig to provide the fish with q 4 place to settle into during the winter without danger of the water freezing solid and thereby killing them as would be the case in cold climates if the water was all shallow the reason for having the bottom sloping N ie that thereby the fish can have access to plenty of warm shoal water and also in case the bid fish are not taken out after spawning the young fieh flah will have bave the protection of the shallow hallow water along the edges into which the larger fish cannot r ginji to mako tie a arbeal meal on some of their weir younger relatives the outlet should be about three feet wide and so constructed that it can bo be well screened to prevent the fish from escaping and so as to admit of the water being drawn off when it is to remae remove the fish or cleanse the pond the screens may be made of wire netting and painted with gas tar mixed with one third turpentine or to the consistency of paint and applied with an ordinary paint brush the wire netting should be tacked to strong wooden frames made to fit the space to be screened to screen a carp earp pond effects effectually ally three screens of different sized meshes should be used these should slide in a grooved grooved frame work so that th they y c can betaken be taken out easily and cleaned carp can be raised in well water but water from a brook is preferable they will succeed in the northern states if the ponds are deep enough not to freeze to the bottom in winter carp do not require feeding in winter as they burrow into the mud or hibernate until the ice disappears in the spring there appears to be a difference differ euce of opinion among the authorities as to which is the best kind of carp the ecale carp arc are said to be tho the most prolific and the leather carp card grow the fastest for my parti part prefer the latter it is the handsomer and finer figh fish of the two As to their qualities i es as table fish so far as my experience goes I 1 Iha have not been able to discover flis cover any difference diffie rence between them |