The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-24
81 Want to See Every Lake in the
Union Become a Fish Pend"
Trout, Salmon, White Fish,
Shad, Bass and Pike.
show I FOUND SETH GREEN"
A Drive to the States
Waters.
Seth Stops Up in Tree Two Days to
Observe Salmon Spawning.
THE CHEAPENlNG OF OUR DAILY FOOD.

THE CHEAPENlNG OF OUR DAILY FOOD.
What was done with the common tomatoes, potatoes
which wild, were wosthsss y r. higher desrse
encouraged, developed It leeds tenth part Of The world
Ss only %an9sn
Wild they be
ssis SHsSs @
a SSuSns
with either land Sh animals or aaD speech
ROCHESTER, April %, 1873.
81 want to see every lake in the Union become
nsh pond" Mr.. Seth Green said to me this morn
Ing. "And, he continued "as there are CAT lakes
In the State OF New York. just see the waters we
might stock with the peoples food" ISL
'Such provision would give lake full to about
every six thousand OF our population ~
ayes; those bodies of water are small, but abun-
dainty able to support any demand that may be
made upon them"
FORTY YEARS IN THE HARNESS.
"Then you are thoroughly in earnest Mr.. Green.
You propose TO make fish culture national bust
ness 2"
certainly. Here have been nearly forty wears
OF my life psciculturlst and am convinced that
the Old fishermen know literally nothing OF the
rationale of their art. Fish culture Is a subject
developing day by day. few years ago the vast
spawning operations now practised by me at the
State Matching house, at Caledonia Springs were
unknown. Even now general ignorance prevails
among the craftsmen. When Invent down to stock
the Connecticut River with shad,
THE YANKEES
stood on the banks OF the stream and laughed at
me. The fishermen derided me because told
them that was going to cheaper fish; the boys
hooted at me, and accidentally on purpose they
would let q shad fall on me. Thus became mar
tyr. These pleasant little episodes made me laugh
at first; but ut last got tired OF the circus; but
It wouldn't adjourn. Time rolled on and shad fell
In price because the spawn had proven fruitful,
and they became so plentiful that the market
values fell from SIS and $50 hundred 10 as low az
from So and SIS hundred ~
"Yes,r added Mr. Cooper. one OF the former CON-
missioners OF the New York State Fisheries, ana
who was present in the room, "Seth knows more
about fsh culture than any man In the world.
He is thoroughly practical-an angler by nature,
o good shot, 1ond OF the bush and forrest, always
lingering about brooks and streams, turning over
stones and finding what there 10 new In our
creation. II he comes upon bug generally I'M
known, he can tell you its habits, age and ways OF
glanced towards
MR.. SETH GREEN
to survey him more critically after this brief
description OF his character. He appeared to me
about dlty-nve years Of age. His frame Is stout,
but rot large, and ne has the carriage and ways OF
man who has spent much time in the delightful
solitudes OF angling. He does nothing enthusiast
tically; never makes statement without qualify
ing 1t; but will talk fish to you until you ieel the
*.
q mind, when surveying MIR. Seth Green, to consi-
der him Mr.. Shad Green TO look Tor his gills and
fms. He really talks wen, and, so to speak, rather
humanizes fishes as he proceeds TO recount the
routine OF their lives, their nourishment domestic
intercourse and final maturity. Here Is man
whose knowledge oil the piscatorial world Is vast,
and who from boyhood TO the present hour has
never ceased to labor for the advancement OF fish
cuture-a who may be said TO nave produced
more animal life than any one living In the world.
Rochester has always been his home, and every
citizen knows Seth and honors him as one OF Ko-
chesters worthy sens. It is fortunate for the State
and Union that MIR. Green Is superintendent OF the
Fisheries, ior besides possessing the qualities
have named, he does not believe In mere fancy
toned pastme-but in fllng our lakes and rivers
with millions and millions OF fish Tor the benefit Of
our millions and millions OF people. We talked
long and earnestly upon this subject, and Mr..
II am constantly trying
s BOLD EXPERIMENTS.
For instance, i placed IN the Genesee River In
1871 over fifteen thousand young shad, with the
object or seeing II they would live In fresh water
without going into salt water, as their natural
habits incline them. they did live and thrive. and
IN June, lss2 young snad were , caught at me \,
this point the experiment has proven success.
We intend TO keep on binding out the nature OF oil
nsh and II they cannot live IN other chimes and
does"
"But, strictly speaking, all fish are local. They
'Yes, that is true. When used to fish in Lake
Ontario would exhaust one locality, absolutely
catch all the ish occupying and dwelling within
certain square. The nsnng grounds then became
Destitute. But when ! removed ray nets farther
fsh were as plentiful as ever"
"You mean
Certainly, whit "a are being consumed very
rapidly. II Is nov -tInafed that every four years
being reduced b, Gity per cent. You thus per.
ceive that 1t will not take long to completely ex-
Ss es all our waters some ar naa at not
contemplation to spawn and multiply, Anne rica
would soon have none OF the tribe. IL y Too bad
when we have thousands and thousands OF miles OF
rivers and brooks, and vast lakes, to say nothing
Of the minor ponos, that should not be, a. we
are ny nature, the greatest nsh-rasing people In
cHEApENRa FOOD
III "ouio cheapen all kinds or food, 1t seems to
'Obvieusly. Ifyou get all the people of America
eauhg saaa, wmte nsh, salmon and bass, and II
you breed these nsh so that 1t only costs the trou-
Die to seine Them then most Important and nu.
Eiuous article o. 1000 II on the table for mere
song. People Will cat iish instead OF beef. Beef
being In small demand VIII thus cheaper, and SO
win all other meats IN comparison. Now what
does this all meanY IL means the elevation OF the
1aboring classes. IL tells one that he can 20 10
yonder lake or brook catch his fish and have them
on his table, Socially and morally 1sh culture il n
blessing and boon TO toling humanity. ] am sur.
pr sed that people do not see the economy involved
In Itu
I" But suppose that some notion OF its benefits
II getting abroad 7"
EDUCATING PIscIcuLTuRIsrs.
"ln this way am educating men IN my employ
In the art OF spawning, and by and by we will have
professor OF experts IN the country. Every man
cannot be piscicuturist. IL requires many
qualities and long experience.n
THAT Is proven by the number Of gentlemen In
this region whose trout ponds have Jailed, sup
pose" 90
aN ION, IL Is perfectly natural that trout ponds
Should fail. The water may be bad; their owners
may not be expert or assidnous enough, and many
OF the seemingly uninportant details may be over
locked. whereas they are OF vital conSenlIp nce.U