The Opelousas courier., 1883-12-01
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE

THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE
seth Greemss Ideas About the Finny
Tribe amd Some of His Varied
Experiences.
(IEy5, Fisa and Farn.l
"How did you over come 70 oeVas' 'his
az have BEEN working at it ever since was
large enough to bend q pin"
The above remark was addressed to MI.
Seth Green, the veteran fish culturiss, who IS
known to the entire world, and his reply n d
Gates the extent Of his labors.
"When was quite young" ne continued,
"I would lie on the limbs Of trees that
reached out over tho water entire afternoons,
watching ths movements Of fish and studying
their habits. In this way l discovered many
characteristics which were before
I saw, as every observer must see, the de-
structive elements that are warning against
fish, and I realized that unless something was
done the life in the streams OF this country
would become extinct. To counteract this
disastrous end became my Network, and !
am happy to say that I have seen It's accom-
~plishment."
"Were you successful on the start2"
"No, indeed. Up to that time all artificial
attempts to hatch and raise fish from the
spawn had failed, and / was compelled to ex-
pertinent in an entirely new manner. The
work was O careful and tedious one, but |
finally succeeded, and to day / am able to
hatch and raise fully seventy-dve per cent. OF
Enormous why, that is larger per-
centaee than either the ~sgei able or
animal kingdoms produce in a natural con-
dition.n
az know it, but we exercise the greatest
care In the start, and guard The little fellows
until they become able to care for them
~selves.m
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia. where the representative of this
paper was paying a visit to the State Tsh
hatcheries. 1t has been his privilege to re-
port very many interesting 81 hts within the
past twenty-five years, but the view pre-
sented here exceeds in interest anything ever
before attempted.
1How many fish are there in those ponds,
Mr.. Green 2"
"As we have never attempted to count
them il viii be impossible to say. They ex-
tend way up in the millions though. We
shipped over three millions out OF the ponds
this year and there seemed to be as many at.
terward as before. We have nearly every
variety Of tins front family and many by
brids."
"You speak Of hybrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that r.
81 have experimental for years in cross
ing the breed of the various fish and am still
working upon it. We cross the female salmon
ITGIG WIFI UL0 Al1A0 UIOuuSu LAO bAAOo
produce q hybrid. Then we cross the ny
brid with the brook trout, which gives US
| three-uuarter brook trout and ~one-quarter
| salmon trout. This makes one of the finest
| fishes in the world. He has all the habits of
the brook trout, lives in both streams and
lakes, develops yerminion spots on his sides,
rises readily to fly, is far mere vigorous and
fully one-third larger shan ordinary brook
trout of the same age. The possibilities of
development in the fish world are great, and
we are rapidly ascertaining what they are"
AS the man of news watched the counte-
nance Of Mr.. Green while he was giving the
above account, he could not but feel that he
was in the presence of one of the few inves-
tieators VINO, from a rich and lifelong expo
rience, bring great benefit to the world. Let
the reader imagine a strong n StafWart
frame, suTTmounted by a head strongly re-
sembIfng that OF Socrates, and covered with
a white silky beard and luxuriant gray hair.
picture Of health, and the reporter could not
help remarking 30.
ssH you had seen me the last winter and
spring, young man, you might have thought
differently, y said the veteran.
Glow Is that One would think, to look
at you, that sickness was something of which
you knew nothing"
: "And so it was until last winter. I went
down into Florida in the fall to see what kind
of fish they had in that STATE and study their
habits, and was attacked with malaria in Its
severest form, and when I came home I re-
allied for the first time in my life that I was
sick. My symptoms were terrible. I had
around NV bach. NV appetite was wholly
gone, and I felt a lack of energy such as had
Often heard described but had never experi.
enced. ANY one who has ever had a severe
attack Of malaria can appreciate my condi-
tion. I went to bed and remained there All
spring. and il there ever was a sick man ]
was tbe one.D
SIT seems hardly DossibIe. How did vor
come 60 recover SO completelyg,
aMy brother. who had been afflicted by q
severe kidney trouble and threatened Will
Brightss disease. was completely cured by q
remedy in which / had great Confidence,
therefore tried the same remedy for NV ma
laria, and am happy to say I am q well mar
to-day, and through the fundamentally O
Warmers Safe Cure, which / believe to be- on,
of the most valuable of medicines. Indeed.
see it is indorsed by the United States medi
cal college of New York, and that DR.. Gum
dean Of that Institution, has written q Ions
article concer ming its value.n
!" And are YOU now as well as former1ysn
aApparenfly SO. Ikeep the remedy d,
hand ali the while, though, and do not hest
tate tn recommend 1t to others
Zone question more. How many ponds &
fish have Won here. and how are thew divided
uWen. VIA have forty-three ponds, wnlcl
are divided upasf follows: Twenty-Five pond
of brook trout, two ponds of salmon trout
four of McCloud river or rainbow trout. tw
ponds of German trout, three OF Califor
MIA x,ounfc;p tro,sk 4vn nonds a
hybrids, four of one-ouarter salmon
and t~hree-ouarters brook trout, two pond
4 of gold fish and one pond of Carp. Then w
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