The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-17
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE.
seth Green's Ideas About the Finny Tribe
and Some of His Varied Experiences
Turf Field aud Farm

| and some of His Varied ENpef1ences
Turf. Field aud Farm.l
How did you ever come to devise this
| scheme2"
Il have been working at it ever since
was large enough to bend pin.
The above remark was addressed to MIR.
| Seth Green. the veteran fish culturist, who is
known to the entire world, and his reply In
| dicates the extent of his laborS.
when l was quite young, he continued,
al would lie on the limbs OF trees that
reached out over the water entire afternsons
! watching the movement OF the fish and
| studying their habits In this way L dis
| covered many characteristics which were be-
fore unknown. l saw, as every observer
| must see the destructive elements that are
warning against fish, and 1 realized that un-
| less something were done the life in the
| streams of this country would become ex-
| tinct TO counteract this disastrous end
became my life work. and am happy to say
L have seen its accomplishment.
| Were YOU successful on the start"
"No, indeed. Up to that time all artificial
attempts to hatch and raise fish from the
| spawn had failed, and L was compelled to
| experiment in an entirely new manner The
work was a careful and tedious one. but [
finally succeeded, and to-day / am able to
hatch and raise fully 80 per cent. of all
| spawn"
"Enormous Why, that is larger per-
| centage than either the vegetable or animal
kingdoms produce in a natural condition"
II know it, but we exercise the fgreateSt
care in the start. and guard the little fellows
| until they become able to care for them
| selves
The foregoing conversation occurred at
| Caledonia where the representativ of this
| paper was paving a visit to the State Fish
Hatcheries Ii has'been his privilege 10 re-
port very many interesting sights within the
| past twenty-five years, but the view pre-
| Sented here exceeds in interest anything
ever before attempted.
How many fish are there in those ponds,
Mr.. Green?'
LAS we have never attempted to count
them il will be impossible to say. They ex-
| tend way up into the millions though. We
shipped oyer 3.OO0O 600 out of the ponds this
| year and there seemed to be as many after
| ward as before. We have nearly every
variety of the trout family and many
hybrids."
| You speak OF hybrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that?
II have experimental for years in crossing
the breed of the various fish and am still
/ working upon II. We cross the female sal
mon trout with the male brook trout and
| thus produce a hybrid. Then We cross the
| hybrid with the brook trout, which gives us
| three quarter 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 vermillion spots on his sides.
rises readily TO a fly, is far more vigorous and
| fully one-third larger than the ordinary brook
| trout of tie 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 counter
ance 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 in
| vestigators who from a rich and lifelong ex-
1 hrinn N q world
! Let the reader imagine strong and stalwart
| frame, Surmounted by head strongly re-
sembling that of Socrates, and covered with
| a white silky beard aud luxurant gray hair.
Seth Green, the father OF fish culture, is a
| picture OF health and the reporter could not
help remarking so.
"lf you had seen me the last winter and
| spring, young man, you might have thought
differently" said the veteran.
How 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. [ went
| down into Florida in the fall to see what
| kind of fish they had in that State and to
study their habits and was attacked with
| malaria in its severest form. and when /
came home realized for the first time in my
life that was sick. NV symptoms were ter
rible had dull, aching pains in my head.
limbs. and around my back. My appetite
was wholly gone, and felt lack of energy
| such as / had often heard described but had
never experienced. Any one who has ever
had a severe attack of malaria can appreciate
| my condition. l went to bed and remained
there all the spring, and if there ever a
sick man was the one
at seems hardly possible. How did you
come to recover so completely
"My brother, who had been afflicted with
a very severe kidney trouble and threa tened
| with BrightS disease, was completely cured
by a remedy in which had great confidence.
| therefore tried the same remedy for my
malaria. and am happy to say | am well
man to-day and through the instrumental
ity of Warmers Safe Cure, which believe to
be one of the most valuable of medicines
| Indeed | see il is endorsed by the United
States Medical College of New York, and that
| DIR. Gum, Dean OF that Institution, has writ
ten long article concerning its value"
"And are you now as we'll as formerly"
Apparently so. | keep the remedy on
hand all the while though, and do not hest
tate to recommend it to others
zone question more. How many poun dis
of fish have you here, and how re they di-
| vided?r
well, we have IS ponds which are di-
| vided up as follows % ponds of brook
trout, ponds OF salmon trout, of Nc
| Cloud River or rainbow trout ponds of
| German trout of California Mountain trout
| pounds of hybrids. of one-quarter salmon
| and three-uuarters brook trout. ponds of
gold fish, and l pond of Carp. Then we
have what we call the centennial pond or
happy family consisting of crosses of diff
ferent fish, including kennebeck salmon,
Land Locked salmon, California salmon,
| brook trout, salmon trout and hybrids. These
fish range in size from minnows to Is.
Founders, and in age from one and one-half
months TO eleven years. forgot to say. also
that we have a hospital pond. which is en-
tirely empty, which speaks pretty well tor a
community of many millions. Indeed, the
whole secret of fish culture can be summed
up in four things-impregnation, using no
water, plenty OF food, plenty of pure water
and cleanliness
| The numerous fish exhibitions which are
taking place in all parts of Europe and the
unusual interest which is being manifested
in this subject throughout the world all owe
their origin to the process above described as
originated and conducted by Seth Green. 1t
is certainly cause for congratulation to every
American that this country produces so
many men whose genius brings value to the
world, and il is proof positive of the greatest
merit that a remedy even with such high
standing as Warmers Safe Cure is known to
| have should be so strongly Endorsed and