Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-12
THE FATHER OF FIsH.CULTURE.
Seth Green's Idons About the Finny
Tribe and Some OF His Varied Bx-
psrfeness.

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w iii you ever come to devise this
| scheme ?"
"i have been working u, /, ev,t ,ince I was large
| enough to u nd pn.n
The above REMARK was q dressed n Mr. Seth
Green, tue veteran rsh culturist, who's knpwn to
the ent'rc wpll, and his re y indlcre- he extent
~ his hOgs
"Mlcn wa, quite youtg' h" ,ou,inred, ~
wnnld lie on the limbs Of ties that ari-d out
over the waters entire afternoon. Narh.u. tae
npvenen'suf me a.h a III .ii lying ~ n habits
In tins way | llscav. red umliy en- tacterst cs
which were f'rc unknown saw. A. every e.
warning against nsl,anj realized that unless some
thing wire done, tie M. IN the Fire ms Of tins
this disastrous end became my HE work ana an
| happy to ray | ave seen its accom- pilshment'
Were you successful on tie stalt?"
"No, indeed. Up to that time all artnclsl A.
lempts to hatch and raise 1sh from the spawn had
failed, and was compelled to experiment In an en-.
tliely new manner The work was q careful Ana
tedious one. but nhay succeeded, and ttsay ]
am able 70 hatch and raise fully seven'y-nvs cent
"Euormous why tina. is a larger. percentage
than either the vegetable or animal Kingdoms
produce In q natural condition"
81 know II, bat we exercise the greatest care In
lhe start, and guard the little fellows until they
| become able TO care for themselves,
| The foregoing cOnversa'i1n occurred q. Gale
| donia where the representative OF this paper was
paying visit to the state hsh hatcheres It has
sights Within he past twenty i've yesr.. but ths
/ view presented here exceeds In interest auyth ny
|
GLOW many ash are there In those ponds, Mr.
| Green2"
"As we have never attempted to coun. them
| TO the millions though. We shipped svci three
millions out OF the pond, THIS yesr AMI there
have nearly every variety Of the trout family and
,n lyon SPEAK 2, hySriis Mr.. Green. What do you
II have Experimental for years in crossing the
| breed Of the varsus FISH, and am still working
the male brock trout, and thus produce hybrid.
| Then we cross the hybrid with the brook trou.
quarter salmon trout. This makes one Of The snest
fishes in the world. lie has ell the habits OF the
| brook trout, lives in both streams and lakes, do
veopes vermillion spots on his sides rises readily
to 9 ny, ia far more vigorous and fully one-thrd
larger than ordinary brook trout Of the same age:
are great and We are rapidly ascerialning what
As the man OF news watched the countenance Of
Mr. Green while he was giving the above account,
| he could not hut feel that he was In the presence
OF one Of the few Investigators who, from rich
and lifelong experience, bring great bent1t TO the
world. Let the reader imagine strong and stat
wart frame. surmounted by head strongly resem-
silky heard and luxuriant gray hair. Seth Green,
the father of nsh culture Ia picture Of heslth, aud
| the reporter could not help renarklng 80.
| "If you had seen me the past winter and spring,
young man, you might have thssght different said
"IIow is that, One would think to look OF you.
that sickness was something OF which you know
nothing
"And SO 1t was until last Winter. Iwsnt down 10
Florida In the Fall to what kind Of fish they had
In that State and study their habits. and WAS al
tackled with maa'ia in rs seyerest form, and when
that was sick My symptoms were terrible. !
had du aching pains in my bead. limo. and
and Tell lack OF energy such as had often heard
| described but had never experienced Any one
as sv my ns csnon Went to Sed ana rs
mained there all the spring, and II there ever was
a sick man was the one
81. seems hardly possible. How did you come to
| recover completely"
any bother, who had been af1lcted with severe
kidney trouble and threatened with brights disease
was completely cured by a remedy in which had
great confidence. therefore tried the same RENE
dy for my malaria and an happy TO say am wei!
man To-day and through The instrumentality Of
Warmers safe Cure, which believe 10 os one Of
the most valuable Of medicines Indeed. see 1t 10
New York. and that DR.. Gum. dean OF that institu
ton. has written long article concerning its va
ue."
| "And are you now as well as formerly
| apparently so. keep the remedy on hand all
the while though and DO not hesitate TO recommend
| it to others"
zone question more. How many pounds Of nsh
have you here and how are they divided :"
as follows ~ ponds ut brook trout, pounds Of
salmon trout, Of McClOud river and rainbow trout,
2 pounds OF German trout, Of California mountain
trout, pounds Of hybrlds, of one. quarter sal
mon, and three-quar.er brook trout, pounds
Of Colds Ash aud pound Of carp nou Then e.,
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'happy family, sconsstisg Of crosses. Of different
| nsh, inc uding Rennesec salmon, Land Locked
salmon, California salmon, brook trout, salmsn
| trsut and hybrds. These Dish range in size from
minnows to eighteen Founders. and In age from
one antone half months to eleven years. forgot
10 say also, that we have hospital pond which 10
| entirely empty, which speaks pretty well for =
community OF many millions Indeed, the whole
secret OF hsh culture be summed up in four
things. Impregnaton.-usng no wafer. Plenty OF
| food. Plenty OF pure water and cleanliness"
| III. numerous Dish exhibitions switch are taking
| nil IN all mat n IL
terest which is being manifested in this subject
throughout the world ali owe their origin 10 tho
| process above described as originated and con-
| Quoted by Seth Green. 1t is certainly cause for
| congratula.on 10 every American that this country
produces so many men whose genius brings value
merit that remedy even with such high standing
| a. Warmers Safe Cure is known TO have should no
| so strongly endorsed and recommended by one 60
/ re pli able and ralLahle as Seth Green.