The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-12
THE FATHER OF FIsH.CULTURE.
Seth Green's Ideas About the Finny Trtbe
and Some of His Varied Ex-
perienceS.

Seth Green's Ideas About the Finny Trfbs
and Some of His Varied Ex-
periences.
TURF. Field and Farm.]
SHOW did you ever come to devise this
schemeYo
81 have been working at it ever since
was large enough to bend PIN"
The above remark was addressed to MI.
Seth Green, the veteran fish culturist, who
is known to the entire world, and his reply
indicates the extent of his labors. :
"When I was quite young" he con-
tinued, 81 would lie on the limbs Of trees
that reached out over the water entire
afternoons watching the movements OF the
fish and studying their habits. In this way
discovered many characteristics which
were before unknown. Isaw, as every OBJ.
server must see, the destructive elements
that are warning against fish, and real.
ICED that unless something were done, the
life in the streams of this country would
become extinct. To counteract this disas-
trous end became my life work, and am
happy to say l have seen its accomplish.
ment."
sWere you successful on the startP'
"No, indeed. Up to that time all arti.
fetal 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 Gnally succeeded, and to-day l am
able to hatch and raise fully seventy-five
per cent. of all spawn."
Enormous! Why, that is larger per
centage than either the vegetable or ami.
NAL kingdoms produce in natural con-
dition."
81 know it, but we exercise the greatest
care in the start, and guard the little fell
lows until they become able to care for
themselves"
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia, where misrepresentation of this
paper was paying visit to the State Fish
Hatcheries. 1t has been his privilege to
report very many interesting sights within
the past twenty-five years, but the view
presented here exceeds in interest anything
ever before attempted.
SHOW many fish are there in those ponds,
Mr.. GreenW
"As'we have never attempted to count
them it will be impossible to say. They
extend way up into the millions though.
We shipped over three millions out of the
many afterward as before. We have near
ly every VARIETY of the trout family and
many hybrids."
"You speak of hybrids. Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that!"
81 have experimental for years in cross
ing the breed ofthe various fish, and am still
working upon it. We cross the female sal
thus produce hybrid. Then we cross the
hybrid with the brook trout, which gives
us three-quarter brook trout and one quar-.
ter 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 vermilion
spots on his sides, rises readily to a fly, is
far more vigorous and fully one-third
larger than ordinary brook trout Of the
same age. The possibilities of develop
ment 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
investigators who, from a rich and life
long experience, bring great benefit to the
world. Let the reader imagine strong
and stalwart frame, surmOunted by head
strongly resembling that of Socrates, and
covered with white, silky beard and lux
uriant gray hair. Seth Green, the father
of fish culture, is a picture of health, and
the reporter could not help remarking SO.
"If 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"
Sand 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
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. My symptoms
were terrible. had dull aching pains in
my head, limbs and around my back. My
appetite was wholly gone, and felt a lack
or energy such as l had oftcn heard de-
scribed' 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 was sick man
was the one."
ut seems hardly possible. How did you
come to recover so completely?"
"My brother, who had been afflicted by a
severe kidney trouble and threatened with
Bright's disease, was completely cured by
a remedy in which had great confidence.
therefore tried the same remedy for my
man to-day and through the instrument
tality of Warmers Safe Cure, which l be-
lieve to be one of the most valuable Of med
icines. Indeed, l see it is endorsed by the
United States Medical College of New
York, and that DIR. Gum, dean of that in
stitution, has written long article con-
corning its value"
"And are you now as well as former
Typ :;
Apparently so. keep the remedy on
hand all the while though, and do not hest.
tate to recommend it to Others"
"One question more: How many ponds
of fish have you here and how are they di-
vided."
swell, we have 43 ponds, which are d.
vided up as follows: Twenty-Five ponds
of brook trout, 2 ponds of salmon trout, 4
of McCloud river or rainbow trout, 2
ponds of German trout, 3 of California
mountain trout, 2 ponds of hybrids, 4 of
one-quarter salmon and three-quarters
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 different fish, in
Guiding Kennebec salmon, Land Locked
salmon, California salmon, brook trout,
salmon trout and hybrids. These fish
range in size from minnows to 1S-pound-
ers, and in age from one-and-one-half
months to eleven years. l forgot to say,
also, that we have hospital pond, which
is entirely empty, which speaks pretty
well for a community of many millions.
Indeed the whole secret of the fish culture
can be summed up in four things. I'm
pregnation-using no water. Plenty of
food. Plenty of pure water and cleanli-
ness"
The numerous fish exhibitions which are
taking place in all parts of Europe and the
unusual interest which is being manifest
ed 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 con-
graduation to every American that this
country produces so many men whose
genius brings value to the world, and it is
proof positive of the greatest merit that q
remedy even with such high standing as
Warmers Safe Cure is known to have
should be so strongly endorsed and recon-
mended by one so reputable and reliable
as Seth Green.
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