Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-10-10
The Father of Fish Culture
SETH GREENS IDEAS ABOUT THE FIN
NY TRIBE AND SOME OF HIS VAR
led EXPERIENCES.
Turf, Field and Farm.)


The above remark was addressed to
Mr.. Seth G~eeu, the ve,eran 6sh cul-
lurist, who Is known to The su.ire world,
and bis reDlg indicates the ex .en! Of
bis labors.
Wien was qli,e Young he con-
tinued, L wonld lie on the limbs OF
trees that reached out over the water
en,ire afternoons wa ching lhe move
ments OF the FISH aud studVing their
hah.s. In this way l discovered
many chatacte. ist;es which were be'oss
unknown. l saw, as every observer
must see. the Destructive elements that
are warning against feb, and I realized
that unless something were done, the
life 10 the streams Of this couuug y
would become extinct. To counteract
this dlsas rous end became my life
work, aud am happy to say have
seen It's dCCOD DiloUluCus. .r.
Were you successful on the startY
No, indeed. Up to that time all
artificial attempts t. batch aud ra,se
fish from the spawu had failed, and |
was compelled 10 experiment in an en
tirely new mauper. The work was &
careful aud tedious one. but 1 Gnally
succeeded, and to day L AN able to
batch and raise fully seyely-ive pei
cent Of al spawo.'
'EoOmoUs! Why, that is a larget
percentage than eilhec ..be vegetable
o: animal Kingdoms produce in na.
lural condiiou.'
L kuo. it, hat'ge exercise the great
est care ia ths s,art AID sIntd the lil-
tie fellows uatil tber become able tc
ca,e for themselves
The fe'eGong coufcrsation occurred
at tCsledonia wte e tae representative
Of his paper Was payil9 visit 10 the
state 6sh balcbe.ies. l. has been his
privilege 70 repor. very many interest
- s.gb,s witein the past twenty-five
~ but the view p.esented here ex
'N"' '~terest auytbiog eyer belort
attempted. Ill.,.
How many fish = ''''' ~ ''''
ponds, Mr.. Green?' -, =,
AS we have ne yer atte.- P'0N y
count them 1t will be impossible 10 .'aS
They extend way up into the millions
though. We shipped ovec thee mil
lions out Of the ponds this year aud
there see ned 10 be as wauy af.er"ard
as before. We have. nearly every
variety of The trout family end many
bybr;ds.'
You speak of bybrids. Mr.. Green.
What do you mean By thatS'
Il have e1oer reuted for vea"' in
crossing the bred Of the various fsh
and am sill Ho King upon It. We cross
the female salmon trout with the male
brook trout, and thus produce hybrid.
Then we cross the hyd'id with the
brook trout, which gives US three-quar-
ter 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 aud lakes, develops vermilllon
spots on his sides, rises read ly to a fg,
is far more vigorous and fully one-third
larger than ordinary brook trout OF the
same age. The possibilities of devel
opment in the fish world are great and
we ale rapidly ascertaining what 'hey
are.'
As the man OF news wa ched tht
coupteuauce of Mr.. G cen while he was
giving the above account, he colld not
but feel that he was 10 ,he presence oI
one of the few Investigators who, irou
a rich and life.lone experience. bclng
great benefit to the world. Let the
reader imagine a strong and stalwart
frame. surmounted by head strongly
resembling that of Socrates, aud cover
ed with a white silky beard aud luxuri
ant gray hair. Seth Green, the iathel
of fish culture, is a picture Of health,
and the reporter could not help re-
marking so.
If you bad seen me the last winter
and spring, young mao, you migh
have thought differently said the
veteran.
How is that? One would think tc
look at you, that sickness was some
thing OF which you knew nothing
And so it was until last winter
went down into Florida in the iall u
see what kind Of fish they had 10 lhal
state and study their habits and wa
attacked with malaria in it's seve-est
form. and when l came home l rea]z
ed for The first lime in my lie, that
was sick. Ny symptoms wete ter
rlble. | had dull, aching pans IN NJ.
head. limbs and around my back. NJ,
apoelite was wholly goue, aud l felt
lack of energy such as had often hear
described bu, had never experienced. =
ANY one who has ever mad a severe az
tack Of malaria can appreciate MY con
ditiou. went TO bed and remaine'
there all the spring, aud il there eve
was a sick man l was The one.
1t seemed hardly possible. How die
YOU cone TO recover so coup.etly F?
MY brother, who had been Athlete
bv a severe kidney trouble and threaten
ed with brjght's disease was complete
ly cured by aremedy in which l ha
GREAT confidence. I therefore tired th
same remedy for my malaria and az
bapuy TO say | am a well man to-la
aud through the lnstyumentalty {
Warmers Safe Cure, which believe !
l.. 0a0 Of The mnst valuable OF medl