The Osceola times., 1883-10-13
THE FATHER or FISH.CuLTURE.
Seth Green's Ideas About the Finny Tribe
and some oi His Varied Experiences.
Turf, Field aud Farm.

| Inc above feiuark was acdreSsed Ia
Mr.. Seth Green, the veteran fish cultur-
list, who is known TO the entire world,
and his reply indicates the extcut of his
labors.
when | was quite young" he con-
tinued, 81 would lie on the limbs OF
trees that reached out over the water
entire afternoons watching the pove-
ments of the fish and studying their
habits. In this way j discovered many
characteristics which were before un-
known. | saw, as every observer must
see, the destructive elements that are
warning against fish, and | realized that
unless something were done. the life in
the streams of this country would be-
come extinc,. To countcract this dis
astrous end became my life work, and
am happy to say | have seen its accom-
plishment."
"Were you successful on the start ?"
"No, indeed. Up to that time all ar
| tificial attempts to hatch and raise fish
| from the spawn had failed, and ! was
compelled to experiment in an entirely
new manner. The work was careful
and tedious one, hut | finally succeeded,
and to-day | am able 10 hatch and raise
! fully seventy-five per cent of all spawn"
Enormous Why, that is q larger
| percentage than either the vegetable or
animal kingdoms produce in natural
condition."
81 know il, but we exercise the great
est care in the start, and guard the lit
tie fellows until they become able TO take
care of themselves"
The foregoing conversation occurred
al Caledonia where the representative of
this paper was paying visit TO the state
fish hatrheries. II has been his privilege
to report very many interesting sights
within the past twenty-five years, but
the view presented here exceeds in in
tcrcst anything ever before attempted.
"lIow many fish are there in those
ponds, Mr.. Green"
CAS- we have never attempted to count
them il will be impossible to say. They
extend way up into the millions though
We shipped over three millions out of
the ponds this year and there seemed TO
be as many alterward as before. We
have every variety of the trout family
and many hybrids."
"lou speak of hybrids, Mr.. Green
What do you mean by that"
81 have experimental for years in cross
ing the breed OF the various fish and atn
still working upon it. We cross the ie-
male salmon trout with the male brook
trout, and thus produce 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 vermilion spots on his
sides, rises readily TO fly, is far more
vigorous and fully onc-third larger than
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 coun-
tcnancc of Mr.. Green while he was Civ
ing the above account, he could not but
feel that he was in the presence OF one
of the few investigators who, from rich
and lifelong experience. bring great
| benefit to the world. Let the reader i'm
acine stro 20 and stalwart frame, sur
mounted by head strongly resembling
| that of Socrates and covered with a
white silky beard and luxuriant gray
hair Seth Green, the father of fish
culture, is q picture Of health, and the re-
porter 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 study their habits, and was attacked
with malaria in its severest form, and
when came home ! realized for
| the first time in my lie, that ! was sick
My symptoms were terrible. ! had duh
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 severe attack Of malaria
can appreciate my condition. | went TO
bed and remained there all tie spring
and if there ever was a sick man was
the one"
"lt seems hardly possibl How did
You came to recover SO completely"
"My brother, who had been afflicted
10y severe kidney trouble and threat
cncd with Bright's disease was COM
pletcly cured by remedy in which |
had great confidence. | therefore tried
the same remedy for my malaria and
am happy to say am a well man to day
and through the instrumcntality o.,
Warmers Safe Cure, which believe to
be one Of the most valuable ofmcdicincs.
Indeed, I see il is iscndorsed by the United
States medical college OF New York, and
that DIR. Gum, dean Of that institution,
has written long article concerning its
value"
"And are YOU now rs well ~ formerly?"
apparently so. | keep the remedy on
hand all the while though and do not
hesitate to recommend II to others"
cone question more How many ponds
of fish have you here aud how arc they
divided ~
"Well, we have 43 ponds which are di-
yided up as follows: % ponds Of brook
trout, ponds of salmon trout, of Me-
Cloud river or rainbow trout, ponds of
German trout, of California mountain
trout. ponds of hybrils, of onc-quar-
ter salmon and thrce-quartcrs brook
trout, ponds Of gold sl, and pond Of
Carp. Then We have what We call the
centennial pond or happy family con
sstina of crosses of different fish, inclu >
ing Kennebcc salmon, Land Locked
salmon, California salmon brook trout,
salmon trout and hybrids. These fish
range in size from minnowsto lS-pound-
ers, and in age from one-and-onc-half
months to eleven years. forget to say,
also that we have hospital pond,
which is entirely empty, which speaks
pretty well for n community Of many mil
lions indeed the whole secret of fish cul-
turc can be summed up in four things