Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-10-18
THE rATaER OF F1sH.tULrURE.

THE FATHER OF FISH.tULTURE.
seth Green's Ideas About the Finny Tribs
and Some of His Varied E1-
periences.
Turf, Field and Farm.]
Ss'How did you ever come to devise tna
scheme - 80 :.s,
al have been working at it ever since
was large enough to bend q PIN.
The above remark was addressed 10 Mr..
Seth Green. tie veteran fish culturist, who
is known to the entire world, and his reply
indicates the extent of his labors
: .When was quite young. he con-
tinued. IT would lie on the limns OF trees
that reached out over the wstei entire
afternoons watching the movements OF tne
discovered many characteristics which
were before unknown. saw, as every OBJ
server must see, the destructive elements
that are warning against fish, ana real
lied that unless something were done, the
life in the streams of this country would
become extinct. To counteract TINS dlsas'
trous end became my life work, ana am
happy to say have seen It's "eoo'Apiisn'
ment." ..,,
"Were YOU successful on the START"
"No. indeed. Up to that time all art1'
fetal attempts to hatch and raise nsh from
the spawn had failed. and l was compelled
to experiment in an entirely new manner.
The work was careful ana .eJ"us one,
but Inally succeeded, and to-dar 1 am
able to hatch and raise fully seventy-dve
per cent of all spawn.
.Enormous! Why, that is larger per
centage than either the vegetable or ami
NAL kingdoms produce In q natural con-
dition."
81. know it, but we exercise the greatest
LITTLE
lows until they become able TO care Tor
themselves"
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia, where the representative OF this
paper was paying a visit to the state Fish
Hatcheries. It 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.
"How many Ash are there in these ponds,
Mr.. Green:"
Gas 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 tne
ponds this year, and there seemed to be as
many afterward as before. We have near
ly every variety of the trout family and
many hybrids." VIZ,
"You speak of by birds, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that"
81 have experimental for years in cross,
ing the breed of the various fish, and am sun
working upon it. We cross the female sal
mon 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 quar-
ter salmon trout. This makes one or the
finest fishes in the world. He has all the
habits of the brook trout, lives IN both
streams and lakes, develops vermlllon
spots on his sides, rises readily to ny, 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 counts
| 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 rich and life.
| long experience, bring great benefit to the
| world Let the reader imagine a strong
and stalwart frame, sul'mounted 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 picture of health, and
| the reporter could not help remarking so
| eff 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
|
which you knew nothing" rB aH
. "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 l realized for the first time in
nv life that was sick. My symptoms
were terrible. 1 had dull aching pains in
nv head, limbs and around my back. My
appetite was wholly gone, and ielt iacS
OF energy such as l had often heard de-
scribed but had never experienced. ANY
one who has ever had a severe attack OF
malaria can appreciate my condition
went to bed and remained there ell the
| spring, and if there ever was sick man
| was the One." 80
/ s.It seems hardly possible. How did you
come to recover so completely
"My brother, who had been afflicted by q
severe kidney trouble and threatened with
Bright's disease, was completely cured by
a remedy in which had great confil ence
l therefore tried the same remedy for my
malaria and am happy to say am well
man to-day and through the instrument
tality of Warmers Safe Cure, which be.
lieve to be one of the most valuable of lhed
icines. Indeed, see it is endorsed by the
United States Medical College of New
York, and that DR.. Gum. dean of that in
stitution, has written long article con-
corning its value"
"And are you now as well as former
=" Apparently so. 1 keep the remedy on
hand all the while though, and do not hest
tate to recommend it to Others"
Zone question more: How many pond!
of fish have you here and how are they al
videdr' r..,.f
"Well, we have 43 ponds. which are di
vided up as follows: Twenty-Five pond
of brook trout, ponds of salmon trout,
of McCloud river or rainbow trout,
ponds of German trout, 3 of California
mountain trout, ponds of hybrids,- o
one quarter salmon and three-quarter!
brook trout, 9 ponds of gold fish, and
pond of Carp. Then we have what we cal
the Centennial pond or HAPPY family,
consisting of crosses of different fish, IN
GLIDING kennebec salmon, Land Locked
salmon, California salmon, brook trout
salmon trout and hybrids. These fisl
range in size from minnows to 1S-pound
ers, and in age from one-and-one'hal
months to eleven years. forgot to say
also. that we have hospital pond, whic
is entirely empty, which speaks prett.
we'll for a community of many millions
, Indeed the whole secret of the fish cultur
, can be summed up in four things. LIN
ipregnation-using no water. Plenty Q
food. Plenty of pure water and cleanl
, ness" : - 'i'-.t .l'le't
The numerous fish exhibitions which ar
taking place in all parts of Europe and tn
unusual interest which is being nantes
ed in this subject throughout the world
all owe their origin to the process aoov
described as originated and conducted b.
> Seth Green. 1t is certainly cause for cor
| graduation to every American that thl
country produces so many men who's
genius brings value to the world, and 1t