Omaha daily bee., 1883-10-01
THE FATHER or FISH CULTURE
Seth Green's Ideas About the Finny
Tribes and Some of His Varied
Experiences.

81 have been working at 1t ever siuce | was
large enough to bend a pin"
TIT above remark was addressed to MIR.
Seth Green, the veteran fish culturist, who is
known to the entire world, and his reply in
dicates the extent Of his labors.
when | was quite young" he continued,
81 would lie on the limbs Of trees that reached
out over the water entire afternoons watching
the movements ef the fish and studying their
habits. In this way | discovered many char.
sctoristics which were before unknown. |
saw, ~ every observer must see, the destruc:
tive elements that are warning against fish, and
| realized that unless something were done, the
life in the streams Of this country would be-
come extinct, To counteract this disastrous
end became my life work, and | an happy
to say | have seen It's accomplishment,
"Wero you successful ON tho startHN
mo, indeed. Up to that time all artificial
attempts to hatch and raise fish from the
spawn had failed, and | Was compelled to eX-
pertinent in All entirely new manner. The
work was n careful and tedious one, but
| finally succeeded, and to-day | able to hatch
and raise fully seventy five per cent of all
spawn
Enormous, Why, that is a larger percent
age than either the vegetable or animal king
doms produce in n natural condition.
II know it, bnt we exercise the greatest
care in the start; and guard the little fellows
until they become able to care for themselves. -
lHc lbItkNilik NNNNAANh Nv
Caledonia where the representative Of this
paper was paying n visit to the State fish
hatcheries. 1t has been his privilege to re-
port very many interesting sights within the
past twenty-five years, but the view present
ed here exceeds In interest anything ever be-
fore attempted.
"How many fish are there in those ponds,
Mr.. Green?'
Al we 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 ponds this year
and there seemed to be as many afterwards as
before We have nearly every variety of the
trout family and many hybrids."
you speak of hybrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that?"
II have Experimental for years in crossing
the breed of the various fish and nm still
working upon it. We cross the female salmon
trout with the male brook trout, and thus
produce u hybrid. Then we cross the hybrid
with the brook trout, which gives us three
salmon trout. This makes ore of the finest
fishes in the world. He has all the habits OF
the brook trout, lives in both streams and
lakes, develops vermillion spots on its sides,
rises readily to n fly, is far moro vigorous and
fully one.third larger than ordinary brook
trout of the same age. The possibilities of do
velopment in the fish world are great and W.
arc rapidly ascertaining what they are"
AS the man of news watched the countonanc,
of Mr.. Green while he was giving the allow
account. he could not but feel chat he was II
the presence of one of the few Investigator
who, from II rich aud lifelong experience
bring great benefit to the world. Let TIN
reader imagine u strong and stalwart frame
surmomtcd bv u head strongly resembling
; that of Socrates, and covered with u whit
silky beard and luXuriaut gray hair. Set
. Green, the father of fish culture, in n pictur,
h of health, and the reporter could not help rc
o marking so.
"If You had seen me the last winter nm
spring, young man, you might have though
II differently" said the veteran.
GLOW is that One would think to look
YOU that sickness was something of which W
knew nothing
And SO it was until last winter. | Wen
=" down into Florida In the fall to sec what kin
of fish they had in that state and study the
habits, and was attacked with malaria in !
!, ~seycrest form, and when | came home | rco
d lied for the first time in my life that | W
sick. My symptoms We're terrible. | III
dull. aching pains in my head, limbs M
y around my back. My appetite was Who'll
gone. aud ! felt II lack of energy such as In
10 often heard described but had never eNpei
cnced. Any ono who has ever had II seve
# attack of malaria can appreciate my cond
4 ton. went to bed and remained there Il
the spring, and if there ever was n sick man
was the one. a.,
, at seems hardly possible. How did "
q come to recover So completely
IL MY brother, who had been afflicted by
" severe Kidney trouble and threatened wi
Bright's disease, was completely cured by
N remedy in which | had groat confidence.
- therefore tried the same remedy for my IN
or laria. aud am happy to say i am Il well m
to-day, and through the instrumcntality
Nc Warner safe Cnre, which | believe to he o
l.. Of the most valuable OF medicines, indeed,
@. see it is endorsed by the United States Met
cal College, of New York, and that DIR. Gun
= dean of that institution, has written a long I
II ticlc concerning its value
w And are You now MS well as fornerly?'
" Apparently so. | keep the remedy
T. lland all the while though, and done hesit0
80 60 recommend IL to others.
cone question more. How many pOI
of fish have you here and how are they
yidod?'
re, "Well. we have 43 ponds which are divid
lL M as follows: - ponds of brook trout, = pol
MS OF salmon trout, 4 Of McCloud river or ra
he bow trout, = ponds Of German trout, 3 OF G
49, ifornia mountain trout, : ponds OF hyprlhs
It. Of One-ularter salmon and three-quart
ms brook trout, 2 ponds of gold fish, and po
mt Of carp. Then we have What we call the c
,us tennial pond or happy family, consisting
crosses OF different fish, including Kennel
salmon, Land Locked salmon, Caliior
al salmon, brook trout, salmon Trout ana iybIl
Moo These fish range in size from minnows
III, IS-poundcrs, and in lge from one {
jo one.hnlf months to eleven years. ! for
iii to say, also, that we have u 'hospi
pond, which is entirely empty, which spe
E, pretty well for II community of many !
W., lions. Indeed the whole secret of fish cult
NY can be summed upin four things. lmpref
tion-using no water. Plenty of food. PIE
'h9 pure water and cleanliness.
The numerous fish exhibitions which
taking place in all parts of Europe and the
rs usual interest which il being manifested
ned this subject throughout the world all owe t
ken Origin to the process above described ~ o
age mated and conducted by Seth Green. j
He certainly cause for congratulation to @
American that thisc country produces 80 II
n men whose genius brings value to the W.
'ery and it Is proof positive Of the greatest II
that "A remedy even with such high stan
as Warmers Safe Cure Is known to h
are should be so strongly endorsed and re-
"Sf mended by one 30 reputable and reliable
nor Seth Green.
lief, Thc Mexican Fever At Frisco,
the SAN FRANCISCO, September ~
arrival of the steamer Newborn
ross Guaymas yesterday the quarantine
Gals were on the lookout and took
YER. vessel in charge. The captain wit