Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-18
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE
SO;h Green's Idcas About the Finn
Tribe and Some of Iris Varied
W. ID ,riCnCCS,


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al have been working at it ever since wa
largc enough TO bend p ~
The above remark was adGro5'e ed TO Mr..
Seth Green, the veteran fish cultuIist, who j
known to tho entire world and his reply indi-
Gates tho extent of his labors
"When was qu to young" he continued,
81 woull lie on the limbs of trees that
reached out over the water en- re afternoons,
wat hing the movements Of fl h and studying
their habits. In this way discovered many
characteristics which were before unknown
! saw, rs every observer must sea, the de-
structive clements that nrc warning against
fish, and | r,o lied that unless somatniIg was
done the life in the streams o. this country
would bee m, extinct. 70 CouutcracG this
disastrous end became my lifc-work, nnl |
nm happy to say that | have seen its accom-
pliShment.n
We're YOU u ,ces3ful OF tho start!"
mo, indcel. Up to tlat time al artili ia
attempt, 10 hatch and rails, ish from lhe
spawn had failed, and was compelled TO ex-
pertinent in a entirely new manner. The
work was a careful and tedious one, but |
finally fuCcccde |, and to-day am able 10
latch and raise fully seventy five Ter cent. of
al spawn
centaae than either the vege able or
animal kingdoms produce III natural con
ditiOnh
q know il, bat we exercise the greatest
care in the start, and guard the little fellows
until they De,ome able t. care for them
selves.
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia, where the repre- @ tative If tnis
Iaper was paying n Wis TO the Stat, fish
la cherits. 1t has b,en his privilege 10 re-
port very many intcrcstin ehtS withil the
past twenty-five years, but the vew pre-.
sentcl here exceeds il interest anything ever
before attempted
" How many flsh are there in those ponds,
Mr.. Green q
AS we have never attempted to count
them it will be impossible 10 say. They cx-
tend way up in the millions thou h. We
SHIPPED over three millions ,ut If the pInCs
th year and there seemed ID be as many a
tcrward as before. We have nearly every
variety of the trout family and many hy-
bTils."
You speak Of hybrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that {"
Il have experimental for years in cross
ing h breed of the various fish AMI am still
work king upon it, We cross the female salmon
trout wi II the male brook trout, and thus
produce hybrid. Then we cross the by
lrid with the brook trout which gives us
three quarter brook trout and on"-qua ter
salmon trout This nales one Of the finest
fishes in the world He has all the habits of
the brook trout, lives in both streams and
rises readily 10 fly, is far more vigorous and
fully one-third larger than ordinary brook
trout Of the same age. The possibilities OF
development in the ii ii world are great, and
we are raj IDLY ascertaining what they Ore.n
As the man of news watche the counte-
nance Of Mr.. Green while he was giving the
above account, he cou'd not but fee. that he
was in the presence of one Of the few ilvps-
tcators vino, from a rich and life long cxpe-
rience, hiring great benefit TO the world. Let
the render imagine a strong a,d stalwart
frame, surmountei by a heal strongly re-
sembling that of Socrates, and covered with
n Whit silky beard and luxuriaut gray hair.
Seth Green, the father Of fish culture, is
picture of health, and the reporter could not
Lelp remarking Sd.
.'If YOU had seen me tie last winter and
sTring young man, you might have thought
differently, said the veteran.
"How Is that! Ore would think, TO look
ut you, that sickness was som thing of which
YOU knew nothing.
And 50 il was until last winter ! went
down into Florida in the fall TO see what kind
of fish they had in that sac and study their
habits and was attacked with malaria in its
severest torm and when | came home | re-
ai ell for he first time III my life that | was
SEX My symptoms were terrible. had
dull, aching pains in my head, limbs AMI
around my back. My appetite was wholly
gone, and felt lack of energy sub as / had
often heard d, scr bed but had never expert
enccd. Any one who has ever had "a severe
attack Of malaria can appreciate my condi-
ton. / went 10 bel and remained there all
sTring, and il there ever was a sick man |
was the ONE
"It seems hardy possible How did you
come to recover so complctely!7
My brother, who had been afflicted bv
severe kidney trouble and threatened with
Brlghts disease, was completely cured by
re ncly in which had great confidence. |
therefore tried the same remedy for my ma
laIia, and am happy To say | am well man
TO day, and throu h the InStTumentality of
Warmers Safe Cure, which b. leye 10 be one
of the most valuable Of medicines Indeed. |
see il is indOrsed by the Unitel States ncdi-
ca college OF New York, and that DR.. Gunn
can of that institution, has written a long
article conc eInng its value"
Aud are You now a well as fCrmerly!"
Apparently so. keep the remedy on
hand all the while, though, and do not Eesi-
tate to recommend it to others
Zone question more How many ponds o.
fish have you here, and how are they GividedP
"Well, we have forty three ponds, wh.cn
are divided upas follows: Twenty-Five ponds
of brook trout two ponds OF salmon trout
four of McCloud river or rainbow trout. two
ponds of German trout three Of Califor-
MA mountain trout, two ponds of
hl brids~ four of one-Quarter salmon
ard thTee-quaTterS brook trout two ponds
of gold fish and one pond Of Carp. Then we
have what We call the centennial pond or
happy family consisting of crosses of diff
ferent fish, including kennobec salmon, Land
Locked salmon, Ca 'ifornia salmon, brool
trout, salmon trout AMI hybrils. These fish
range in size from minnowS to eighteen
Founders, and in age from one and one half
months to eleven years. l forgot TO
say, also, that we have a hospital
pond, which is entirely empty, which speaks
pretty well for q community of many mil
lions Indeed the whole secret of fish culture
can be summed up in four things 1mpregna-
tion,-using no water. Plenty of food,
Plenty of pure water and clean ineSs.
The numerous fish exhibitions which are
taking place in all parts of Europe and the
unusual interest which is being manifested i'll
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 congratulation to
every American that this country pro-
duces so many men whose genius brings
value to the world, and it is proof positive of
the grea est merit that remedy even with
such high standing as Warmers SAFE Cure is
known to have. ~hould be 50 strong Y indorsed
and recomn. ended by one 50 reputable and
reliable as Seth Green.
What an uproar it made in comforting the
title of colonel on Alfonso. They do things
NOR quietly in Kentucky.