The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-11-07
TIE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE
soh Green's Ideas About the fin"'
Tribe and Some of HIS Vhrica
Esp ,ricnccs.
ILL Ii-.LI nnd E,nrrn


Esp 'ricnccs'
(TurI Fed and PdTH1.) at,
Glow. did You ever come 10 DEVISE '"''
schemem
al have been working at It ever since was
LARGE enough TO bend apn." NJ
The above remark vas addressed 10 M
Seth Green, the veteran fish cuturi5t,, VINO j. |
known TO the entire world, AMI his reply ihhi- |
Gates the extent OF his labors.
"When was quite young" he continued,
az woul lie on the limbs OF trees tha'
reached out over the watcr entire afternoons,
wat hing the movements Of fish and studying
their habits. In this way discovered many
characteristics which were before unknown
! saw al every oh ,ervcr must see, inc ue-
structvc elements that are warning against
fish. and r. led that unless som TIN = was
lone the life In tho streams o. this country
woud bee IN, extinct. To colntcIact ms
lisas'rous end became ny life-wolk, an J
am lappy TO say that have seen IT. accom-
! pllshment." ,
HWere you successful OF the start"
mo, indecl. Up 10 That time al hrtlil ial
artempts 10 hatch and raiss FISH IRON he
| spawn hal failed, and was compelleh " e%-
u,riment in A. entirely new manner. Inc
work was careful and tedious one, bat
finally ,ucceode t. and to-day am able 10
| atch and raise fully seventy-iive Ter cent Oh
| Enormous Why, that is larger FER
ccu,n,e than either the vege a1le or
animal kingdoms produce in natural CON
| dii ion" ..
~ know IL. bit We exercise the greatest
caro In the start, and Guard the little fellows
until they LEONE able TO care Tor theuh-
Selves
The FOREGOING conversation occurred Mt
Caledonia. where the repree tative Of TINS
tnpcr was paying n visit to the state ilsh
Ln rhpri,s 1t has been his privilege " re-
mort very many ntcrcstin ST. hts wlthll the
INST twenty-five years, but the yew pro
srutc here exceeds In interest anything ever
before attempted
"ll " many fl arc there in those ponds
Mr. Gtcn|
"a, We have never attempted TO count
thoni' vii he impossible to say. They e1-
tend way up in the millions thou h. We
,hiu,rd over three millions out # the PONDS
tL ycur and there Scmcd ~ he as many al
trr,or,l ms before. We have nearly every
variety uf the trout family and many ny
Lrilsn az,
!" You peak OF hybrils, Mr. Green. What
g d. you mean 10y that
81 In.r cxucriu,Hted for years in cross.
, ing IA lreeI Of tn various fish aal am stu
= s"lk na uuon il. We cross tile female salmon
] trout wi IA tie male brook trout, md thus
, Vrrl"'" u u w. n.h W. ~ LOO ,.'., ~
l lr with iha iroih trout, "hi'h Hi'o' US
tlrcc.g,artrr brook trout and Onc-qua' ter
salu0u trout. This Waies one Of the finest
;, G,hps in the world lie has all the habits oil
u tho Lrook trout, lives in both streams and
u lakes. 5cvclops vcrlillon spots On his sides
o rises read t"a ny, Is 'hr iilore SlSol on a',
fully orc-thlpl larger than ordinary brOo!
m trout Of tie same ayo The possibilities o
~ drNr'olmelt III 'hc h'h worm are SIci', al',
- wen lo,i'y ceItalhlh! WhaI ,hey hre,
IL As t." lnan OF news "aUchei tno cpIhIc
nan" 81 HIF' h,ech "h,ic nc "a' bN,iS u'
aJo'e count, he coGd not hn, l's CT ,9a 81. n
WuS IN Inc lrcc! c. oi oil' 81 Nv ~" il'cs
tgatprs whI, from a ricl ana liieloi,g exJe
rlgnrc, lrng great htnciit 10 lhe word l-e
cs the Ieder lma'lne strong ana S'a,"hr
., franc, surm'unlel nv h'a strongly re
" scmlilng TIA OF SncfauN' anu 'o'erel WIZ
II a WHIT silky beard anu lnxurIaht gray nan
Il Yet Green, the iatltr OF iish culture
picture OF health, ana the reporter couil NJ
n. lc'pIennrhi s So -.
4 IT yol hal seen me Tie last winter MI
sriug, Young man, You might have though
uf differently, sad the veteran
How l. that One woud THINK, To loo
m. at yon, that slc'icsi was som thing Of who
you knew nothing.
:, " And 80 il was until last winter. ] WEI
~ down Into ida in the fall To see what kit
We Of fish they had III that S'a and study tae
habits AMI wHs allncI "a with malaria III
60 everest lo'In' anu WEI AM n'c, NUNS
al "a A., A., WV LIZ ,i'''' ~, W, m'G t''"'
ne S'm' M(, nrtus'j VIZ Vca' '' I, u,
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his '".'s ~ Sic. >" - Artificial H.,
lo ,,o,,y iiinn, mt p a' ",'a ,I"oato ~
or, pri,,hri ~ "v ,,ns c,m,,o,"iv oroi ",
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ian ,aril ana an, nnppy 10 say ! am wen u. ~
h. 49,, - g. ca 90 ~, ~ io Nv
!, NJ thn most uonahIo of n,odio;noD ivdaoJ
!" sao ~ T., i,So,sai h,, NO IT,;,n g, .,e
TO oaj ",i,,"o Of No, V y''u anS ,,at NJ, ,v
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en-. or,ic,o oc nin" i,s w,I" "'''" II
md d" Ala ora ,,,,,, now o' ,,,au nc f,,,o,,,,
Nv nmuo "'r YOU CIV ~" ~ "o' t uo 'o,mS
ON 80 80, ,o Wv ny - a W. NV IL
,cr- ''so o " ,euU ni,i " W 0, hsis
al, pnu question more low many pong
"Snn''eyou hore' anu now "re 'he' uiV'a'
"Wcll, We have fortythree ponds, VIII
are divided upasfollow Twenty-Five POI
ror four Of McCloud river or rainbow trout.
mn. ponds of German trout, three OF Cain
-, na mountain trout, two ponds
But aid threc-luarters brook trout, two POI
10 of coli iI.h nnd ono nonI ~ earn Then