Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-26

seth Green's Ideas About the Finny
Tribe and Some of His Varied Expert
enees.


Tribe and some of His Varied Expert
enees.
Turf. Field aud FGrr.
How did you ever come 10 devise this
/ scheme: -
Il have been working at it ever since
Z was large enough TO bend pun.
The above remark was addressed 10 MI
I seth Green. the veterae fish culturist. who
/ Is known 70 the entire world, ana ms Te-
ply indicates the extent Of his laoOTs.
3 Nv hen | was quite young, ne contlh-
ued, i would lie on the limbs OF trees
I that reached out over the water entire
afternoons. watching the movements OF
the fish and studying their HABITS. IN tnls
way / discovered many charaeterlsucs
which were before unknown saw, as
every observer must see. the destructive
I elements that are warning against nsh,
and l realized that unless something We're
done. the like in the streams Of this coun-
trE would become extinct. To eounteract
this disastrous end became my life work.
and l am happy TO say l have seen It's ac-
cOmplishment."
( Were YOU successful on the start:''
NO, indeed. Up 10 that time all artl1-
I cial attempts 10 hatch and raise nsh from
+ the spawn had failed. and l was COM
/ PEELED TO experiment in an entirely new
manner. The work was careful ana
tedious one, but l finally succeeded,
n anu tt-AdN dll azure u AAANA e-AA~A -t-N7~
I fully 10 per cent. Of all spawn.
Enormous, Why that is larger per-
I centage than either the vegetable or ami
+ nal kingdoms produce in natural con-
/ dition.'
4 know it, but we exercise the great
I est care in the start. and guard the little
/ fellows until they become able TO care
I for themselves"
The foregoing conversation occurred at
} ffq1EdOnIQ Vvharn the representative OF
I this paper was paving a visit to the state
I fish hatcheries. 1t has been his privilege
( to report very many interesting sights
within the past . years, out the view pre-
1 scented here exceeds in interest anything
I ever before attempted.
.'HOw many fish are there in those
I ponds, Mr.. Green:'
''As we have never attempted to count
( them it will be impossible to say. They
/ extend way up into the millions though.
/ We shipped over 3. 600, 900 out of the ponds
/ this year and there seemed to be as many
afterward 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"
Il have experimental for years in cross
ing the breed Of the various fish and am
still working upon it. We cross the
female salmon trout with the male brook
trout, and thus produce a hybrid. Then
we cross the hybrid with the brook trout,
which give 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, deYelOpes
yermillIOn spots on his sides, rises readily
to fv, is far more vigorous and fully
one-third larger than ordinary brook trout
Of the same age. The possibilities OF de-
in tho il world CrrGqf and
we are rapidly ascertaining what they
are"
AS the man Of news watched the cOun-
tenance 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
lifelong experience, bring great benefit to
the world. Let the reader imagine strong
and stalwart frame, surmOunted by
head strongly resembling that of SOcra-
ties. and covered with white silky beard
and luXurant gray hair. Seth Green, the
father Of fish culture, is picture Of health,
and the reporter could not help remarking
50.
If you had seen me last winter and
spring, young man, you might nave
thought differently" said the veteran.
Glow is thatE 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 i realized for the first
time i'm my life that | was sick. My symp-
toms were terrible. l had dull, aching
pains in my head, limbs and around my
back. Nv appetite was wholly gone, and
] felt a lack of energy such as l had often
heard described but had never expert
enced. ANY one who has ever had Sc
we're attack Of malaria can appreciate my
condition. ] went to bed and remained
there all the spring, and if there ever was
a sick man | was the one"
1T seems hardly possible. How did
you come to recover so cOmpletely!"
'sMy brother, who had been afflicted by
a severe kidney trouble and threatened
with Bright's disease was completely
cured by a remedy in which / had great
confidence. ] therefore tried the same
remedy for my malaria, and am happy to
say that / am a well man to-day and
through the fundamentally of Warmers
Safe Cure, which believe to be one Of the
most valuable of medicines. Indeed, l
see 1t is Endorsed by the United States
! Medical College Of New York, and that
Dr. Gum, Dean of that Institution, has
written a long article concerning its
value"
"And are yOunOw as well as formerly"
apparently so. ! keep the remedy on
hand all the while, though, and do not
hesitate to recommend it to others"
zone question more: How many ponds
of fish have you here and how are they
divided:'
.'Well. we have 43 ponds, which are d.
yided up as follows: - ponds of brook
! trout, , ponds of salmon trout, of
/ McCloud river or rainbow trout. ponds
Of German trout, 3 Of California noun
tain trout, , ponds of hybrids, 4 of
| OLe-quarter salmon and three-quarters
| brook trout, ponds Of gold fish, and l
/ pond of carp. Then we have what we
| call the centennial pond or happy family
| consisting Of crosses Of different fish, in
| Guiding Kennebec salmon, Land Locked
| salmon California salmon, brook trout,
salmon trout and hybrids. These fish
I range in size from minnOws to lS-pOunders,
| and in age from One-and-one-half months
| to eleven years. | forgot to say, also,
! that we have hospital pond. which IS
| entirely empty, which speaks pretty we'll
I for community Of many millions. In
! deed the whole secret of fish culture can
| be summed up in four things. Impregna-
| tiOn-usng no water. Plenty of food.
| Plenty Of pure water and cleanliness.
The numerous fish exhibitions which
| are taking place in all parts of Europe
! and the unusual interest which is being
manifested in this subject throughout the
world all owe their origin to the process
above described as originated and con-
Quoted by Seth Green. 1t is certainly
cause for cOngratulatiOn to every Ameri-
can that this country produces so many
men whose genius brings value to the
world, and it is proof positive of the great
est merit that a remedy even with such
high standing as Warmers Safe Cure is
known to have should be so strongly in
dOrsed and recommended by one so re-
putable and reliable as Seth Green.
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