Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE,
so'h Green's Idens About the Flnny
Tribe and Some Of His Varied
Experiences.

81 have been working at it ever since was
large enough to bend pin"
The above remark was addressed to Mr..
Seth Green, the veteran fish culturist, who Is
known to the entire world, and his reply indi-
Gates 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 of fish and studying
their habits In this way discovered many
characteristics which were before unknown.
saw, as every observer must see, the de-
structive elements that are warning against
fish, and realized that unless something was
done the life in the streams Of this country
would become extinct To Counteract this
disastrous end became my life-work, and |
am happy to say that have seen its accom-
plishment.n
&C Were you successful on the startlo
." No, 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 an entirely new manner The
work was careful and tedious one, but |
finally succeeded, and to-day am able to
hatch and raise fully seventy-five per cent. of
Enormous Why, that is a larger per-
centage than either the vege able or
animal Kingdoms produce in natural con-
dition.n
81 know it, but we exercise the greatest
care in the start, and guard the little fellows
until they become able to care for them
Selves
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia, where the representative of this
paper was paying visit to the State fish
hatcherits. 1t has been his privilege to re-
port very many interesting sights within the
past twenty-five years, but the view pre-.
sentei here exceeds in interest anything ever
before attempted,
How many fish are there in those ponds
Mr.. Green I"
"As we have never attempted to count
them 1t will he impossible to say. They ex-
tend way up in the millions thou III. We
shipped over three millions out Of the ponds
this year and there seemed to be as many af.
terward as before We have nearly every
variety of the trout family and many by
birds"
"You speak Of hybrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that
81 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 hybrid, Then we cross the hy-
brid with the Lrolk trout, which gives us
Snin,o,di 800 T I'm ',G"U al' 0heIl''trter
fisLas i, tLo ,,orn H. To- om a., ~ ~ .ii'CSS
thn I,.no Nv to,,t i,,os III ' ''.I ''.c luolts Vi
lakes, develops vermllion spots on his sides,
rises readily to a fly, is far more vigorous and
fully one-third larger than ordinary brook
trout of the same are. The possibilities of
development in the fish world are great, and
we are rapidly ascertaining what they are
As the man Of rews watched the counte-
above Account he "omid nnt h't 50, O no
. t., Nv lloV Ply leei liiaU ne
tiootnrs via from r oo and nd Iu ro em lres
,,;orno i,,, ,.oat ,,,ont ' Wv my 0Nlc
Tho o,ior sto w r'o mol ~ Icy
Frame s,,rpnmn1oI Nv hs "llu HurL"ulU
somhlino tbotnf Sao,,o fos nd y.i ~
n ybit Sill, hnorI o,I i,,,n '.i' "iHn
sati Croon tI'o rothn', nG ~ 49, n"ii
r;ntrro of ooit oI a., ,a na, 70
o,u W ii. "'o ''ie 'epo''ci cou'' hoO
"e.P T., toi.loihi,l ".
s,,;,, you ia', sven ,'lc uhe itsT winter anu
5i fTs, NV I'll i,it "u mSV naNe 'noushC
I. unu .k S"n, 'L wv ,''el"n .,.,.
~ ,.',I - ''i;'y o.u "nu' u,iiuh' 10 TOOK
"o 3J ,o ,,,',Y thin was SUN '''no vi WHICH
'Vt' N N,,G" 90 , y NM u,. .... r,
down nto Mani, i,,' tho ''' 81, Ti.er WenI
aPW T ito rLolita III the lHll TO see what kind
loI
ilaol.o ",.l was at,ucIcu WIN lhaiar!a IN Its
sIielGes norlli' .ha Mnen came nome re-
an Gu ,ol INC llsV ll'i'e III my me that was
SICK NY symptoms were terrible. had
uuli, acullG pans IN my head, limbs and
arou'iu my PACK MY appetite was wholly
gone anu i,iI a IacE OIL energy such as had
oltei heard u scf'ped nut mad never expert
enceu, ANY one VINO has ever had severe
a eioa OF malara can appreciate my condi,,
tIoli. "Giit 10 pel anu remained there all
sprl"S' anu IL 'he!e eNe' was SICK man |
was the one.
IL seems ilardiy possible. How did you
coilie 10 recover so completely"
MY Drother, VINO had been afflicted by a
severe kinney trouble and threatened with
brlshJs disease, was completely cured by a
remedy III winch had great confidence /
therefore Tried the same remedy for my ma
mria, ana am happy t., say am well man
IW-uuy, alii throu-h tAe lns'runen'ality ot
orller sale oure Which believe TO be one
Oh 'ne mot valuable OF medicine Indeed, |
see IL Is lnoorSen ny tho tnltei States medi-
ca! colisGe OF New YORK, ami that br. Gum,
uean Oh mat INSTITUTION, has written long
artlc,e coho eihlNg It's value
:, ana are you now as well as formerly"
ApPareh'lF So Keep the remedy on
NUM- ail the Whlle, though, and do not hesi.
'ate 10 recommend 1t to others
A., pne question more How many ponds o
hsn ii,Vn you mere ana now are they Gividel'
, 1 M,ii' We l"Nt iprtN -tiIrte PONDS "hlch
% W., intu u1"a loioNa' twenty-five ponus
e. Sa uioSH tr"nU, IMo P,nus o., saliIlon trout,
,oui VI "cSluuu river or railpo" trou2 Two
po.i'' vi ue'ilia'' 'iouV' threc u Saliol
h, i,,ii i,''"'i r u""V, TWO lohus VI