The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-10-11
THE FATHER OF F1sH.CULTURE.

THE FATHER OF FISH.CULTURE.
Seth GfesH,s ideas About the Finny Tribe
and Some of His Vafied Ef-
periences. |
Turf, Field and Farm.1
GLOW did you ever come to devise this
sehetaeW Il
III bavs been working at 1t eyer since /
was large enouER to bend d pin:D
The above rgmark was addressed to MI:
Seth Green, the veteran fish culturist, who
is known to the. entire world, and his reply
ii aWhss the ext sSten an # pig S 5aDGrs; he con.
tinued, 81 would lie on the limbs CT trees
that reached out over the water entire
afternoons watching the movements OF the
fish and studying their habits. In this way
/ discovered many characteristics which
were before Unknown. saw, as every OBJ
Server must see, the Destructive elements
that are. warning against fish, and L reai-
lied that Unless something were done, the
life In the s%tteafif OF this ee1ntry w9uid
trots end became my life work; and l atf
happy, to SLY I have seen its accomplish
ment." ~, ..,:
"Were you successful On the ~start,ss" -.
"No, indeed. Up to that time an aftf-
fetal attempts to hatch and raise fish from
the spawn had failed, and l was compelled
to experiment in an entirely new manner.
Thu work was a careful and tedious one,
but | finally succeeded, and to-day l am
able to hatch and false fully seYenty-hve
per cent. IF all SHAWN"
.Enormousi Whyy that is d larger per
eentage than either the Vegetable IF ami
NAL kingdoms produce IN a natural CON-
dition:"
II know it, but We exercise the greatest
care in the start, and guard the little. fell;
lows until they become able to care for
themselves"
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia, where the representative of this
paper was paying a visit to the State Fish
Hatcheries. 1t has been his privilege to
report very many interesting sights within
| the past twenty-five years, but the Wow
PRESENTED here exceeds In interest anything
ever before attempted.
"How many fish are there in those ponds;
Mr.. Green!"
"As we rave never attempted to eount
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
fiiny afterwsrd as before. We have near.
ly every variety Ut the trout family and
many h%ybrids."
"You speak of hybrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that"
"Ihave experimental for years in cross
ing the breed ofthe various fish, and am still
working upon it. We cross the female sal
mon trout with the fiia1e brook trout, and
\ DuuS pTOUuC6 a HY DTlus lu6H we CIOSS, III
hybrid with the brook trout, which gives
us ~three-quarter brook trout and one quar-
ter salmon trout. This makes one of the
finest fishes in the world. He has all the
habits of the brook trout, lives in both
s~trediis and lakes, develops vermilion
spots on his sides, rises Readily to a hyt Is
far more vigorous and fully 6ne-third
larger than ordinary brook trout of the
same age. The possibilities of develop
ment in the fish world are great, and we
orn rnnt11u ncoarto fntn N v-h n r. fhnu - ~
AS the man of news watched the counte-
nance of Mr.. Czech while he was giving
the above account, he could not bub feel
that he was in the presence of one of the few
long experience, bring great benefit to the
world. Let the reader imagine a strong
and stalwart frame, surmounted by q head
strongly resembling that of Socrates, and
covered with a white, silky beard and lux.
uriant gray hair. Seth Green, the father
of fish culture, is a picture of health, and
the +, porter could not help remarking so.
"If you ha seen me the last winter and
spring, young man, you might have
"How is that? One would think, to look
at you, that sickness was something of
which you knew nothing"
And so It was until last winter. I 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
al Id LII l. L 1OIUl, LII WhOh 1
came home l realized for the first time in
my life that l was sick. My symptoms
were terrible. 1 had dull aching pains in
my head, limbs and around my back. My
OF energy such as I had ofton heard de.
scribed but had never experienced. Any
one who has ever had q severe attack OF
malaria can appreciate my condition. i
went to bed and remained there all the
spring, and if there ever was a sick man /
was the one."
sit seems hardly possible. How did you
come to recover SO completelyW
"My brother, who had been afflicted by a
severe kidney trouble and threatened with
Bright's disease, was completely cured by
a remedy in which l had great confidence.
l therefore tried the sam remedy for my
malaria and am happy to say l am a well
man to-day and through the Instrument
tality of Warmers Safe Cure, which l be.
lieve to be one of the mostvaluable of med
icines. Indeed, 1 see it is endorsed by the
United States Medical College of New
York, and that DR.. Gum, dean of that in
stitution, has written a long article con-
corning its value"
"And are you now as well as former
ly"
apparently so. keep the remedy on
hand all the while though, and do not hest
tate to recommend it to Others"
"One question more: How many pond:
of fish have you here and how are they di
vided?n
swell we have 43 ponds. which are di
vided up as follows: Twenty-Five pond.
of brook trout, 2 ponds of salmon trout,
of McCloud river or rainbow trout,
ponds of German trout, 8 of Californi;
mountain trout, 2 ponds of hybrids, 4 O
o~ne-quarter salmon aud t~hree-quarter:
brook trout, 2 ponds of gold fish, and
pond of Carp. Then we have what we cal
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 hybfids. These fsl
range in size from minnows to 1S-pound
months to eleven years. l forgot to SAY
also, that we AVE a hospital pond, which
is entirely empty, which speaks prett.
well for a community of many millions
Indeed the whole secret of the fish cultur
can be summed up in four things. I'm
= pregnation-using no. water. Plenty o
food. Plenty of pure water and cleanli
ness" . EF
The numerous fish exhibitions which ar,
taking place in all parts of Europe and tn
unusual interest, which is being manifest
ed in this subject throughout the world
all owe their origin to the process abov
lsdescribed as originated and conducted b,
Seth Green. 1t is certainly cause for con
graduation to every American that thi
country produces so many men who's
genius brings value to the world, and it
proof positive of the greatest merit that
remedy even with such high standing a
Warmers Safe Cure is known to hav
should be so strongly endorsed and recon
l mended by one so reputable and reliabl
as Seth Green.
Wells Trough on Corns." 15c. Ask for i
Complete, permanent cure, COrnS, union.