Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-02
THE FATHER OF FISH-CULTURE.

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THE FATHER OF FISH-CULTURE.
Seth Green's Ideas about the Finny Tribe and
some Of His Varied Experiences.
lIurf, Field aud Farm
:" Hoy did you ever come to devise this
scheme
II have been working at il ever since was
large enough t" bend pin.
The al"vc remark WAS addressed to Mr..
Seth Green, the veteran fish cu,turist, who is
known to the entire world, and his reply indi
cafes the extent Of his lahors.
When | was quite young, he continued,
d" would lie IN the limb, of trees chat reached
out over the water entire afternoons Watching
the movements Of the fish and studying their
habits. In this way ! discovered many char
act,ristics WHICH were before unknown. ! saw,
us every observer must see, til" destructive
elements that waring against fish. and
realized that unless something were done. the
life in the streams of .Ilis country would be-
come extinct. To counteract this disastrous
end became my life work, ard ! am happy ID
say have seen its accomplishment.
"WeIc you successful on the start
No indeed. Up to that time all artificial
attempts to hatch and raise fish frow the spawn
had failed and WAS compelled to experiment
careful and tedious one, but | finally sue
ceeded, and to-day | am able to hatch and
raise fully seventy-tive per cent of all spawn.
/" Enormous Why, that is larger per
ccntagc than either the vegetable 81 animal
kingdom produce in a natural condition"
81 know it, but we exercise the greatest
care in the start, and guard the little fellows
until they become able t. care for themselves
The foregoing conversation occurred ut Cal
90, .ha, TN, N nf fb;.
was paying visit tn the State fish hatcheries
1t has been his privilege t. report very many
interesting sights within the past twenty five
wears, but the view presented here exceeds in
interest any thing ever hefore attempted.
How many fish are there in those 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
three millions out Of the pond this year and
there seemed to he as many aft.rwar'l as be-
fore We have nearly every variety OF the
trout family and many hybrids.
You speak of hyhrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that?'
- have experimental for years in crossing
the breed of the various fish anil am still work
i'll. upon it. We cross the female salmon
trout with the male brook trout, and thus pro-
duce a hybrid Then we cross the hybrid
with the brook trout, which gives us three
quarters brook trout and one-quarter salmon
trout This makes one Of the finest fishes III
the world. lie has all the habits Of the brook
trout live, in both streams and lakes, devel-
opes vermillon spots on his sides. rises readily
to tiy, i, far more vigorous and fully "ne-thlrd
larger than ordinary brook trout of the same
age The possibilities Of development in the
| fish world are great and we are rapidly aScer-
tanning what they are.
| As the man Of news watched the countcu-
ance 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 lew inNestl-
gators who, from lich and lifelong expert
| ence. bring great benefit to the world. Let
| the reader imagine n strong aud staiwart
| frame. surmountcd by a head strongly resent
bling that of Socrates. and covered with 4
| white silky beard and Iuxuriant gray hair.
Seth Green, the father of fish culture, is a pic
ture of health and the reporter could not help
4cmarking So.
"If you had seen me the las. winter and
| spring, young man, YOU might have thought
| differently said the veteran.
. How is that: One would think, tn look
| at you, that sickness Wa; something OF which
you knew nothing"
"And SO it was until last winter. l went
down into Florida IN the fall to see what kind
of fish they had in that State and study their
habits and w.s attacked with malaria III Its
severe st form, and when | came home real
| lied for the first time in my life that | was
sick. My symptoms WERE terrible. l had
| dull, aching pains in my head, limbs and
| gone and felt lack of energy such rs l had
often heard described hut had never expert
enced.. Any one who has ever had n severe
| 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
at seems hardly possible How did you
| cone to recover 50 completely!
| My brother, who had been afflicted by a
severe kidney trouble aud threatened with
| Brigh.'s disease was completely cured by a
| remedy in which | had great confidence. |
| therefore tried the same remedy for my NAL
| aria and am happy t. say am a well man to-
| day, and through the instrumentality Of War
| ner's Safe Cure, which l believe to be one of
| the most valuable of medicines. Indeed, see
| it is endorsed hy the United States Medical
College Of New York. and that DIR. Gum,
dean of that institution, has written n long ar
| tic G concerning its value
Aud are You now rs well ~ formerly
Apparently SO. l keep the remedy On
hand all the while though and do not hesitate
| to recommend it to others.
One question more. How many ponds of
fish have You here and how are they divided =
We'll, wehave 10 ponds, which are divided
up as follows - ponds of brook trout. ponds
of salmon trout, of McCloud river or rainbow
trout, 2 ponds of German trout, 3 of California
mountain trout. ponds of hybrils, of one
| quarter salmon and three-quarters brook trout,
= rondc of gold fish. and | pond of Carp.
| Then we have what we call the Centennial
| pond or happy family. consisting of crosses
Of different fish, including kennebec salmon,
Land Locked salmon, California saln OF, brook
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