Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-12-01
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE
sofhe Green's Ideas About the Kinny
T1tbe and Some OF HIS varied
FL .vienceO.
TUT Ffftd and Fanny

Low bESAi wa |Apo
large enough to bend q Il"
The above remark was addres9 ed 10 Nj.
Seth Green, the veteran fish culturist, who Is
known TO the entire world, AMI his reply iniI-
Gates the extent OF bis labors-
when | was quite young" he coptinued,
II woull lie on the limbs OF trees that
reached out over the water entire aft RI > rs,
wat hing the co ,veTents OF fish and stBdving
their habits. In this way l discovered may
characteristics which were before unknO yn.
l saw. as every observer must Sc, the de-
structive elements tina, are warning against
fish. and l rea'Hed that unless solEet j z was
done the life in the streams o this count-y
would becoma extinct. IL cou teract Ills
disas- rous end became nv Ife-wo K. an |
am happy to say that l have sen it, accom-
plishment."
"Were YOU successful on the startT'
mo, indeel. Up TO that time al arti1 TAT
attempts to hatch and raise fish from he
spawn had failed, and I wa compell-l to ex-
prriment IN a entirely new manner. Tie
work was a careful and tedious one, b1t |
finally succeedel 1, AMI to-day | am abe 10
latch and raise fully seventy-ive Ier cent. Of
al spawn
Enormous WHY, that Is a larger ver-
centaee than either the vege a 10 or
animal kingdoms produce In a natural con
dition."
:" know it. but we exercise the greatest
| care in the start. and guard the little Eel ows
until they become ableto care for them
selvea.n
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia. where the repre~e tative II tnl'
Iaper was paying a Visit to the STATE ilsh
hai cheri.a. 1t has been his privilege to re-
| port very many intereStln 8 hts WITH the
past twpl ty-five years, but the V ew pre-
sentei here exceeds III interest al!ytLl- 4 ever
bel, re attempted
"How many f1h are there In those ponds,
Mr.. Green
49, 1900 z--%~ =. NV
them it will be impossible to say. Thy ex-
tend way up In the millions thou h. We
shipped over three mil ions cut + The p Ms
this year and there seemed u be as y any a
terward as before. We have nea y every
variety of the trout family and many n.y.
"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 an am still
wOl king upon it. We crosstae female IA mon
trout wi h tho male brook trout. and thus
produce a hybrid. Then we cross the by
brid with the Erook trout, viii h Cives as
three-quarter brock trout a41 on ua ter
salmon trout. This uate> oie IF the lines:
fAhes in the world. He has all the habits Of
the brook trout, lives in both streams and
lakes, develops vernlillion spots on HI, sides,
rises read " to q fly, Is far more vigorous and
fully One-third larger than ordinary brook
trout of the same age. the possibilities of
development in the Il h word are areit, and
we a~e ra,idty q ceItaIniny villa. they are. "
AS the man Of news "atche tn. colnte-
nance Of MIR. Green while he "as & wing The
above account, he cou d not bur feel thai he
was in the presence of one Of the few ilves-
tigators who, from a rich and lifelong expe-
rience, bring z Ieat benefit to the word. Let
the lelder imagine q strong aid stalwart
frame, surmounted bv a hea strongly re-
sombling that OF Socrates, and covere with
a whit, silky beard and luxuriant gray hair.
Seth Green, the father of fish culture, is q
picture of health, and the reporter could not
Lelp remarkirR 80.
IF you had seen me the last winter and
srring, young man, You might have thought
differently" said the veteran.
GLOW is thatl One wou d think, to look
at you, that sickness was som thing Of which
you knew nothing"
"And 80 it was until last winter. | went
down into Florida in the fall to sec what XII nc
of fish they had in that S a e and study t ell
habits, and was attacked with malaria in il
everest form, and when | oama home | re
ali cd for the first time III my life that | wa.
SICK. My symptoms were terrible. l hat
dull, aching pains in my head, limbs an
around my back. My appetite was who'll,
gone, and | felt a lack Of ener y su b as / hat
!. often heard dtscr. bed but had never exp-r.
enced. Any one who has ever al a severe
Attack of malaria can appreciate my cOndi
, tlon. l went to bed and remained there al
spring, and il there ever was a sick man
was the one"
cit seems hardly possible. How did 20,
|, come to recover so completelyr'
My brother, who had been afflicted by
} severe kidney trouble anil threatened viii
Bright's dis ase, was completely cured by
remedy in which / had great coufi lence.
therefore tried the same remedy for my me
aria, and am happy to say l am a well ma
to-day, and throu b the ality c
Warmers Safe Cure, which b. Eeve to be or
] OF the most valuable of medicines. Indeed,
zee it is indorsel by the Unitel States med
ca college of New York, and that DR.. Gum
Dc an of that institution, has written a ion
article concerning its value"
And are you now az well as formerlyln
"ApParently so. keep the remedy 0
bate IT, recommend it to others"
d "One question more. How many ponds
ush have you here, and how are they divided
!, "Well, We have forty three ponds. vino
" are divided up as follows, Twenty-Five ponC
Ii OF brook trout. two ponds of salmon trou
-FOUR OF McClond rlveror rainbow trout Nv
z ponds OF German trout, three OF Calf
ma mountain trout, two ponds
8 h, birds, four Of ~onequarter saline
and th~ree-quarters brook trout. two pom
y OF gold fish and one pom | If Carp. Then "
II have what we call the centennial ponl
happy family consist NJ Of crosses # q
, Lc4eiit iou. IHCiuIlnC keilnt Dec taftlpD, lal
IL Locked salmon, Ca ifornia salmon. hrot
!, trout, salmon trout AMI hyhri Is. Thee Fl
:. range in SIZE from minnows to eightee
b FOUNDERS, and in age from one and on h.
, months TO eleven years. l forgot
: saw. alsn. that we have a 'hoeIi q
l. pond, which is entirely empty, WIFI h spa
o pretty well for a com,nun ty Of many III
hons Indeed the " hoe secret Of fish cu'tl
u can be summed uI' in four things I'm rrgu
d u'n,-uslng no water Plen'y II f1t
Plenty Of pure water and clean iaass"
The numerous fish exhibitions which a
J. taking place in all ar Of Europe and t
- unusual interest which is icing manifested
this subject throughout the world al o,
their orr in to the pr.ces atrv. les rl'e i
20 originated and conducted by Sch Gr,&
II is certainly cause for c,ngrarhtion
every American that this c ubtry Or
s. dures SO many men whose GEM = RI
:, value to the wo Id. and It l. proc: positive
= the gra est merit that a r.nn,iy even WI
u such high standing a. Warner "a + Cur
\ known to have. hou!d t- sp>;r aug y ini ~
ard recommended by one SO re,u:abl. a,
"a rLishle Is Seth GPen-
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