The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1883-11-08
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE.
.c:r c:recn'6 E1cas About the Einny
TTbc ana SoMc os fEiS Varied
Experiences.
{7mJ, Field and Earm.)

"How did you ever come to devise thls
sche,ncm
~ have beer working at it ever since was
lar@c enough 10 bend PIN
The above remark was addressed to Mr.
Seth Green, the veteran fish culturist who IS
known to the entire word, and his reply lndl-
Gates the extent of his labors.
"When was quite young" he continued,
Il woull lie on the limbs of trees that
reached out over the water entire afternoons,
wat hing the movements of fish and studying
| Their habits, In this way discovered many
! characteristics which were before unknown.
| l saw. as every observer must see, the de-
| strucGive elements that are warning against
| FISH, and I Tta.iZed 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 l have seen its accom-
| plishment."
"Were you successful on the start?'
mo, indeed. Up to that time all artificial
attempts to hatch aGGt 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
batch end raise fully seventy-fve Fer cent of
al spawn"
centa2e than either the vese able or
|
dilion."
II know it, but we exercise tho greatest
| care in the Start and guard the little fellows
Until they become able to care fo- them
Selves
The foregoing conversation occurred at
| Caledonia, where the representative Of this
Eaper was paying q visit to the State fish
hatcheries. lthas been his privilege to re-
| port very many interestin; sights within the
past twenty-five years, but the view pre-
sente1 here exceeds in interest anything ever
before attempted.
Glow many fish are there in those ponds,
| Mr.. Green 2"
GAS we have never attempted to count
them it will be impossible to say. They ex-
| tend way up in the millions though. 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
bridsn
"You speak Of hybrids Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that o.
II have experimental for years in cross.
iEg the breed Of the various fish and am still
| working upon it. We cross the female salmon
trout wi h the male brook trout, and thus
produce hybrid. Then we cross the hy-
| brid with the brook trout, which gives US
! thrce-Quartcr 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 beth streams and
! lakes t!evelspS SverTpillion spots en- his sides,
| rises readily to fly, is far more vigorous and
| fully one-third larger than ordinary brook
| trout Of the same age. The possibilities of
| development in the fish world are great, and
We a:e RAPIDLY ascertaining what they are"
As the man OF news watched the counte-
nance Of Mr.. Green while ne was giving the
above account, he could not but feel that he
was in the presence Of one OF the few inve5-
| ticators wn2, from rich ard lifelong cxpe-
ricuce, bring great benefit to the world. Let
| the render imagine strong and sta!wart
| franc, surmouuted by head strongly re-
| se.nblirg that of Socrates, and covered with
| white silky beard and luxuriant gray hair.
| Seth Green, the father of fish culture, is q
| picture Of health, and the reporter could not
| help remarkinS So.
"If you had seen me tie last winter and
! S!rring, young man, You might have thought
differently" said the veteran.
How Is that! One would think, to look
| at you, that Sickness vas om.thing Of which
| you knew nothing"
"And SO it was until last winter. went
| down into Florida III the fall to see what kind
| of fish they had in that Sac and study their
| habits; and was attacked with malaria in its
| severest torm and when came home re-
aiFzed T5f n my 1its t!1at was
dull, aching pains IN my head, limbs and
around my back. My appetite was wholly
gone, and felt lack Of energy such as had
often heard described but had never expert
enced Any one who hes ever had severe
attack Of malaria can appreciate my condl-
ton. wertto bed and remained there all
spring, and if there ever was O sick man
was the one."
alt seems hardly possible. How did you
come to recover so completclyF
my brother, who hal been afflicted by
severe kidney trouble and threatened with
Bright's disease was completely cured by a
remedy in which 1 had great confidence.
therefore tried the same remedy for my ma
laria, and am happy to say l am well man
to-day, and through the lnstrunlentality Of
Warmers Safe Cure, which b.lieve to be one
of the most valuable of medicines. Inleed.
see it is indorsed by the United States medl-
?al college of New York, and that DR.. Gunn,
dean of that institution, has written long
article concerning its value"
"And are you now a. well as formerlym
.Apparently SO. keep the remedy on
hand all the while, though, and do not hesi-
tate to recommend it to Others"
"One question more. How many ponds Of
fish have you here, and how arc they divided:n
"Wen, we have forty-three ponds, which
are divided upas follows: Twenty-Five pond;
of brook trout, two ponds. of salmon trout
four of McCloud river or rainbow trout, two
ponds of German trout, three Of Califor-
MIA mountain trout, two ponds of
hybrids, four of one-quarter salmon
aid three-quarters brook trout, two ponds
of gold fish and one pond Of Carp. Then we
have what we call the centennial pond or
happy family consisting of crosses Of diff
fereMt fish, including Kenncb bee salmon, Land
Locked salmon, California salmon, brook
trout, salmon trout and hybrils. These fish
range in size from minnows to eighteen
Founders, and in age from one and one-half
months to eleven years. 1 forgot to
say, also, that we have hospital
pond, which is entirely empty, which speaks
pretty we'll for q community of many mil
lions. Indeed the whole secret of fish culture
can be summed up in four things. 1mpregna-
tion,-using no water. Plenty of food,
Plenty of pure water and cleaDiccss."
The numerous fish exhibitions which are
taking place in all paris of Europe and tie
unusual interest which is being manifested in
this subject throughout the world all owe
their origin to the process above described as
ORIGINATED and conducted by Seth Green.
1t is certainly cause for congratulation to
every American that this country pro-
duceS so many men whose genius brings
value to the void, and it is proos positive Of