The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-11-24

Seth Green's Ideas ADouL the f1uny IrlOc
and some OF His Varied Egg
periences.
Turf. Field and Farm.l
SHOW did you ever come to devise this
al have been working at it ever since I
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
indicates the extent of his labors.
"When ] was quite young" he con-
tinued, ~ would lie on the limbs OF trees
that reached out over the water entire
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 real
ized that unless something were done, the
life in the streams of this country would
become extinct. To counterfeit this disas-
trous end became my life work, and am
happy to say have seen its accomplish
ment."
sswere you successful on the startw
"No, indeed. Up 70 that time all arti-
fetal attempts to hatch and raise fish from
the spawn had failed. and was compeiled
TO experiment in an entirely now manner.
The work was careful and tedious one,
but finally succeeded, and to-day l am
able to hatch and raise fully seventy-fve
per cent. OF all spawn"
Enormous Why, that is a larger per
cenfsge than either the vegetable or ami
NAL kingdoms produce In a natural con-
dition.n
al know it, bu. we exercise the greatest
care in the start, and guard the little fell
lows until they become able 10 care Tor
themselves"
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia, where the representative OF this
paper was paying visit TO the state Fish
report very many interesting sights within
the past twenty Ave years, but the view
presented here exceeds In interest anything
ever before attempted.
"How many fish are there nthose ponds,
Mr.. Greenw
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
ponds this year, and there seemed to be as
many aftsrward as before. We have near,
many hybrids.0
"You speak of hybrids. Mr.. Green. What
do You mean by thatf"
81 have experimented for years in Cross
| ing the breed of the various fish, and am still
working upon 1t. We cross the female sal,
mon trout with the ma1o brook trout, and
thus produce hybrid. Then we cross the
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
streams and lakes, develops vermilion
| spots on hts ST les, rises readily to NY. 4.
! far more vigorous and fully one-tnird
larger than ordinary brook trout OF the
same age. The possibilities of develop
| NEST in the fish world are great, and We
are rapidly ascertatning what they are"
| Al the man of news watched the counte
nance of Mr.. Green while he was givine
! the above account, he could not but feel
| that he was in the presence of one OF the few
| investigators who, from q rich aud life
long experience, bring great benefit to th'
| world. Let the reader imagine . strong
| and stalwart frame, surmounted by heat
| strongly resembling that OF Socrates, ant
| covered with white, silky beard and lux
| uriant gray hair. Seth Green. the fathel
| Of ash culture, IL q picture Of health. and
| the reporter could not help remarking so
| "H you had seen me the last winter and
spring. young man, you might hav'
I! thought differently" said the veteran.
| "How Is that? One would think, 20 lool
/ q. goa, that sickness was something ol
| whtch yeu knew nothing"