The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-19
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE.
sctn Green's Ideas About the EiDny
Tribe and Some of His Varied
Experiences.

have been working at it ever since was
large enough to bend a PIN
The above remark was addressed to Mr..
sem Green, the veteran fish culturist, who is
known to the entire world, and his reply indi-
Gates the extent of his labors.
When | was quite young" he continued,
II would lie on the limbs of trees that
reached out over the water entire afternoons,
watching the movements of fish and studying
their habits In this way discovered many
characteristics which were before unknown
saw. as every observer must see, the de-
structive elements that are warning against
flsh, and l realized 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 l
am happy to say that have seen its accom-
plishment.n
Were you successful on the start!'
" No, indeed. Up to that time all artificial
attempts to hatch and 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 l
finally succeeded. and to-day l am able to
batch and raise fully seventy-fve per cent. of
all spawn"
" Enormous Why, thai is a larger per-
centage than either the vege able or
animal kingdoms produce in a natural con-
diton"
g | know it, but we exercise the greatest
care i'll the start, and guard the little fellows
until they become able to care for them
Selves
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia, where the represe native of this
paper was paying visit to the State fish
hatcherics. 1t has been his privilege to re-
port very many interesting sights within the
past twenty-five years, but the view pre-
scented here exceeds in interest ANYTHING ever
before attempted
g How many fish are there in those ponds,
Mr. Green y
AS 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 hy-
brids.n
You speak of hybrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that p
:" have experimental for years in cross
ing the breed of the various fish and am still
working upon it. We cross the female salmon
trout with the male brook trout. and thus
produce hybrid. Then we cross the hy-
brid with the brook trout, which gives us
three-quarter 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 both streams and
lakes, develops vermillion spots on his sides,
rises readily to fly. is far more vigorous and
fully one-third larger than ordinary brook
trout Oh une same age. Inc pOSSlDllltleS OF
development in the fish world are great, and
we are rapidly ascertaining what they aren
As the man of news watched the counte-
nance Of Mr.. Green while he was giving the
above account, he could not but feel that he
was i'll the presence of one of the few inves-
tigators VINO, from a rich and lifelong expe-
rlence, bring great benefit to the world. Let
the render imagine a strong and stalwart
frame, surmountel by heal strongly re
selnbling that of Socrates. and covered with
a whit, silky beard and luxuriant gray hair
Seth Green, the father of fish culture is a
picture of health and the reporter could not
help remarking 50.
" If you had seen me the last winter and
spring. young man. you might have thought
differently" said the veteran.
" How is that One would think, to look
at you, that sickness was som thing of which
you knew nothing.
And SO it was until last winter | went
down into Florida i'll the fall to see what kind
of fish they had III that State and study their
habits. and was attacked with malaria in its
severest form, and when came home | re-
alled Tor the first lme in my life that was
sick. My symptoms We're terrible. | had
dull, aching pains in my head. limbs and
around my back My appetite was wholly
gone and | felt a lack of energy such as had
often heard described but had never expert
enced. Any one who has ever had severe
attack of malaria can appreciate nv cond-
spring, and if there ever was sick man |
was the one
1t seems hardly possible How did you
come to recover SO conpletely!'
My brother, who had been afflicted by a
severe kidney trouble and threatened with
Brights disease, was completely cured by n
remedy i'll which | had great conf hence. |
therefore tried the same remedy for my ma
iaria, and am happy to say | am well man
to-day, and throu Ii the lnstrumentality of
Warmers Safe Cure. which believe to be one
of the most valuable of medicines In iced |
see it is Endorsed by the United States medi-
;al college of New York, and that Dr. Gum,
lean of that institution, has written a long
Article concerning its value"
- And are you now well as formerly
Apparently 50. | keep the remedy on
hand all the while, though, and do not nesi-
tate to recommend it to others
- One question more. How many ponds of
fish have you here, and how are they divided"
" Well, 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
hybrds, four of one-9uarter salmon
and 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
ferent fish, including Kennebec salmon, Land
Locked salmon, California salmon, brook
trout, salmon trout and hybrids. These fish
range in size from minnows to eighteen
FOUNDERS, and i'll age from one and one-haf
months to eleven years. l forgot to
say also, that we have a hospital
pond, which is entirely empty, which speaks
pretty well for a community of many mil
lions Indeed the whole secret of fish culture
can be summed up in four things Impregna-
ton, -using no water. Plenty of food
Plenty of pure water and Cleanliness
The numerous fish exhibitions which are
taking place in all parts of Europe and the
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 generalization to
every American that this country pro-
1uceS SO many men whose genius brings
value to the world, and it is proc: positive OF
the grea est merit that remedy even with
such high standing as Warmers Sac Cure is
known to have..>hould be 50 strong indorsed
and recommended by one so reputable and
reliable as Seth Green.
OVER 100000 wecl, is paid to Lynn
Mass shoemakers.
A true assistant TO nature in restoring the