The Mineral argus., 1883-10-18
FATHER OF FISH CULTURE.

Green's Ideas About the FInny
|be and Some of His Varied En-
fences.
EField and Farm.)
Jfdid you ever come TO devise this
,ine been working at it ever since
enough to bend a pin"
1 Jae remark was addressed TO
81 Green, the veteran fish Gull
wHO is known to the entire world.
rs reply indicates the extent of his
hen l was quite young" he con-
ID, II would lie on the limbs oftrees
reached out over the water entire
moons watching the movements of
|sh and studying their habits. In
Esy | discovered many character
4 which were before unknown. I
s every observer must see, the de-
i've elements that are warning
si fish, and l realized that unless
Iihing were done, the life in the
ms Of this country would become
bet. To counteract this disastrous
became my life work, and / am
TO say Ihave seen its accomplish
Fele you successful on the start?"
b, indeed. Up to that time all arti-
attempts to hatch and raise fish
the spawn had failed, and | was
belled to experiment in an entirely
manner. The work was a careful
tdious one, but l finally succeeded
Oday ! am able TO hatch and raise
twenty-five per cent. of all spawn"
hOrmous! Why that is a larger per-
be than cit her the vegetable or an
kingdoms produce in a natural con-
b.
know it, but we exercise the great
be in the start, and guard the lit lie
until they become able 10 care
emselves."
\ foregoing conversation occurred
sdonia where the representative
pa0er was paying a visit TO the
fish hatcheries. 1t has been his
be TO report very many interest
ghts within the past twenty-five
but the view presented here ex-
in interest anything ever before
tpted.
: many fish are there in those
Mr.. Green?"
We have never attempted to count
will be impossible to say. They ex-
pay up into millions though. We
over three millions cut of the
bis year and there seemed to be as
afteTward al before. We have
every variety Of the trout family
my hybrids.
, speak of hybrids, Mr.. Green,
Do you mean by that?"
lVe experimental for a in
the breed of the various fish and
working upon it. We cross
bale salmon trout with the male
rout, and thus produce a hybrid.
e cross the hybrid with the brook
which gives us three-Quarter
trout and one-quarter salmon
This makes one of the finest
the world. He has all the hab-
he brook trout, lives in both I
and lakes, develops vermillion
his sides, rises readily to a fly, I
sore vigorous and fully one-third ,
han the ordinary brook trout of
e age. The possibilities of de-
NJ IN the fish world are great and '
Hapldly ascertaining what they
man of news watched the coun-
Of Mr.. Green while he was Civ
Dove account, he could not but
ne was in the presence of one q
investigators who, from a rich
bong experience, bring great II
70 the world. Let the reader in q
strong and stalwart flame, sur =
by a head strongly resembling ii
oerates and covered with a white a
nd and luxuriant gray hair. Seth n
be father offsn culture, is a pic
lealth, and the reporter could h
remarking so. II
lad seen me the last winter I,
~ young man, you might have Il
differently" said the veteran. 81
s that? One would think, TO pl
oui that sickness was something II
you knew nothing" fe
0 It was until last winter. 1 went n
Florida in the fall to see what W
10 they had in that state and hi
u habits and was attacked with hi
. us severest form, and when l 81
ne | realized for the first time M
that ! was sick. MY symp. &c,
terrible, 1 had dull, aching
ny head, limbs and around my
appetite was wholly gone, and
( Of energy such as | had Oft 10
described but had never ex- W
ANY who has ever ne
ere attack ofmalaria can appre- VI w
ondinon. went TO bed and re- ~
lere all the spring, and if there
4 sick man | was the one"
ns hardly possible. How did ga
20 recover so completely" S
other, who had been afflicted heI
re kidney trouble and threat.
q Bright's disease was conn "A,
lred by a remedy in which /
onsdence. therefore tried
emedy for my malaria and am ny
am a well man to-day and ~
fundamentally of Warmers
Whlch believe 10 be one of I
Auahle u medicines. Indeed. lea
encarsed by the United States VIII
hege Of New York, aad that as
aean Of that institution, has bll
ong article concerning lis val sn'