The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-07
THE FATHER OF FISH
CULTURE.
Seth Green's Ideas AbouI the fihy
Tribe and Some or his s"rieo
Experiences.

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yise this scheme"
az have been working at it evel
since l was large enough TO bend /;
pin"
The above remark was addressed
to MI Seth Green, the veteran fish
cdlturist who Is known to the en-
tire world, and his reply indicates
the extent of his labor.
"When I was quite young" he
continued, IL would lie on the
limbs of trees that reached out over
the water entire afternoons watch
ing the movements of the fish and
studying their habits. In this way
I discovered many characteristics
which were before unknown. I
saw, IS every observer must see,
the destructive elements thai
are warning against fish,
and | realized that unless
something were done, the life in the
streams Of this country would be-
come extinct. To counterfeit this
disastrous end became my life work,
and | am happy to say / have seen
its accomplishment.
Were you successful on the
start?" II
ENo. indeed. Up to that time all |
artificial attempt to hatch and raise,
fsh from the spawn had failed, and,
! was compelled TO experiment in
an entirely new manner. The work
was a careful and tedious one, but
I finally succ. eded, and to-day [ ana
able to hatch and raise fully seventy
five per cent. of all spawn"
"Enormousi Why. that is larger
percentage than either the vegetable
or animal Kingdoms produce in Il
natural condition" h
II know it. but we exercise the [:
greatest care in the start, and guar
the little fellows until they become
able to care for themselves"
The foregoing conversation &C.
Cured at Caledonia, where the
representative Of this paper was
paying visit to the state fish Ii
hstcheries. It has been his privilege /.
to report very many interesting }
sights within the past TWENTY-FIVE
years, but the view presented here G
exceeds Ia interest anything ever !
before attempted. Il
"H0W many fish are til sre in those
ponds, Mr.. Green ?'' $50 - II
@As we have never attempted to-
count them it will be impossible toI
say. They extend way up into thei
millions though. We shipped over
three millions out Of the ponds this /;
year and there seemed to be as manyts
afterward as before. We have !
nearly every variety of the trout 4.
family and many by brids." q
You speak of by birds, Mr.. Green.
W hat do you mean by that?" ::
81 have experimental OF years in j.
crossing the breed of the various
fish and am still working upon it.
We cross the female salmon trout L
with the male brook trout, and thus o
produce hybrid. Then we cross
The hybrid with the brook trout, Il
which gives us three-q quarters brook
trout and one,quarter salmon trout
This makes one of the finest fishes q
IN the world He has all the habits
Of the brook trout, lives In both n
streams and lakes, develops VermiI- e
ION spots on his sides, rises readi]yII
to q dy, is far more vigorous and ~
July oRe-third larger than ordinary .
brook trout of the same age. The =:
Possibilities of development in the "
lsh world are great, and we are rap ~
Oily saeertaining what they are"
AS the man of news watched the 90
;ountenanee of Mr.. Green while he H.
vas giving the above account. he vi
,ould not but feel that he was in
ne prest noe Of one of the few in m
.estlgatOrs who, from a rich and as
lifelong experience, bring great
'eneht. te the world. Let the reader
imagine a strong and stalWart frame.
by head strongly re-
that of Socrates, and GOV.
cred with 3 white silky beard and lila
INuriant gray hair. Seth Green. t;r
he father of fish culture, is a pic. VI
saIs Of health, and the reporter fol
0OSa not help remarking SO. ms
-. you had ssen me the last win th.
49, ". and spring, young man, Won
eois . !. nave thought differently" sue
Ssld the veteran. DO,
,ooi nov Is that2 One would think. to rel
tS;a 81 you, that sickness was some the
Ing OF which you knew nothing" act
7 An, ana 50 it was until last winter of :
foil nV ~ aoWn into Florida in the ma
1ad ~ see What kind of fish thew nh;
1sS H ~ tnaG State and study their os;,
ar;a and was attacked with ma so.
- "a III us seveFeSt form. and ubo opp
inc N"ni io nome realized for the first p Iis
vm VIM ~ my life that I was sick. NV M
.chipp rv na; Were terrible. had dull vas
.round I nav SIN IN my head, limbs and alor
wholly gone eS sas My appetite was welt
such as ff0 hsa and aHi I felt a lack of seat
but had n MSa often heard described ed in I
me who has ever b eadien nc Any H eSe
Malaria can appreci ca an attack of Uoie
here ali t the s 80 bed and remained audi
F g T. was a sick man I Was Vas III Il there anu
= 1t seems hardly pos sfS the one" tlou
Id you come to recoTene. How oper
letely. O'ef 50 CON- is co
My brother, who had fessi
Icted by a severe kidnav" een af- be Il
p ass threatened L with Brisht'isV G diN be "
. r10 was completely cured b us, acqu
in enacy IN which [ had great con a Salt
renee. | therefore tried tb ~' con CON sa!u
,n nouy Tor my malaria and T'' ana Octc