Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-10
THE FATHER OF FIsH-oULTURE.
Seth Green's Ideas About The Finny Tribe and
Some of His Varied Experiences.
Turf, Field and Farm.J

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' have been working at il ever since I waf
large enough TO bend PIN
The above remark WIS addressed to Mr.. Seth
| GIeen, the veteran fish culturist, who is known
TO the entire word. and his reply indicated the
extent of his lubors
"Nhen l was quite young" he continued
| GO would lie on the limbs of trees that reached
out over the water entire afternoons watching
the movements of the fish and studying then
habits. In this way I discovered many char
acteristics which were before unknown. | saw,
as every observer must see, the destructive ee-
ments that 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 st,Tt?"
"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
finally succeeded, and to-day / am able TO hatch
and raise fully seventy-f five per cent. Of all
| spawn"
Enormous Why, that is q larger percen-
tage than either the vegetable or animal king
doms produce In O. natural condition"
! Il know it, but we exercise the greatest care
in the start, and guard the little fellows until
they become able to care for themselves"
The foregoing conversation occurred at Cal
| edonia, where the representative of this paper
was paving visit to the state fish hatcheries.
Ii has been his privilege to report very many
interesting sights within the past twenty five
| years, but the view presented here exceeds in
| interest anything ever before attempted.
"How many fish are there in those ponds,
| Mr.. Green?"
LAS we have never attempted to count them
1t 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 afterward as be-
fore. We have nearly every variety Of the
| trout family and many hybrids."
"You speak of hybrids, Mr.. Green. What
do you mean by that?"
have experimental for years in crossing
the breed of the various fish and am still work
ing upon it. We cross the female salmon
| trout with the male brook trout, and thus pro-
duce hybrid. Then we cross the hybrid 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 t. out, 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 of the same age. The
possibilities Of development in the fish world
are great aud we are rapidly ascertaining what
| they are"
AS the man of news watched the countenance
Of Mr. Green while he was giving the above aC-
count, he c0ul d not but feel that he was in the
presence of one of the few investigators who,
| from a rich and lifelong experience, bring
great benefit to the world. Let the reader i'm
| agine strong and stalwart frame, surmounted
| by head strongly resembling that of Socrates,
and covered with white silky beard and
| luxuriant gray hair. Seth green, the father Of
fish culture, is picture Of health, and the re-
porter could not help remarking so.
"IfyOu 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 something Of which you
knew nothing.
''And so It was until last winter l went
| down into Florida in the fall to see what bind
of fish they had in that state and study their
habits and was attacked with malaria In its
severest form, aud when I came home / real
| lied for the first time in my life, that / was
| sick. My symptoms were terrible. Ihad 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 de-
| scribed but had never experienced. Any one
who has ever had severe attack of malaria
can appreciate my condition. I went to bed
and remained there all the sprlrg, and if there
ever was sick man was the One."
sit seems hardly possible. How did you
| come to recover so completelyY
"My brother, who had been afflicted by a
| severe kidney trouble and threatened with
| Bught's disease was completely cured by 8
remedy in which had great confidence.
therefore tried the same remedy for my ma
laria and am happy to say am well man to-
day and through the fundamentally of Warn
er's Safe Cure, which believe to be one of the
most valuable of medicines. Indeed, [ see 1t
is endorsed by the United States medical COL
of New York, and that DR.. Gum, dean of that
institution, has written a long article concern
ing its value"
Is And are you now as well as formerly?"
apparently so. keep the remedy on hand
all the while though and do not hesitate to
recommend it to Others"
Zone question more. How many ponds of
fish have you here and how are they divided 2"
"WelI. we have 43 ponds which are divided
up as follows: % ponds Of brook trout,
ponds of salmon tout, of McClOud River or
rainbow trout, ponds of German trout, 3 of
California mountain trout, 2 ponds of hvbrids,
4 of one-quarter salmon and three quarters
brook trout, ponds of gold fish and 1 pond
of Carp. Then we have what we call the cen
tennial pond or happy family, consisting of
crosses of different fish, including Kennebec
salmon, Land Locked salmon, California sal
mon, brook trout, samon trout and hybrids.
These fish range in size from minnOWs to 49,
Founders, and in age from one-and- one-half
months to eleven years. forgot to say, also,
that we have a Hospital pond, which is en-
tirely empty, which speaks pretty well for a
community of many millions. Indeed the
whole secret of fish culture can be summed up
in four things. Impregation-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
the origin to the process above described as
originated and conducted by Seth Green. 1t
Is certainly cause for congratulat1on to every
American that this country produces go many
men whose genius brings value to the world,
and it is proof positive of the greatest merit
that a remedy even with such high standing as
Warmers Safe Cure is known to have should
be so strongly endorsed and recommended by
one so reputable and reliable as Seth Green.
THE health of Herbert Spencer'is i'm
proving. He has resumed work, and