The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-11-24
THE FArHER or FIsH.CULTURE.
Seth GREEN'S Ideas About the Finny Tribe
and Some of His Varied Ex-
uPricnces.

Turf, Fled and Farm1
Show did you ever come to devise this
scheme?n
~ have been working at it ever since
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, 81 would lie on the limbs of trees
that reached out over the water entire
afternoons watching the movements of the
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
lied that unless something were done, the
| life in the STRAINS of this country woulC
become extinct. To counterfeit this disas
trous end became my life work, and l an
happy to say have seen its accomplish
ment."
"Were yousuccessful on the startw
"No, indeed Up to that time all arti
fetal attempts to hatch and raise fish from
the spawn hal failed, and was comp slled
TO experimer in an entirely new manner.
The work wal careful and tedious one
but finally succeeded, and to-day / am
able to hatch and raise fully seventy-five
per cent. of al spawn"
Enormous Why, that is larger per
centage than either the vegetable or ami
NAL kingdoms produce i'll a natural con-
dition."
81 know it, bus we exercise the greatest
care in the start, and guard the little fell
lows until they becAme able TO care for
themselves.n
The foregoing conversation occurred at
Caledonia, where thdepresentative of this
paper was paying avisit TO the State Fish
Hatcheries. 1t has his privilege to
report very many ilteresting sights within
the past twenty-five years, but the view
presented here exceeds in interest anything
ever before attempted.
How many fish axe there in those ponds,
Mr.. GreenY
AS we have newt attempted to count
them it will be impossible to say. They
extend way up int0the millions though.
Wo-shipped over three millions out of the
ponds THIS J-ear, and there seemed to be rs
many atterward.as hefore. We have near
" eVery variety or-ase trout family and
"You speak of hybrAs. MIR. Green. What
do you mean by thaty'A
II have experimentation wears in cross.
ing the breed ofthe variAis fish. and am still
working upon II. We cbss the female sal
mon trout with the malelbrook trout, and
thus produce hybrid. Then we cross the
hybrid with the brook hout, which gives
us three-quarter brook tlAnt and one quar-
ter salmon trout. This mikes one of the
finest fishes in the world. Me has all the
habits of the brook trotA lives in both
streams and lakes, develops vermilion
spots ON his sides, rises readily to a fly, is
far more vigorous and fully one-third
larger than ordinary bpok trout of the
same age. The possibilities of develop
meplt in the fish world are great. and we
are rapidly ascertaining Nhatthey are"
As the man of news watched the counte-
nance of Mr.. Green while he was giving
the above account, he coud not but feel
that he was in the presence a one of the few
Investigators who, from rich and life.
long experience, bring greatbenefit 10 the
world. Let the reader imagine a strong
and stalwart frame, surmounhd by a head
strongly resembling that of Socrates. and
covered with white, silky bead ana lnx-
uriant gray hair. Seth Green, he father
of fish culture, is picture of helth. and
the reporter could not help rAmalsine So.
"lf you had seen me the lastwihter and
spring, young man. you might have
thought differently" said the yetean.
"How is that: One would think h look
at you, that sickness was something Of
which you knew nothing,s