Connecticut western news., 1883-10-17
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE
S0th Green's Ideas About the Finny Tribe and Some of Eyis Varied
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N Tribe and Some of Ezis Varied ESP ,riences. (Turf, FIeld and Farn9 schemef"
 "I have been working at it ever since was large enough to bend pu."
 The above remark as addressed to Mir Seth Green, the veteran fish culturist, who is known to the entire world, and his reply indi. cates the extent of his labors.
 "When was quite young," he continued, "I 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. I saw, as every observer must see, the de- structive elements that are warning against fish, and req ized that unless something was done the life in the streams of this country would become extinct. To couuteract this | disastrous end became my ife-work, and am happy to say that 1 have seen its accom- | plishment."
 Were you successful on the start'' "No, indeed Up to that time all artificial | attempts to hatch and rais9 fish from the spawn had failed, and was compelled to ex- 1 pertinent in al entirely new manner. The work was careful and tedious one, but l | finally succeeded and to-day am able to hatch and raise fully seventy-five per cent. of all spawn"
 
 animal kingdoms produce in natural con dition."
 | "I know it, but we exercise the greatest 1 care in the start, and guard the little fellows until they become able to care for them- l selves"
 1 The foregoing conversation occurred at l Caledonia, where the represe tative of this paper was paying a visit to the State fish | hatcheries It has been his privilege to re | port very many interestinq sights within the 1 t1Hon tv- -fya hllt ho Dioy l sented here exceeds in interest anything ever | before attempted.
 "How many fish are there in those ponds, Mir. Green 2
 them it will be impossible to say They ex- tend way up in the millions thou !h. We | shipped over three millions out of the ponds this year and :here seemed to be as many af- terward as before. We have nearly every variety of the trout family and many hy- brids."
 "You speak of hybrids, MT. Green. What | do you mean by that .h
 "I have experimented for years in cross. | ing the breed of the various fish aud 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 cue 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 of the same age. The possibilities of | development in the fish world are gre It, and we are rapidly ascertaining what they are ''
 As the man of news watched the counte- nance of MT. Green while he was giving the above account, he could not but feel that he was in the presence of one of the few inves- | tigators who, from a rich and life long expe- l rio h,,ir hono fo ba the reader imagine a strong and stalwart frame, surmounted by head strongly re- sembling that of Socrates, and covered with | O white 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 so.
 "f 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 some thing of which you knew nothing"
 And so it was until last winter I went down into Florida in the fall to see what kind of fish they had in that State and study their habits, and was attacked with malaria in it's | severest form, and when came home re- alized for the first lime in my life that was sick My symptoms were terrible I 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
  enced. Any one who has ever had severe attack of malaria can appreciate my condi tion. I went 10 bed and remained there al spring, and if there ever was sick man was the one."
 "It seems hardly possible. How did you come to recover so completelya'
 My brother, who had been afflicted by g severe kidney trouble and threatened witt Brlghts disease, was completely cured by 6 remedy in which l had great confidence | fhprQfnrp fJipd ,o6x c., larla, and am happy to say l am well mar to-day, and through the lnstrumentality O. Warmers Safe Cure, which believe to be on, of the most valuable of medicines. Indeed, see 1t IS lndorsed by the United States medi cal college of New York; and that Dr. Gum dean of that institution, has written lone article concerning its value"
 :" And are you now as well as formerlys"
 Apparently so. keep the remedy or hand all the while, though and do not hesi tate to recommend it to others"
 One question more How many ponds o fish have you here, and how are they dividedl
 'WeI we have forty three ponds, which are divided up as follows: Twenty-Five ponds of brook trout, two ponds of salmon trout four of McCloud river or rainbow trout. two ponds of German trout three of Califor nia mountain trout, two ponds of hybrids, four of one-quarter salmon aud three quarters brook trout, two ponds of gold fish and one pond of Carp. Then we l happy family consisting of crosses of diff ferent fish, including Kennebec salmon, Lanc Locked salmon California salmon, brook trout, salmon trout and hybrids. These fisl range in size from minnows to eighteen pounders and in age from one and one-hal months to eleven years. I forgot tt say, also, that we have @ hospital pond, which is entirely empty, which speak pretty well for community of many mil lions. Indeed the whole secret of fish culture can be summed up in four things. Impregna tion,-using no water. Plenty of food, Plenty of pure water and cleanliness. The numerous fish exhibitions which arr taking place in all parts of Europe and th' unusual interest which is being manifested il this subject throughout the world all ow' their origin to the process above described originated and conducted by Seth Green It is certainly cause for congratulation tt every American that this country pro duces so many men whose genius bring value to the world, and it is proof positive O the grea est merit that a remedy even witl such high standing as Warmers Sate Cure i known to have should be SO strongly indorsec and recommended by one so reputable anc reliable as Seth Green.
 THERE are men whose friends are more t be pitied than their worst enemies
 WADLEY, Ga.-Dr Fl. l.. Battle, Jr., says "Brown's Iron Bitters are very popular Il this section and give entire satisfaction"
 THE qualities we possess never make us 6 ,..L Al,<~aN. @<>