Daily Republican., 1883-09-27
THE rArMER o. FIs sM.CULTURE
s~uSh Green's ldeas Ab0ut the fin.
~ Tribe aua 0sue VI HIS Varied
ExporlOacos
Turf, Field and Farm.

~ Tribe ona oe0e sf HIS Varies
Expsrisaees.
Turf. Field and Farm.
"How did you ever come to devise
this scheme ?"
81 have been working at 1t ever since
was large enough to bend PIN"
The above remark was addressed to
Mr.. Seth Green, the veteran fish cultu-
rist, who IL known to the entire world,
and his reply indicates the extent OF his
labOrs.
"When l WAS quite young" he con.
tinued, ~ would lie on the limbs OF
trees that reached out over the water the
entire afternoon watching the move
nents of the fish and studying their
habits. In this way discovered many
Characterization which were before UNI
known. saw, ~ every observer must
zoe, the destructive elements that are
warning against fish, and realized that
unless something were done, the Ire III
the streams Of this country would o.
come extinct. To cOuRteract this disas-
trous end became my life work, and l
am happy to say have seen Its accom-
plishment. ,,
"Were you successful OH the start p
"No, indeed. Up to that time all
artificial attempts to hatch and raise
fish from the spawn had failed, ana ]
was compelled to experiment IN an en-
tirely new manner. The work was q
careful and tedious one, but l finally
succeeded, and to-day am able to hatch
and raise fully seventy-ive per cent OF
all i spawn" Ea",nou. WIN ria, !, a larger
percentage than either the vegetable or
animal kingdoms produce in natural
condition"
AZ know 1t, but we exercise the great
est care In the start, and guard the httle
fellows until they become able to care
for themselves.
The foregoing conversation occurred AZ
Caledonia, where the representative OF
this paper was paying II visit to the
Stat fish hatcheries. 1t has been MS
privilege TO report very many Interest
ing sights within the past twenty hve
years, bnt the view presented here ex-
ceels in interest anything ever be-
fore attempted.
"How many fish are there In those
ponds, Mr.. Green? 90
GAS we have never attempted TO
count them it will be impossible to say.
They extend way up into the millions,
though. We shipped over three mil.
lions out of the ponds this year, ana
there seemed to be as many afterward
AS bt fore. We have nearly every varle-
ty of the trout family aud many n.y.
birds
"You speak Of hybridS, MIR. Green
What do you mean by thai
81 have experimental for years IN
crossing the breed of the various iish,
and am still working upon II: we
cross the female salmon trout with the
male brook trout, and thus produce
hybrid. Then we cross he hytrih WIN
the brook trout, which gives us three-
quarter brook trout and 0ne-qnartfr sal
mon trout. This makes one Of the finest
fishes in the world. He has all the nab
It's of the brook trout, lives in hofh
streams and lakes, develops vermllt'on
spots on his sides, rises readily 10 iiy,
is far more vigorous and fully one-thlrd
larger than ordinary brook trout OF fhe
same age. The possibilities Of develop
ment in the fish world are great, ANA we
are rapidly ascertainiIg what they
are"
As the man of news watched the coun'
tsnance of MIR. Green while he was Civ
ing the above account, he could 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 imagine strong and stalwart
frame, surmounted bya head strongly
resem bling that of Socrates, and cover
ed with white silky beard and luxuri-
ant gray hair. Seth Green, the father
of fish culture, is q picture of health,
and the reporter could not help remark
ing 80. Ina. ,.sn.o,
"If you had seen me the last winter
and spring, young man. you might have
thought differently" said the veteran.
GLOW 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.
went down into Florida in the fall TO sec
what kind of fish they had in thatState
and study their habits, and was attack
ed with malaria in It's severest form,
and when came home l realized foi
the first time in my life, that ! wa
sick. My symptoms were terrible.
had dull, aching pains in my .hehi
limbs and around my back My appn'
tite was wholly gone, and felt II lare
of energy such as had often heard dc
scribed but had never experienced. =
Any one who has ever had q severe at
tack of malaria can appreciate my con
IditiOn. | went to bed and remained
there all the spring, and If there eve
was sick man | wa- tho one.
at seems hardly y possible. How di'
you co re 10 recover NO completely =!
"My brother, who had been atflicte'
by severe kidney trouble and threat
ened with Bright's disease was complete
ly cured by remedy in which l ha'
great confidence. therefore tried th'
same remedy for my malaria and an
happy to say am well man to-ha.
and through the instrulnentaiit" o
Warmers Safe Cure, which believe 4
be enc of the most valuable of medicines
Indeed, see it is endorsed by the Uni
ted States medical college of New York
and that DR.. Gum, dean of that institll
tion, has written long article concern
/ ing its value"
Il And are you now as we'll as former
ly" =,
. Apparently so. l keep the remed
l on hand all the while though, and DO no
, hesitate to recommend 1t to others.
= "One question more. How man
I ponds of fish have You here, and hoy
are they divided ?"
"Well, we have 43 ponds, which al
- IJ;v;dad mn aa follows: ~ ponds {