River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-10-11
TIE rATHBP oF FISH CULTURE.
Seth Green's Ideas About the Finny
Tribe and Some of His Varied Ex-


"How did you ever come to devise this
scheme?"
al 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 cul-
| turist, who is known to the entire world,
and his reply indicates the extent of his
| labors.
when | was quite young," he con-
| tinued, Il would lie on the limbs oftrees
that reached out over the water entire
afternoons watching the movements of
| the fish and studying their habits. In
| this way | discovered many character
istics which were before unknown. /
saw, as every observer must see, the de-
| stFuctive elements that are warning
against fish, and / realized that unless
| something were done, the life in the
| streams of this country would become
extinct. To eounteract tins disastrous
end became my life work, and / am
| happy to say have seen its accomplish
| ment."
'1NVele you successful on the start?"
No, indeed. Up to that time all arti-
| fetal attempts to hatch and raise fish
| from the spawn had failed, and / was
compelled to experiment in an entirely
new manner. The work was careful
and tedious one, but finally succeeded
and day / am able to hatch and raise
| fully seventy-tive per cent. of all spawn.
f'Enormousi Why that is a larger per-
| centage than cit her the vegetable or an
imal kingdoms p reduce in natural con-
| dition."
Il know it, but we exercise the great
est care in the start, and guard the little
| fellows until they become able TO care
for themselves
Tho fopavDTr1fr aAnxrnrGatgpF5 npEt1rpgd
at Caledonia where the representative
of this paper was paying u visit to the
state fish hatcheries. 1T has been his
privilege to report very many interest
ing sights within the past twenty live
years, but the view presented here ex-
ceeds in interest anything ever before
attempted
"How many fish are there in those
ponds, Mr.. GreCn?'
Gas we have never attempted to count
them it will be impossible to say. They eX-
tend way up into millions though. We
shipped over three millions cutof the
pond this year and there seemed to be as
many afterward as before. We have
nearly every variety of the trout family
and many hybrids.
'tYou speak of hybrids Mr.. Green,
What do you mean by that?"
81 have experimental for years in
crossing the breed of the various fish and
am still working upon it. We cross
the female salmon trout with the male
brook trout, and thus produce hybrid.
Then we cross the hybrid with the brook
trout, which gives us thfee-Quarter
brook trout and one-quarter salmon
trout. This makes one of the finest
fishes in the world. He has ali the hab-
its of the brook trout lives in both
streams and lakes, develops yermilion
spots on his sides, rises readily to fly,
is far IL ore vigorous and fully one-third
larger than the ordinary brook trout OF
the same age. The possibilities of de-
velopmnt in the fish world are great aud
we are rapidly ascertaining what they
are"
As the man of news watched the coun-
tenance of Mr.. Green while he was Civ
ing the above account, ne could not but
feel that he was in the presence OF one
of the lew investigators who, from rich
and lifelong experience, bring great
benefit to the world. Let the reader j n
CINE a strong and stalwart flame, sur
III ounted by head strongly resembling
that of Socrates and covered with a Write
silky beard and luxuriant gray hair. Seth
Green, the father offisn culture, is pic
ture of health, and the reporter could
not help remarking so.
Il YOU k4dI SCGIA mo liiC lzASb h11ALSl
and spring, young man, you might have
thought differently" said the veteran.
Chow is that2 One would think, to
look at you, tnat sickness was something
of which you knew nothing"
''And so it was until last winter. | went
down into Florida in the fail to see what
kind of fish they had in that state and
study their habits ana was attacked with
malaria in its severest form, and when l
came home | realized for the first time
in my life, that | was sick. My symp-
toms were terrible. | had dull, aching
pains in my head, limbs and around my
back. NJ : appetite was wholly gone, and
| felt a lack of energy such as | had oft
en- heard described but had never ex-
perienced. ANY one who has ever
had a severe attack of malaria can appre-
cate my condition. | went to bed and re-
manned there all the spring, and if there
ever was a sick man | was the one"
sit seems hardly possible. How. did
you come to recover so completely"
my brother, who had been afflicted
by a severe kidney trouble and threat
ened with Bright's disease was com
pletely cured 10y a remedy in which L
had great confidence. | therefore tried
the same remedy for my malaria and am
happy to say am wei! a'an to day and
through the instruyac n'auty of Warmers
Safe Cure, which J 5eieve to be one of
the most valilahl.- Jfmedcines. Indeed,
J see it is endorsed bv the United States
medical college of New York, and that
Dr. Gum. SEAN of that institution, has
written long article concerning It's val
ue."
"And are you now as well as former
ly?"
apparently so. keep the remedy
-, I'll AZ n v,y(,SIo fbor1Ob oVA 4 n
hesitate to recommend it to others"
cone question more. How many
ponds of fish have you here and how are
they divided.
"Wel, we have 43 ponds which are di-
vided up as fo' lows: % ponds of brook
trout, ponds of salmon trout, of Nc
Cloud river or rainbow trout, 2 ponds of
German trout, of California mountain
trout, ponds of hybrids, of one-quar-
ter salmon and three-quarters brook
trout, 2 ponds of gold fish, and ! pond
of carp. Then we have what we cali the
centennial pond or happy family con-
sistiug of crosses of different fish, inclu-
ding Kennebec salmon, Land Locked sal
mon, California salmon, brook trout, sal
mon trout and hybrids. These fis', range
in size from minnowS to 1870 Inders,
and in age from one -and-one-haifm months
to eleven years. l forgot to say, also,
that we have hospital pond, which Is
entirely 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. Inn
pregnation, using no water. Plenty of
food Plenty of pure water and cleanli-
ness"
The numerous fish exhibitions which
are taxing place in all parts Of Europe
and the unusual interest which is being
manifested in this subject throughout
the world all owe their origin to the
process above described as originated
and conducted by Seth Green. 1t is
certainly cause for congratulation to ey-
cry American that this country produ-
ces so many men whose genius brings
value to the world, and it is proof posi-
tive of the greatest merit that remedy
even with such high standing as Warm
er's Safe Cure is known to have should
be so strongly endorsed and recommen-
led by one so reputable and reliable as
seth Green.
ne Hag the SymD.Oms.