The daily gazette., 1883-09-27
RAE FATHER an tlsn.CuLTuRE.
Seth Green's Ideas boa1 the Finny Tribe
and some Of His varied Experiences. y
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"How did yan ever come to desise this
sehemelv t I'll &.
81 hsske been working At it eves since ]
was large enough to bend PIN"
The above remark was addressed to Mr..
Seth Green, the veteran fish eulturist, who
is known to the entire world, and his reply
indicates the extent Of his labors.
"When was quite Young" he continued
| 81 would lie on the limbs of trees tnat
reached out over the water entire al ilernoons
Watching the movements OF the fish and
| STUDYING kheir, habits. In this WAR L. dia-si
| covered many characteristics which were be-
! tore unknown. | saw, as every observer
/ must see, the destructive elements that are
/ warning against fish, and | realized that
nnless something were done, th life In the
/ streame OF this country would become exJ
| tinet. To c0unteract this disastrous end
became my life work, and l am happy to
say have seen Its accomplishment"
bWere you successful on the startp -.
-nnNo, indeed. Up TO that time all artia-
cial attempts to hatch aDd raise hfh from
the spawn had failed, and was compelled
to experiment in an entirely new manper
The work was careful and tedious but
L I finally succeeded, and to-day am able to
hatch and raise fully IS per cent OF all
spawn" fa5-ri
enormous Why that is a larger per.
eentaRe than either the vegetable or animal
Kingdoms p roduce in q natural conditiqn+
Al know 1t, but we exercise tbeRreatest
4 cas- in the start, and guard the little fellows
| until the become able to take care OF t en-
| selves, ~
| The foregoing conversation occurred at
i Caledonia where the representative OF this
paper was paying q visit to the State fish
/ hatcheries, !, Il has been his privilege 10 re-
port very many Interesting sights within the
past twenty. 1--WE years, but the view pre-
| seated here exceeds In Interest anything
ever before attempted, b.o
| ''How many fish are thsre in those ponds,
i Mr, Green |" g= =.s JIb5
Gas we hare never attempted TO coui, t
them it will be impossible to say. They ex-
tend away up in the millions, though. We
| shipped over three million out of the ponds
| this year and there seems TO be as many af-
terwsrd as before. We have nearly every
variety of the trout family aud many by
brids."
"Yoa speak OF hybiids, Mr.. Green. What
do You mean by that s'
81 have experimental for years in cross
ing 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 ue
three, quarter brook trout aud one-quartel
salmon trout. This makes one of the finest
fishes in the world lie has all the habits
of the brook trout, lives in both str ans and
lakes, develops vermillion spots on his sides
rises rapidly To fly, is far more vigorou;
aud fully one-thrd larger than ordinary
brook trout OF the same age. The possibili
, ties OF development in the fish world ar,
great, and We are rapidly ascertainins
what they are"
As the man Of news watched the counter
ance Of Mr.. Green, while he was giving tn
above account, he could not but feel that b
was in the presence of one of the lev invea
= gators who, from a rich and life long experi
n ence, bring great benefit to the world. Le
:, the reader imagine a strong and stalWaT
. frame, surrounded By a frame strongly NJ
sembling that of Socrates, and covered wit
= a white silky beard and luxnriant gray haiI
Is Seth Green, the father Of fish culture, is
4. picture OF health, aud the reporter could no
help remaTking so.
t1f you had seen me the last winter AM
J. spring, young man. you might have though
e i itferently,H said the veteran.
"How is thatl One would think, TO loo
at you, that sickness was something {
which you knew nothing"
'e "And so II was until last winter. | weI
Il down into Florida in the fall to see VIII,
Of kind of fish they had in tn State and stud
i in its severest form, and when came HON
10 | realized for the first time in my life, tina
ID was sick Ny symptoms were terrible.
le had dull, aching pains In my head, limh
Z. and around my back. My appetite wa
wholly gone, and | felt a lack OF energ
such as | hAi often heard described but ha
never experienced Any one who has eve
{ had severe attack OF malaria can apprec1
ate my condition, | went TO bed and r,
afEns..A ts..r Ill .
= ever was sick man was one.n
y "It seems hardly possible. How did go
u come TO recover so completely -
e IN bro her, who had been afflicted by
oi severe kidney trouble and threatened wit
"a Bright's disease was completely cured by
remedy Ia which had gre confidence.
y therefore tried the same remedy for N
ef malaria aud am happy . say ] am a we
be man to-day and through the instrumental
IL of Warmers Sale Cure, W ieh | believe to
al one of the most valuable OF medicines.
~ deed, see it is indorsed by the United Stat
Ae medical College OF New York, and that D
he Gum, dean oil that institution, has writ,
al long article concerning its Yalue.o
~ And are you now as well as tormerlyl
3 apparently So. | keep the remedy {
y hand all the while though and do not et
tate To recommend it to otherse
re . ne question more How many pon,
at VI uen nave you mere anu now are TIL
. dividedf'
~ "Well, we have 43 ponds which are d
fe vided up as follows Twenty-Five ponds
in hroor trout, two ponds of salmon trot
m four OF McCloud river or rainbow trout /,
in ponds of German trout, three of Caliiorn
co,. mountain trout, two ponds of bybrids, 70
" .o' OF. one-quarJer salmon and three auartC
hy brook trout, Two ponds OF gold fish, and o
nd pond of Carp. Then we have what we e,
lot the centennial pond or happy famiiy,' cd
IN sisting of CROSSES of different fish, inelu
:, ing kennebec salmon, Land Locked saline
mt California salmon, brook trout, salm
ce- trout and hybrids. These fish range
ICY size IRON minnows to Is Founders, aud
,rd aye from one and=one- half months to
No years. forgot to say, also, that we havt
:, NC hospital pond, which is entirely emp
Inc which speaks pretty well for commun
ley OF many millions. Indeed, the whole secl
md 4 OF fsh culture can be summed up in fo
itb things. mpregnation-usng no wat
-, Plenty of food. Plenty Of pure water .
las cleanliness"
OF The numerous fish exhibitions which 8
taking place / u all partao Europe and t
usual interest which is being manifested
nj this subject throughout The world all o.
:, their origin to the process above descrih
rs as originated aud eondn ted by Seth Gree
yer 1t is certainly cause for congratulation
,ut every American that this country produt
ne SO many men whose genius brings value