The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-19
THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE.
Seth GREEN'S Idea. About the Finn.
Tribe and Some or His Varied Ex

THE FATHER OF FISH CULTURE.
Seth GREEN'S Idea. About the Finny
Tribe and Some OF His Varied Elk
~periences.
(rgrt, Field and Farm.)
flow did you ever come to devise his
scheme2?"
~ have been working at it ever since
l was large enough to bend a PIN"
The above remark was addressed to
Mr.. Seth Green, the veteran fish Gull
turist, who is known to the entire world,
and his reply indicates the extent of his
labors.
"When l was quite yonng," he cor.
tinued, ~ 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 l discovered many character
istics which were bt fore unknown. l
saw, as every observer must see, the de-
structive 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 counteract this disastrous
end became my life work, and l am
happy to say 1have seen its accomplish
ment."
We've you successful ON the start?"
mo, indeed. Up to that time all arti-
fetal attempts to hatch and raise fish
from the spawn had failed, and l was
compelled to experiment IN an entirely
new manner. The work was a careful
and tedious one, but l finally succeeded
and to. day ] am able to hatch and raise
fully seventy-tive per cent. of all spawn"
"Enormousl Why that is 4 larger per-
centage than cit her the vegetable or an
imal kingdoms produce ina natural con-
dilion."
II know it, but we exercise the great.
est care in the start, and guard the lit lie
fellows until they become able 10 care
for themselves"
The foregoing conversation occurred
at Caledonia where the representative
of this PAGER was paying a visit to the
state fish hatclieries. 1t has been his
privilege to report very many interest
ing sights within the past twenty-five
years, but the view presented here ex-
ceeds in interest anything eve before
attempted.
Glow many fish are there in those
ponds, Mr.. Grecn":
LAS we have never attempted to count
them il will be impossible to say. They eX-
tend way up into millions though. We
shipped over three millions CT of the
pond this year and there seemed to be as
many afttrward as before. We have
nearly evety variety of the trout family
and many hybrids.
"You speak OF hybrids, Mr.. Green.
What do you mean bv 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 a hybrid.
trout, which gives us three-quarter
brook trout and o%ne-quarter salmon
trout. This makes, II of the finest
fishes i'll the world. He has All the hab.
its of the brook trout, lives in both
streams and lakes, develops vermiiiion
spots on his sides, rises readily to a fly,
is far 4. ore vigorous and July one-thlrd
la,g ger than the ordinary brook trout of
the same age. The possibilities of de-
velopmnt in the fish world are great and
we are rapidly ascertaining what they
are"
AS the mai of news watched the coun-
tenance Of Mr.. 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, froma rich
AN ~ 1ohe AShSSy u kACAv
benefit 10 the world. Let the reader in
a CINE q strong and stalwart frame, sur
m ounted by a head strongly resembling
that of Socrates and covered with write
silky beard and luxuriant gray hair. Seth
Green, tlie father of fish culture, is a pic
ture OF health, and the reporter could
not help remarking 30.
at you had seen me the last winter
and spring, young man, you might have
thought differently" said tie veteran.
Glow is that? One would think, to
look at you, that sickness WAS something
IF which you knew nothing"
"And so it WAS until last winter. I went
down into Florida in the fall to see what
study their habits AMI was attacked with
malaria in its severest form, and when [
came home l 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. My appetite WAS wholly gone, and
l felt a lack of energy such as l had Oft
en- heard described but had never Z
perienced. ANY one vho has ever
had Il severe attack O. malaria can appre-
ciate my condition. | went to bed and re-
NAMED there all the spring, and if there
ever was a sick man l was the one"
ut seems hardly possible. How did
you come to recover so completely"
my brother. who had been afflicted
by a sever kidney trouble and threat.
nod with Bright's disease was com,
pletely cured 10y a remedy in which I
had great confidence. l therefore tried
the same remedy for my malaria and am
happy to say | am a we'll mar to-day and
through the fundamentally of Warmers
Safe Cure, which | believe to be one of
the most valuable ofmed;cines. Indeed,
J see it is endorsed bv the United States
medical college of New York, and that
DR.. Gum. dean of that institution, has
written a long article concerning its val
ue."
"And are you now as well as former
ly7"
Apparently so. l keep the remedy
on hand all the while though and do not
Zone question more. How many
ponds of fish have you here and Iowa arc
they divided.
"Well, VIZ have 43 ponds which are di-
vided up as follows: % ponds of brook
trout, 2 ponds of salmon trout, 4 of Nc.
Cloud river or rainbow trout, 2 ponds OF
German trout, 3 of California mountain
trout, 2 ponds of hybrids, 4 of %one-quar-
ter salmon and three.quarters brook
trout, 2 ponds of gold fish, and 1 pond
of carp. Then we have what We cali the
centennial pond or happy family, con-
sisting of crosses of different fish, inclu-
ding Kennebrc salmon, Land Locked sal
mon, California salmon, sbrook trodt, sal
non trout and hybrids. These FISH range
ia size from minnows to lS-pounders,
and in age rom one and-one-half months
to eleven years. l forgot to say, also,
that WI have a hospital pond, which lie
entirely empty, which speaks pretty
wall for a ,.oun,,,ity Of NAVY ,,;lIiona