Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-24
From tae Philadelphia Daily Chronicle.
OYSTERS,


An attempt is making, in New-York, to torn
I. comnany. with a cspii al of so 900 dollars di'
vidrd into $500 shares, for the purpose of fur
pishine to that city, at the least practicable ex'
pense, regular supply Of The best planted oys
iers tina, can be raised. The followingis an ex
tract from their published proposals:
Oysters, like other animals, differ in respec,
10 their breeds, as likewise from The peculiar
methods used in raising them, therefore, 10 se-
surssufe 70 themselves. Il an Sshi g,
is.necessary 10 be done 10 accomnI.h ,I az :"a'
required, fss .I-L--,- L-ul tue onJect
+, generate and grow faster than the INFERIOR xmas
badly situated.
Itls matter Of astonishment, that an article
holding the importance in domestic economy
that the oyster does, should have been so long
neglected while societies for the improvement
Of the different kinds Of cattle sre spread
throughout the land. They are certainly equal
" impor,an, TO the public, the latter giving
better and more beef and mutton for a shilling,
while the former, ir attended TO, would produce
the like effect on oysters; and there can be no
doubt that, IL equal encouragement should DC
piven 70 the improvement Of oysters, that the
cattle now receive, they would become one oil
the cheapest articles that the marker could IT.
ford. for they can be produced alta cheaper rate
than even clans, and for this simple reason;
that they grow faster, and cause no more trou>
HE in raising There have been attempts with
in a Few years to raise them on Long Island, but
those engaged in the business have done II IN
that limited scale, that no individual OF then,
could sfford t. keepa watch TO prevent their De-
,npistolen-a precauton absolutely necessary,
which canno, be afforded 81, by an extensive
establishment.
Solidity and delicacy of favour are the two
~ ters nf The HrSf M a l..
ity:-lhe first depends much on the !orm oil
their shells the latter on the peculiar situation
in which they grow.
Il is found that those oysters, whose shells
APPROACH nearest to a circle, and are mos, bull
bous possess more solidity than either OF the
other species, down to the long shell kind, like
wise. tina, those which have grown where the
salt ant, fresh water mix, imbibe favour by
far the most delicate, as rs exhibited by the pre-
sent mill pond oysters; hence, by selecting oys'
tiers Of this kind, and planting them somewhere
in the vicinity Of New York, d: the confluence
OF fresh water stream, and the salt water tide
oysters Of the first quality can be produced, *
sold in the New York market as cheap as those
of the most infe, Tor kinds, OF the same age; Tor
the expense Of gathering and bringing them to
market will be as much less than Of those from
the South, or Jersey, when raised on this ex :
tensiye scale. will pay the interest Of the cost
of the establishment, as likewise the expenses
attendant thereon.
The Calculation is to plant $4,000, 900 oys>
tiers, 10 purchase a sufhcieney of land, and wa
ter privileges, to construct dams, and erect o.
ther works necessary for their Accommodation;
10 accomplish which it will require the sum OF
$4,000; and that this stock, when the business
is in full operation, will yield annually 10 the
Company an income OF 5,ooo,ooo oysters with
out any decrease in the stock, Tor when well at
tended to they generate very rapidly.
France is the country in which the greatest
atiention has teen paid to the propagation and
improvement of this article Of food. The oys-
tiers of the bay Of Cancale, for example, though
more numerous than those on any other part
of the French coast, are scarcely fit to eat when
first taken from their native bed. They acquire
a sufficien, degree Of delicacy, only by being
p,aced, for some time, in receptacle called
pare. This is reservoir Of salt water, about