Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-24

OYSTER FARMING AT WAREHAM.-The cuIt-
Walton of oysters on the fats at Cohasset Mar
rows and Agawam, in Warebam, has already
become more profitable than the tillagc of an
equal area of upland, and the prOprietors Of
grants fayOraby located for growing byalye
plants have abandoned farming and are devoting
themselves exclusively to the raising of oysters
1t is only few wears since the discovery of the
adaptability of the fats along the shores of Buzz
Yards bay and the inlets on the opposite side of
the NarrowS to the rearing of thisdeicous mol
usk, and yet they have obtained wide reputa-
ton, commanding a high price. Some thirty
barrels are sent daily to Boston market, and SO
rapid is the increase that in five years it is es-
mated the shipments will amount to 1000 bushels
day. There are some fifty owners of grants in
Wareham, citizens of which town alone have a
privilege to occupy the flats, which is obtained
Tor period Of twenty years by the payment of a
recording fee of two dollars and half. These
grants nave all been taken up, and are now held
at enormous bonuses, some as high as S1O,-
OUO. lhese, however, are exceptions, the Weld
OF the beds aggregating in some instances two
thousand bushels year. The grants extended
from the shore to low water mark and embrace
from hive to scyenty-fye acres of fats. The
grants have been taken upon the Bulzard bov
side of the NarrOws as far out as Hog island
Beds of young oysters Matched where the spat
has fallen, have recently been discovered the
extent of which is estimated at TWENTY-FIVE
thousand bushels. They are now quite small
not bigger than IA penny, and yet every bushe
OF the young mollusks will in three years make
from four TO five bushels OF understandable
oysters. These natives are now being sold
to the owners of grants at fifty cents per
bushel. The men who struck the beds arc
earning several hundreds OF dollars a month in
raking and delivering their harvest. There has
been exceedingly fine sport OF late at Cohasset
karrows, in catching "Squileague," or "week-
fish" denizen Of those swift-running waters.
which closely resembles the speckled lake trout
whlc 1t is full as gamy hsh to take and SUI
| peror to the salmon in favor Is is called by
| some sea trout and weighs from three to
| hine pounds. SportSmen fish for it with the
rod line.-Boston Journal.
AHLoNITE.-Xylonite is IA substance of which
! the chlel ingredient is, we are informed. cbemi.
| caly allied to gun-cOttou, being formed bv the
| nitric acid upon woody fibre. One OF fhe chief
uses to which it is applied is for MAKING i'm
permeabe sheeting; and if all that is said ahnnt
il bear the test Of experience it bids fair IN ale
the place Of lndia-rubber. Different somntes If
water-prOofed faOrics vary in substance from a
thin transparent tissue up to a thick strong
cloth suitable for water.beds, water.cusbions
and other articles where strength OF fabric is ali
important. Xylonite has, it would appear
several advantages over indiarubber 1t is not
affected by boiling temperature, and can be
readily washed in soap and water and ironed
like ordinary linen or cotton fabrics. 1t is not
acted upon by oil or grease. Xyionite materials
can be made of any color, are considerably
cheaper than similar gutta-percha or india
rubber fabrics, can beused again and again. and
can be kept in store for any length Of time with
| out deterioration. -Lond0R Lancet.