Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-10-04
SCIENCE AND THE OYSTER.
some lnierestlnE Experiments with the
Bivalvc---Artiliciai Culture.

The oyster has of late years, from its
great economic value, attracted the at
tCntiOn Of scientific men Of all coun-
tries, and especially in this country
have many successful experiments
been made. Prof. Brooks, Of the Johns
Hopkins university, made the first sue
ccssful attempt in the artificial impreg.
nation of the eggs OF the oyster. A
single oyster lays about two millions
yellow eggs, which arc found in the
gils of the parent. They soon conf
'menco to move about by means of deli
cato motile li.amcnts that almost cover
them, and then are hltchcd aud called
fry. They are now independent free
swimming creatures, but shortly cease
tOrove about and attach themselves to
tho bottom, the shell, onc.cighth of an
inch in diameter, boing easily disccrni-
bic, At the end Of the first ycar they
reproduce, but do not attain their per-
feet size for three years. Tho incuba-
tion OF oyster cggsiS the great business
OF the future, and in - few years, pro-
habiv, the dealer can % to Il hatchery
and order 500, O,UJO,O OO0 sprat, more or
lr,t rhp nrnspri diriruIlv il rn, in
rho e,rtilizn,,,r brt in tcrninr ,hr
oung aijvr, and TO Mi! end, rLpari-
n.r,s ave hrin,- mad, in v.rinus r,r,s
Of The world.
Another important question affecting
tac llNyOr, and, consequently, the sale
of the oyster is its food. EyCryrpCure
,,rnws thr Li,lrronrr bntyrrn RIn.
nninis Shnw.hnrv nrd Virgi,f, n,,..
ims onJ fhr srniosirion il fhat tLair
f,nI ia the r,nsn of tbn diGrrncn
prof Lpfiy prrsiInnt of tho PbiI,
nbla Ar,drmy Of Sciences s,vs tla.
ihn ,vst.i. mr,h,I,ly n,,rroIl, fo"Js
,,,,., tl,n ,,ns,,r.. IS ro,,,oin' oI,.o',
gnoh os th"so ~ tbr soo cohh'%, IT,I,1
LyGs.;J5gI mi. in his oninihg1 mi.,h,
rivc thn animal; the grnrn cnin,. tn",
,hn, rflnn n,s.ns. norticrl,rh, in ,Lc
soft ,or,. Sn many ovstnrs hovn hnn,
rcion,od IA. hnynrs w,hc vcro ntro;J nt
,I,jjs ,.rc,n ,,,,tho, ,hn ra,,o,. has, I,n,,
i,".,r7,;,,,.,J hv t,r, Er,nnL n,t,,r,i;-,' ,,
yb, tnnl. nrrf,c,Iy ghitc oyst,,rs .rI
f,J thnr nnor yotnr c,mjoininu nv,
onnuJonr, If rrnon nicrnsG1,nfc
,Jomt C%toyc,,l,, ny ny,yfor;,N onT ,Lo,. !,',-
imn,nI ] tLn ,,r,nr nnnn,r,, L"a ''" ,I,n; t", ,,,
,,,n,saJ ,,,v ~ ,n "''' '''''' I'VE
Hrs,ors orn s,r,nnsnJ oiy, T., o,r,.,;,
u,n ,,roo, nnInrin,, mo,tnr NJ miani.
cnI,oi olInro,hyi Ion,J w. g. r,,mi,r
of i'''o" onimnIs RI" % m",, 90 ",,.ofnI 'nyts
,,',,,.', n,n,I, o,,n,";o,II,, ,.;,i, ~" a'
,r,s.nrn and nlhnry.is, L5 'v ,.,,.!",,.
s,ionIi,;,. na" onI il, ~, o,.,1 ,',s ,Ln
,,rnnn r,I"r n.""rI tn ~ ,no,I,in "o,,ar ,,'
or found in any way poisouous.
lis il true" asked the skipppr's COM
pauiou. "that star.G>ho; roll ON oyster
bedsP"
81 can't swear to H." was the r,,b:
"but among fishermen it's II GENERAL
belief that sen stars get tore,hrr in
lunches OF four or five hundred.
.nd leu the sea or Ground swell roll 'c,,
uo sh,ra onto the beds. where they
break ,rp and 80 for .he listers, Thnv
kin thuusand OF bushels of 'pm every
ycar. The way tEcy WORK is to close
over the shell and turn their s;omarhs
msileuu, and suck the critlcr RIGHT in:
lhry'rr one Of the worst enemies thc
istGr's have. Its a,,oni>biu'.m ~ he con.
,inued, "thc number OF rrrs i>lcfs laws
and how !yw grow up. | beard gcu-
tIrman say that ont ufathousand islrrs
aLou. 80 laws oygs, and say each laid
LOCO 600. we'd have forty odd million
youn~. Bu, he said on nm AVERAGE
only lyO or 20 OF these crew 10 pcrfnct
si3a. so for every lister rs j., cal over n
million rits killed."
pr,r,,s,. ,I,t;ry yor. u, ,,r,J,..
;,.,,,,..,. - r.,n,'.,,,,. ~ nyn r6n ,;,,,.,
1T. .i,nm', ,,,S. af ,nan hn, a.,
n,,;,,. =, '' motn~o 5-1 ,iros M I,.s ,rh,, m,
g',..a,, w ~ ,', l., r,,. h"ion, ,'o in'i
nam % n,nsin' onJ ah,nt Ern,,nJ n,
n,nnnly rnrc In 1Szo mali hnJ yay
Ii.nn,,|,aI -, ,l,n' ,,n,,t, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
,'n,. 'as vvL;,,t,l,la ,,.,,. ,i,',,, si,, '
anJ o' t,r"nt,. wi,i, ,nJ n.i,l,;" rdn.,57 ,U'7
";,,Lt honrs sryo,,y-fro ,oss"I, U,n;,,,
7''l,,',J a,.,,. ,hn ,,,,. ri LaI T.,
m",,, ,,"v,'J,T JaFmrn, VIA LapJs or r"nonIn % ,,n
D,a Narn,ond,. o,ost o,.o ,.ot ~; "
,hor,,h tho fnIiovinc, f.,nrns ,3hn, ''G", tl,n
] mm' i,niinn, Il VIII Im i971 Io, foinI 90 .5'0
oo" GnH. Ie5a ,Lo a,,.J rIJ 49, I,,
Ic nU" nno M, i"DV ieci G Gnn "no. wa" 1oc "
. n"0 n00 ,l l % in isSt S'J'TC nG0 0on M i'o''
'y,I,"r rooo fnr @ ,'o or,itir;oI c,J,ro os
'," n,m,, ,D % n,.s - T'rnro o"''",o 80, VI
Vs... o,,o iron,otod r"pG "rinpn;,,lI T,'i", h,
pr,g G' IF I' par;s f. ',i,U'D'.J ,I,n ,''.;n W s
1858 he distributed in the bay of ST.
Bgicux shells and heavy farots over n
spurn Of 600 hectacrs fono hrrtoer
e1ual, 2lJ1l ocres). and on these
sprcad 3,ODO, 600 mother oysters, In
tho autunn all fine forols were of
course, covered with oysters; for if these
oysters wcro MS fruitfuI rs tbn Uol.
siyrin oysters there were 132 .OOO yonnr
oysters to every snuaro meter ThSo
boldest exneetatiops vera cyrncdeJ
# was thouGht that now tho means h,d
boon found To surround every Frcnch
cnost with oyster.heIs and noonIr oi.
roodv commcncod ,o coIcuioio acc,rI-
;ng to tbo nrico which ovstcrs hrorrht
nj that limo, how many millions Of
fr,ncc would bo yinIdoJ ~, tbis Lorrost
of tboson Canitolis,s wcni intonartnor rS I NV
shin with fshormen and stor,oJ ar,i-
Gcipl ovstar.hods. Int tbo rich bor,ost
of moylotoble ovStors foilnd oro.y @
who're because tTo Trootc,. 'Tu nort;oO GoU'S 3r
tbe voung ovstors bad becn gcstrored ] ID