Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-26


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fum H)nok Lac oy =
way
nATuDA4 oHs1A1 oo
~Hers go - ~ angueR 10 yeuf |
vureeion az What - natural oyster
Iroand," eoosisued IL. 1aytef.
49, b r nu6 bo<eoOs ana one N /
shieh . psrsuA wesn veikm9 vlh siek
lAnae to inches u TIE oeoA a00 eeeSe |
Ihould b this sepAee. fuf there ne oys-
IF n noa oniy roAsooAoly safe nom
(ss in The pad hoses vnice
you sAv absve. oaiy On smaites seasel
bat ID be- The ffesn vases vnteo u
needs and here u attatos 10 greatest
pexfeclioa Of sse, flavor ana neen- Il
"Wheshef OF mos The eelssvaasoe OF
oysters upoa The nass q seattle cen oe
made q success depends upon tnees
coodilione. shoeid nos sssd ne,
ssbe afraid 10 unceftake II. voersvef this
sepaRo occurs"
The oysters ReoerAliy ne upoo soe
ground In b1Dches Of peroaps 2 cossn,
sne NUCLEUS being . Wascae of - oyseer
shell, asd In sone phases vneo the
epa9e vas small. picked up oonenss
d oysters IN which shose upoo the an
der eide and on the mud and IN the
water were mot frc1ens while the DINERS
were killed.
In order 10 MAKE ooOptese success
Of the oostnees u would seem tnas %
some manner OF means ne oeoe SHOULD
be placed beyond she reAco OF fresa.
Every winter they so9er more of less
from this Gauss. bot u hes been several
years sinos . fFeexs . DISASTROUS IN 10
effects - the one OF taee month naA cc-
carfed; neverthele0 ne haethty o. III
recurrence % any ime muss Dc takeu
into Ill calculations OF peons and ioo n
the business - at present ooooeceeo.
Thees 10 one way Of overcoming enis
difhculty which has been Urea o. .
small seais With Success and that is,
after having selected the psoe which yoo
vish 70 plant with oysiers. to rake 70
the edges the mueclee thereon. ana into
and upon the vail shus etrcoovensine
the bed there viil work sum ,ieus OF uuo
and other debris TO retain enoo9n vasef
q lov tide 10 cover the oysters ana
thus prevent their fre< xipR. Some par
ties Who ore coutemplstine Ming upcn
and planting beds In tae bay at O:y0pso
daring the coming season, expect 10
employ this method.
Vas Informed that there vas one
bed Of i've or SIX acres at the bay which
il dyked in With brush and that this
simple vail retained enough water "a
prevent injury TO the oysters thereon
during the Ast freeze. There u anothel
way Of securing the same result uhlch
10 used often upon the beds OF Long Isl
and, and doubtless in other parts OF the
east. That 10 10 remove the oysters in
the fall Of the year from the beds be-
tween high and low tide 10 water deer
enough to keep them covered daring
the winter. Where this 10 done, Of
course. the process Of easherine 10 v.n
tes muss % easnef oy souRinK VI oSsok
ing:
1nete afe many atRupuenss n invv'
OF tnis !astef mesnoo. IN faes tno on,I
one against u oeieR soe seooE Nqui.eu: =
oos woeo sne e4sfs Dsoecs cosvsu =
TAKEN into account tnis 0ol scs,ou ~ n'
weight, even vnen tesseo IN soe csM'cs
balance OF pfons ana loss. ~ Rene.
ally CONCEDED oy tne oystermen suss
IKE otner animals, tbe oyesef j. cement
Cd by 9 cnanee OF pasture 20. ant
then. Ibe summer 10 the cnief feeoina
season. ard tnen u neeos % % vnese !.
can get zoe eepaRe OF tfesn wa.ef o;es
nron WHOM u sofives, ana 70 tne wlo
ter. when It lives chieny on rs owi
pean, nke toe pear. u Goes wen 10 oeel
water, resting secure rom tue oises Q
Jack Frost. Inese 10 IN tnis mssno'
the TURNER Advantage OF BEING ADJ
when shiftinR ene oeos 10 fsee soe1
from muscles. which pas 10 oe cone y
any event. ana can De zone a. tbs um
Win httie extra expense; 1t. IayIo
informed me tnas ne INTENDED 70 u
this method With some OF bis beds mex
TAT.
II TIE OUTLOOK.
Il This species Of food, though psrhap
olsased among the luxusies, is corsid
cred ky the majority Of people a. one o
the necessities Of the table. or cours<
tastes differ in this AZ IN all things, bu
il IL safe 10 say that in the estimation
Of a msioritv Of the people Of the Pa
h cific coast the oyster OF Puget SCUM,
suffers 10 q comparison With lie easter
relative only when the question Gf sig
Is taken into confederation. be that q
il NAV, the question of distance pre-
cludes the shipment Of eastern oyster
hers. and Il IL certain that this ooas
must supply not only itself, but eventu
ally a large section of country inland
with this food.
There are considerable beds Of oys
tiers in 0hoalvater Bsy, and q deaie
Who saw some OF them IN Portland In
week, said he did MOI think they hs,
suffered as severely from the late free .
az had the oysters Of the Sound. To
same Dealer saws they are, hoveveI
vastly inferior TO the latter 10 favor an
can never supplaut them in the a ar
kets,
i II seems reasonably certain that th
inhabitants Of the future great cities O
the coast must look 70 Puget Sound &
supply them With this article of foo
and immediate provision must be mad
or We shall not be able to meet the de
nand. Indeed Ne are not able to nov
w. ocu S Sy ~ ue sIu . a.: ~,
the supply. Olympus dealers at th
beginning OF the present season sop
posed the supply would far exceed th
demand and solicitsdlDords vhicl
came in snch quantity thst they yer
unable TO ill them and at the time o