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ground Al all oFcnt. a. the llsa col2lais
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The French people were tie nrst 60 IN
trodgoe oystar cnltare upon coNiDerQla4
basis and ia SAILS copn1Ty the state 81 Goa
neciicut led tie way ~ takiag 81 ap Ten
years ago Z law was passed there directing
The state % sell a. K it were a. Euch rcsd
estate divided into lots the hoaou ~
Long Island sound outside ~ the natafnl
oyster heds near shore Since thai time
oyster farming has becoEle large indus
Try IN Connecticut
Oyster bets Ter many miles oUt late Tie
scund ere cultivated, jusi a. potato fe.ts
might be, and with great profit 10 those
who pay proper attention 20 the work.
Snch beds are not gsraily self Sustaining.
as are the natural onoS inShore, bat by
planting them each year with young cys-
ters they arc made 70 produce several bun
dredfold The production of young oysters
.cr planting IN this way has grown 30 be
an important part 81 tee business. aud the
planting Of them hA1 be~n reduced 10
most scientific basls
To begin with, in making a new oyster
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The bottom over the area % be planted with
q material called "culfeh" This cultch ls
Usually composed chiefly Of oyster and
clam shells OF any stuG Of that sorz. Thia
shells Of whatever description that may be
most readily obtainsble are desirable Tor
the purpose inasnsuch a. they soon rot
and fall 70 pieces, thus distributing the IN
dividual oysters attached 20 them II IA
important that the young oysters should
be distributed ~ much a. possible, because
when lot Of them attach themselves 20
single permanent object. like q small rock,
they ovcrgrow one another and aggregate
themselves intos q mas lcss useful CONNER
cially, while their growth IL itself impeded
incidentally A kind Of limestone called
''bluestone," from tie Hudson. IL found
very useful for this purpose, smashed mp
into about the size employed for maoadA-
mixing roads
Having in this way prepared the bottom
for what Is to hc su oyster bed you must
next procure your oysters. You can boy
them Of drecaers. who sell them 70 yon ia
The shape a = shells and az sorts 81 such
truck scOolsed up from below, which IS
found 20 be iDcrusted with young oysters
Of various ngos. From thirty cents 60 nfty
cents a bushel is charged for this rnst~Yiai
IN the crude, and you simply throw Il into
the water and let the oysters do the rcst.
As the shells decay they will dlstriBute
themselves, and soon YOU viii have an
oyster bed Of .FoHr o~n. Zach year you
dump In Is mAay more bus hels 81 young
oysters As may ce Necessary % recruit the
supply and your crop Is ~ surc ~ any
other, 50 long IS you take carr % keen
away the enemies which may attact "a n
you know how 70 manage the thing you
viii have a number OF beds, permitting
the occupants of some 70 Frgw bis " hile
you dreoec In others. Washington star.