The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-11-20

= 49, V'N - 800
hints obtained in Italy, and 1t
carried on on "a most ~extensiv
scale. Brushwood, stones and oti
ef articles have been used as cutie
-which is The name for anylhini
on which spai is collected, but nov
plank, coaied with a mixture o
lime aud sand, and tiles are pre-
ferred. The tiles are similarl,
succeed for convenience in re
moving The spat when it is 10 b,
transplanied. The tiles are curv
ed and arrane ed in rows, one above
another. Sometimes, when The
bottom is too muddy, they are ar
ranged on wooden platforms, sup.
ported above the mud by sticks
driven down like poles. The
ground which is liked best, how
ever, is That which is sandy and
well covered by distintegrated
shells.
Arcachon spat is put largely in
artificial ponds shut off from the
sea, saving only one entrance.
But so much brush and obsiruc-
ton is put in this provided en-
trance that no danger results when
The tide reiires, and it is very
unlikely thatIhe spaI can yet past
these, on The tide. and be lost at
sea. AT Marennes, the most famed
French oysters are raised, which
are a green oyster. 1t is said they
do moi compare, though, in quality,
with the green oysters of Osiend,
"fatlened on na,icule that swarm
in their famous PITS
Spal are taken off the tiles when
they attain a diameter of a quarter
of an inch. A knife that Is made
TO pass under the cement coating
separates them. They are next
counted, 10 see what their average
increase Is, and sent away in cages
TO The fattening grounds. The
cages are simply wooden frames,
topped and boitomed with wire
netting. When filed, they are
dipped into and covered by liquid
tar. This, when dry, serves as
protection for the young oysters,
and will keep them safe until they
attain IA size that gives them suffi-
cient immunity from attack. These
boxes care three yards long by one
yard wide, and from four to six
inches deep, and the wire netting
is Of IA quarter inch mesh"
There is a proverb, or saying,
that q faliening oyster does moi
breed, nor a breeding oyster fatten.
The oysters bred al Arcachon
ase kept for two years. Alter this
elapSes they are taken by
millions TO The sandy bottoms on
The coast of lie d'Cleron. where
hey get a thicker she'll, when they
are sent further north to Concale
Dr OStend. Here they acquire .
more delicate flavor from the in
fence of The colder sea.
The system in Italy is, as would
be expected, an inheritance from
times. AT Naples, though,
pyramids of artificial rOck-work
ire erected in a lake three miles in
circumference on which The spat is
grown. The entrance from The sea
S guarded by walled barriers 10
prevent their escape. The lack of
ide in the Mediterranean makes
culture even that which
he French have attempted in AL
,iers and elsewhere-in that sea.
,nly a moderate success. In China,
rom a long period back, oyster
'ullure has been ~pracliced, but in
simple way. The Chinese lay
Town bamboo rods for the young
1ysiers 10 cling 10, and give them
10 special attention. When a fair
lumber are matured they pick up
he rods and carry large and small
o market, without separating
hem from the rods.
Much as The oyster has been
Iltended 10 in our country, and
arge as the crop is, it is said that
'ur methods of culture are rude
md clumsy. Neither we nor any
'ther nation eXpends the scientific
are uLon 1t That the French do.
We have large beds in the Chesa.
'eake and along The coasts, from
rhlch the oyster is taken up and
ransplanled in fresh wafer. The
atuIe of The sea-bed is such that
OF much but such natural support
S IL finds can he given Ia he
Dung. Ii is remarked of the
chesapeake and all American oyS-
FRS tina. they bear long carriage
nth less harm Than any that grow
other shores. Our close season,
5 every body knows, is the series
f months that is spelled without
he X. !
Within a few weeks il has been
Iated that the oysters deadly
nerny, the starfish, has been most
lccessfully subdued in the Long
sland bed by putting down within
5 reach an instrument very mnch
he a lons-handled house mop.
IS soon as touched by it, the stsr.
III invariably grasps The strands, !
nd a be captured aud destroyed
v the thousands. for il will moi LEI {,
until il has been held Out Of
long enough 10 secure the
npossibiliiy of its return.