The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-02

ovateru enouzh 10 90 around the first
day. That Is because everybody IN .ow VII
\ mas been waiting three months for Oysters
I and everybody wap.S them Just as QUICK,
| ly "a he can get TA.sh. Nobody would
| think OF getting them day before the
season opened.
All the big hotels and the restaurants
| sent in their orders yesterday, ana tney
| were big ones. A few oyster statstcs
| may be interesting. These are iurnlsned
by James w. Boyle. who devotes 10 ne
oyster business all the time he isn't busy
p' New we York is the largest oyster-eonsum-
| ing community IN the word. Between
to-day and May LIST, according 20 vi:
Bowie, we VIII eat 400 bushels o =, oysters
10 n bushel or an average OF iVvyo'
oysters q day. That sounds pre,ly n I'M
BESIDES what we eat. we Will snip 49,
bushels a day 10 the west UNI a,i,o viii
Der lst. Then the western, appetite ,p w
be partially satisfied. and after tnst;
until Nav ist. we will ship lo,"v pusano3
n day. Besides this we Will snip o 20
barrels a week 20 Europe. Ie. IandSn.
we began shipping oysters 70 EShiots
The Health Board there had the Irst ,hs
thrown overheard. After whlle
Engllshmen got hold OF some "a the
which the health board iniss s,.adv mar
American product mas hau d ss'"N'
ket there ever since. ...,,<.. .he
To handle and get 20 the cotlsuli' about
millions Of oysters we use eiilloyS, con-
1000 men: Besides eslns Yorkers are the
consumers OF all the best oESe..i Nsw
outside community gets any une ITS tho
York is satisfied. and New , bSrn prices
best because Che pays the pigees ,tb5Rt are
for them. Nearly all the oys ars ILu o,,st,
shipped West from New fol" ~, trade
cd here. In opening for the West e J-hey
several hundred men are employs u o,,e,er
get 81 a thousand. The record FOR $3.50
opentre IS $50 In ten hours. II IS hsiu
here In New York. The average sIiu nfs,nar
that's. what a professional , oyTSTb en open
al the oysters are thrown INTO n pan, III
liquor Is poured of, and they are We as,IeJ
in fresh water. Then they are pouredd
into a rub and a hunk of ice. is dropped
ir with them The tub Is sealed UP, ana
the oysters will keep for a week. Inc
tubs hold from go e yoI Ky has oys tsksn an
interes, IN the oyster business. IL took
hold iust about the time that the ola
squatter oyster diggers were running tns
beds. \ commission was apPolhhIeo 6,,.s az,
they surveyed the whole Of the oyster
grounds They leased beds 70 men unuer
an agreement that the beds should ne
planted end the oyster properly culu-
that gave them the right 70 seize PEG |
the moment IL was not properly atenIed
10 by the lessee Then they made rules |
providing for the punishment Of any man
caught fishing or with an evident lll !tnr
ton 70 fish. for oysters on any other |
mans bed
The iessees pay more for their seed |
oysters than the Baltimore oyster costs |
ready TO ship to the Weet The best |
oyster beds Of the state are I'm the Great |
South BAY where tho Rockaways. Blue |
Points. and oak Island oysters are gotten,
and al along the Long Island shore on |
the other side. Those on the north shore |
ore called Enst river oysters They come |
from Huntington Bay. oyster Bay. Cold |
Spring Harbor. and Glen Cove; Ordinary |
small oysters are planted In these beds. |
20 bushels to TIE acre, and after three |
years Of cultivation produce something |
like 1000 bushels OF marketable oysters.
The enemies OF the oysters are drum |
fish and star fish
oysters arc said 10 bu finer IN quality |
and more plentiful this year than for five
years past. The price Is IN proportion to |
the quality. Ordinary oysters cost about
seventy-five cents "A hundred: very good |
cost 81 hundred. and oak Islands Sl.Jo
a hundred New York Sun