The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-02
OYSTER cULru1r
some Interesting Poi,,.
state Of Maryls.s

interesting Poiats ~,
State of Maryls.st ma
baltimore Sun.
Easton. Md. March 2s-r,.
ness In Talbot waters 1, mn. '
catching seed oysters or nnI. NJ WIZ
are usually called. for thu W
delaware bay planters MA ~ !s,r
ID gong on IN all the shallow y, ny, rns
grounds OF the Chesapeake s, ~
sectionswhere this exporl,iion !. ~
w law All these oysters A.. M
longs and every tongman i, =,
ihg good wages for the tirs y"
large extent. in many place, d..
sunDly of next fall. when ina ~
would bring for the packIn, a
VI tnree times as much a, a., !
the planting market But NJ
toheinen are not. as q rule ~!
enough TO wait They wan, 49,,
sight at the time. Employms,,
also to most OF the local ho.,'
punEies and schoonen-in r,r,,,,
oysters to the planting ground, q
Jersey and Delaware grounds n. Y
oy way OF the Chesapeake and nm,
canal. Before the war immense as,,.,
ef small oysters were taken frcn ~
waters for planting In York ,rd ~,
| hammock rivers, At the outbre,t NJ
war Virginia planting had assumes
proportions. War DESTROYED thu NAV
and 1t has never been resumed on n,
vious.,lines.
Many of taese plants are ven .,
oysters-below the minimum lse,l 7,
They are not culled as rula Tkss
rocks and bars in Talbot waters. epxh
in Broad and Harris creeks, vhsn
oysters. even II unmolested for ysn
scraped down TO clean bottom, n
spring, never grow as large q minis
size required By the present Marlst
ter law. a rigid enforcement Of Tie
law to the output of these ban md nj
would be useless and Oppressive n
arc suitable only for plants, Thew
other market for them. Under such ~
of conditions as transplantins theu [
different waters and planting thea
other bottoms they grow very rshiI,
In a few months are ready to 70 "a Z
market as primes aud selects. ID
methods. however. would keep Ass 4
tors at home 10 be seeded On he pfunI
of Maryland planters-protectA BY 4
laws as obtain in Connecticut New I'd
and Delaware.
In Delaware there Is q law which "
any citizen to appropriate fifteen IN
ground where there are no natural ~
upon paying a fee OF s25 and IN N
license fee OF 81 ton upon the boti
This system has been the source Q! n
wealth. OF the millions Of SEED uIl
annually planted upon these Delavin
half are taken from Maryland wstea
they cost the planter less than y -
bushel. put down upon bis beds
oysters are taken up In five or III 2
and will then bring 50 cents 4 busa
more.
A writer. who Ia an authority %
matters. Calvin Dill Wilson. In Lppa
Magazine. says:
"In 1850 the expectation Of o!s'en
the Chesapeake for planting wa y
lows: Three million three hunarN
se,enty-fvc thousand five hundred W.
were planted at WellGeet, MASS; ~
mouth, n. H.; Portland, Ne; BULL
Bay, Vineyard sound and NMat H.,
bay, in Eastern Connecticut, AZ Nes
and in New York bay and DeliNas y
This practice has existed for man! ~
and Chesapeake oysters were taken y y
York and New Jersey for planting Y
oro 90 1905 Gould states that 1907 W
els were used at Wellfect ID iss.
100 900 in 1850. 1t is probable .a.s
twenty years Immediately pleesa !,
war the town Of Wollaeet plahsI 1,
average $4,000 bushels OF ohe.sp :, Y
tors each year. The exporta,,oA MA. ~
oysters from Chesapeake bay t'I Pr y.
in Connecticut was carried on o. III
extensive scale for more than my III
although It has now practlcal,! ~. 1919
those times n large feet Of 1870 w. M
vessels was employed In tne . s,a \
winter. and some stirring .s ths Il
main OF perilous voyages ou''Ie n nv
season. In 1879 $4,000 busheis " ID
tors we're taken from the ChesAFn ., M
IN ho nlanted in Connecticut. and ~ M
wears of good management brSu an M
such change that in 1883 one hrm 'sm a
10 San Francisco 10. oooo 900 OF y'usa . n
ters, which had been rea.ea Va nd y
necticut oyster farms ana rorutcaz
planting on the Pacific coast 1. ~
/, now able TO sell seed oynem ,s,;s
states, besides selling an iu'l
to Europe. - IA b ~
r,zeG n. one of the great indu,u,~s 3
Is still capable OF Amos. .rb,ec, " y
pansion. An oyster IS Us ~ M eultps
proyement as n vegetap'S ,,,,mate sna
OF oysters Is therefore les,Th M. ~
mont for labor and capital On q
trv can be successfully carf IT,, IA ~
small scale. and with little cap' III 4 "
,nu, ,natars and near the shore, oa n.ssI
vs., IN. investment Of a la's'
required. 49,. =, farming co.,,
in placing clean oyster ss ai ~
bottom Just before me pa,,ne. md =
for the attachment Of the 49, w. mitar z
MACE among these shells rev ~. youuC =
,ers IA furnish eggs. When 'ns thty 8,
,sr. arc large enough to han 1rl. go
over the bottom. ~ s,.y -
,ous n,rs,,ed FOR more than n IN, @
In the East river. near New "a Me- y
Ter farming is also carr'ea Ccanneciisal
sey. on Long Island ana ~
/. a very profitable inuuss lava vns
"a revision of the oyster 10 an bcs,
planting can be made seess,,,auils, ~
Iaased nv the state to iha
,oon come"