Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-24

LIND ~ dredge that does exceleh' 80 tso
hli'u u Screens tho contents or the
- !. eotnIinr no the whelks ana leaVlns
80, .-~tors bebind. On the Whole' ~ -
ratber "a. good thing that the oys.eI - -
enemies. The average female oySl-s fhor
dnces 100000 eggs in sSasQA, az" IN s,,r-
descendants in Ave geneIatiois ,,.a,,f5 cern-
S,iyed and grew to maturity wou .,.-,'es ay
pose a total bulk Hlol 1'''''
big as the earth.
IN TIDEWATER PONDS.
,',a.o,eo ~ the species, however.
would be limited necessarily ~ s,,o -
,'.iI'. Already the oyster farmers Oh
SUPP, ,,on bav are having trouDie
- 10 ,ba Growth of their oysters "hlcn
W." 49, davelop and fatten as 1hey
o 10 It is probably a matter OF hu.
snouiu' li, the food being not
eli1 lrt, a. 90 round. Wherever oyster
i.S.,1.a A. carried 10 a high POM, aiil9
5sno,,it,, &c likely 70 present lsel' no
49, Cornnisgion believes tnat ths Au
- - the ovster-breeding BUSINESS III
tbis country will depend upon ,r q,
.abl,ehment of tidewater PTnu, 60.
which the blvalves may De ,,,.-,,ot
s.soIiSg before being sent 10 nlarhee'
TIT n,s' ,e.bod Is practlced abroad on q
li.lS axtensive scale. It is not dhl'cult
so'' ororide in such ponds cohultlohs
70 80 e,iitable for the development
VIII 80 o,,onttties of the minute Neseta-
81 sare-apisnns upon which oysters cnleny
30 ATTEMPTS in this directlon -
aS.oodv belng made in parts Oh inc
Chesapeake region. "a 80. oortbon-
,care files and faggots Oh S'IoNs, -
Iotter being suspended IN tne at.a,i
c,,hseouently the seed lhuS o..
a. scraped from the tiles OF slicN . 10
,iontine These methods cahnoI
adonted in this country De0"us . -,
js too dear and oysters 90 no - 40
hsoIly , nm French oyster or pest
l9t... after being carefully fatteheu'
,,,,dergoes a cleaning process WIN .
-, ra ia sold at the hSninOhbei >
ln Co. cents. The finest ffehch
So t. ho,,a a greenish color, when Is
a., 80 certain species or diatohls tu"1
- &, tha ponds, or "clalres. IT
Ill, the appearance OF similar
oreenish tint in some or the OF -.
long Island Sound has gwen -
trouble 10 the fishermen, reuuei,ue 80
mollusks unmarketable. presume 80
CAUSE IS the same. Such o5 S',,,.s.,t
ever. are not in the least unnoli''''-''
FAMOUS CHESAPEAKE BAY.
DO far the greatest natural oyster-oeaS
- ,.orld are those Of the CHESAPEAKE
~ ~ lost sixty years they have pro-
d,,ced zoo coo $50 bushels Of the DNalFe''
S,ho oroat estuary receives the dlaih@b1
- A "a ooO acres OF fertile land, which -
denosited on the bottom or the pay III w
Sorn, NJ q fine back sediment known az
so,,ster mud" This sediment Is q halu-
~ FERTILIZER so rich In organic matter
.bot ~ nutredes IN q few hours When eA-
sased 20 the sun. The mud produces
r,oet luxurious growth OF microscope
vegetable organisms, which WoulG SON
choke the bay n they We're hot hglu ~
cbecls bv the countless minute ahlin@lS
that feed on them. The aValiapiC " 80.
growing area Of the Chesapeake ~ oDVu'
600 square miles, and II couio De in"ue
10 yield an average OF 500 an acre per 81
mum. The oyster Is as hNeu anu
~, "a a potato. and its cultivation Is as
',,,,rio "a any branch OF agriculture. The
ovsfer fisheries OF the Chesapeake ought
~ 10 ernnIovnent TO 10000 persons.
~ a wholly practicable 10 propagate
o,-s+ars nv making an artificial mixture
~ cells from the male moliusk and eggs
,ror, the female. This has been accom-
,,t,shed many times IN an experimental
yav by simply chopping up the repro
ductive organs at spawning time. In this
sashion oS Der cent. OF the eggs are inn
nragnated. whereas, under natural con-
ditions the great majority or them are
not fertilized. failing TO come In contact
With tho male cells az they float about IN
the water. Every autumn 100 carloads or
oysters as big as thumb-nail are ship
ned from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific coast
for planting. 1t has been ascertained re-