The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12

being ~ cents per acre TO January ] there.
after 20 cents per acre per Hnnum for tho
next four YEARS ana 81 per year thereafter
AZ the expiration Of the. 25.cent payments
the renter is supposed 10 have sufficient
oJateis planted aud In marketable condi-
ton 90 Justify tile payment Of 81 per acre
rent. as an acre Of oysters Wen scr ana IN
good locality should produce at least 5VW
barrels OF marketable oysters ia three years
alter painting which, az - cents per barrel
net viii make $40 per acre.
These are very conservative ngufea AS 70
quantity and 10 net price. as 6O0 barrels OF
50 cents net ~ not unreasonable. but the
state can not expect parties TO make such
Investments without some protection, u
win cost from $40 to $50 per acre 10 stock
am acre with Oysterg, gay an average OF
$50 thus nfty acres would cost Sl5l0 Tor
the seed OF stocking; add 5000 for other
expenses, making total OF S2GW Ffopei'
iy working an oyster he'd u an advantage
rather than a detfiment as taking out ma
tured oysters and breaking an& scattering
the clusters gives the young oyster a better
chance for food, which menus better
growth. while by leaving bed unWorked
the clusters become more impact, reducing
tue food supply 70 such an extent that
many in the clusters die from starvation
and those that survive for q time seldom
become marketable. For THIS reason tnele
are many natural oyster reefs IN TINS state
that are never worked, from the fact Of
having no marketable oysters, ana / sup
nose that the same conditions exist IN other
:
tle advantages that can be derived from
thls Industry both 70 the investor and 10
the state.
the Investigating committees report on
this department shows that the state paid
ont gl8O3 above receipts from October ~.
1880 10 October l. 1917, and ! AIN THANKFUL
d the member or members who made this
part Of the investigation ag Il also ehoWs
tnat 100 no instance does the expense ac-
count eaual the appropriation for expenses
for any year Investigated,
The trade Tor the past year has been very
satisfactory 90 most of the dealers on the
coast SIR. Warrach u Port LnYaca has
completed q iarse ueh and oyster house
With cold storage ctc 81 a cost Of several
Thousand dollars, Dir. gentry also Of Port
lpvaca. htiilt q huuse some three years ngp
Of aboui Che same capacity ana cost snow
ING that these genetiemen have found the
hsh ADD oyster business satisfactory ana ]
thluk that the snlne eau be said Of ROek-
per and Corpus christi Two new cor
pofations have iately obtained charters ar
dealers IN fish and oysters, and 1 am IN
formed That they Will open business IN
Mntacorda in a short tlfpe. u ~ also re
ported that tth houses VIII be opened AZ
teiasco Brpzorin county, and at the new
town now heina established az Hamilton
POINT M Mafdgorda county, The attached
report from Galveston speaks for the con
dltlous az that place
Commissioner.
"Galvesfon, Texas August /, 1902 Dear
sir. Herewith I beg 10 hand you my re.
port Tor the year ending August 81, 1907
| which ] trust sou viii ind correct ana sat
isTactory ~ referring 10 last reporf, you
wlil see that there is quite an Increase IA
every uue WITHIN Tho iast year. the en
closed showing \ total of sis7 .9O1GO while
the report for lasi year showed flly,4yi
gain OF over - per cent The prospects
/ are very good for oysters on all the reefs
ana expect a tine business me eoming
season
epeDdjpg S2JOUlO IN Improving its plant
aud facilities for doing O large business II
/ haa III schooners building, averaging about
aizty tons each, cesting ahaat t4osOOgi also