Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1908-11-27
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s estimated AT inward of 60 OO0 but as many of them
employed part OF the in other fisheries farming
ETC. definite statistics not available Baltimore is the
most extensive market and New York has considerable
export trade with Europe.
The native oyster of the Pacific coast is small thin
sheled species In 1901 1593l0 bushels valued at $751;
1872 were marketed, principally on the Pacific coast
The European oyster is found from Italy to Norway.
1t is a round thinsheed species, shapely than the
American species, and hermaphroditic first female and
afterwards male 1t is less prolific than its American rela
tive and the young undergo considerable development in
the mantle chamber of the mother 1t thrves in water
of full almost full organic density.
The oysters of Japan occur in shallow and moderately
brackish moderately salt water throughout the whole
archipelago; and very large salt species is found
deep water. Many other species of Ostrea found
in temperate and tropical throughout the world
The oyster family appears to have had its origin
in mperfectly known forms The family is found
also in the Perman In the Triassic 1t is represented
by q strongly plcaed form, Aectryonia, which form
becomes prominent in the Jurassc and Cretaceous
There also the common arcuate shells OF Gryphae
and Exogyra in the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Osrea
itself is known in the Mesozoc but 1t attained its maxi
of size and abundance in the Tertiary The sandy
mas of this period in the southwestern United States
often contain great numbers of very large specimens
oysters Owing TO the exhaustion of the natural beds
their inability to supply the demand for oysters IL
has been found to resort to artificial methods
production eectng % Increase in the number OF
ferzed (2) increase in the surfaces available
for fXation and also of the number OF spat attachng
CD the saving of spat and young oysters which would
naturally fall victims to enemies and adverse physical
conditions; and ca the utilization OF barren bottoms
and naturally unavailable food supplies But small
part the area under water suitable for oysters has
utilized by nature mainly for lack of suitable bodies
the attachment of the young In the United States
such barren bottom utilized by clearing it of all rub
bish either planting cultch TO collect the spat,
else young oysters (seed that they may improve in
size shape, and quality under conditions safer and
favorable than in their original environment In
certain places either method may succeed but commonly
a locality is better adapted to one than the other
suitable bottom for oyster culture consists OF
firm mud of a firm subsratum with thin surface OF
soft mud but stable sandy bottom\s usually deficient
very mud ingulfs and stiles them produces In
feror elongate stock Mud naturally too soft may be
utilized by distributing shells, sand, other
teral which, resting the surface, furnishes
a firm foundation upon which the growing oyster may
repose security For spatcollecting 1t is frequently
advantageous to hard mud, gravel, rocky bottom
in shoal water III adapted adult oysters from de-
hciency of food The bottom being properly prepared
and its boundaries marked with stakes buoys either
system be adopted to accord with circumstances
Generally seedpanting is certain in its results
yields quicker returns to the Seedoysers vary
from "bsters onehalf inch in diameter individuals
almost ready for market but ordinarily they between
and three inches long They obtained from plant
making specially of seed production from natural
beds their varying from ten cents to 81 per bushe
the larger culled stock, separate we'll shaped and free
from rubbish bringing higher prices and giving the
results