Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-23

oyster location person must know
the character III the bottom ~ the bags
und the condition IN general so as -
pc able to select proper planuns ~
oysters.
At the beds ARE property arranged
with the use of shell. crushed rock, old
iron bones or brush mattresses % VIII
be- sucocss II not the spai settling
down on aofi mud or shifting sand Dr.
doomed to Inevitable destruction
Tho spawning Of The ofAicr consists
" the discharge OF eggs from the fc-
malo ana spcmatoga from ihc male 90
meet ana fuse in the suuouudinp
waters The fortified eggs develop
into minute cinbroYa. each furnished
with little brush ~ ella or hlir-'ikc
Processes which tihrnto BOZ rYthm and
prnpcl b. foobly ihroush the water
After % timo. varying with me temper
allure Of the wntcr the cmbrUyos de-
yelup tiny shells which hy its weight
eventually prrcipitatos them ca the
bottom n tbct mil upon "a suitable
clean. firn support. they attach ana
rrow into spat IL not thcy die. The
vide distribution of she young oyster
bon the swimming stage is dcpeudcni
apon the current Tho OYSTER feeds
upon minute bodies hv atrniulng them
through is .evc-uke sins from The
mme 0piei which 10 utilities 100 rcspi-
iiiou lts food BE- CARED ON io iia
mouth D, tho current ~ bays
Eaomios OF the oyster are th' black
llim. skate and stone crah. q drum
n skate csu crush any size oyster And
'hoy are the most destructive GO oys-
tera ON the TcNuH coast They air more
Destructive upon planted oysters than
upon the natural roofs. The better
shaped oyster the more liable n is to
ATTACK. Tho drum and skate feed upon
their prey hy sunding up sholla and
flesh hy means Of the moler teeth,
which roof ard floor their mouths.
The, win not feed upon coon oysters,
~ they are In large clusters aud are
vory difficult Tor the drum and skate
~ crush wilhe,.t uuffcring serious In
/ Jury
NJ lhe people Of Texas tnke up the
GROWING NJ oysters and manage % as
ihoy would any other business, i'
could bc made one of the largest in-
dustrics in rcNas in the course of "a o."
Years
ono of the most productive reefs In
Texas was Tlgcr island reef in Malta
gorda bay ln the year iSHn ana 1881
tho steamship Effort Eliok Mcknppon
mnstrr. and the Cumberland. r. Car
ron muster. ram oysters from rigcr
island reef Go Galveston, roSus twice
ID wcok. cnrrsirs 500 barrels rip
Thc rect ls about onc-fourih mile
SQUARE. aud nt that time produced
ooo barrels a week Part of thoao
oystcrs we're marketed at ron La,nca
I Corpus Christi tockport and oth"t
rnrts 1T the state The oyrtctmcn at
that Time Quilted aud hcdded all o>e-
terra and marketed thcm as the market
demanded. This rect has been in q
manner destroyed
Tho oystcrmcn had to build net pens
round the htddcd oysters 90 protect
them from the drum and skate. 40
/ tack destroy cargo IN ~ h"hlN'
Stnnioy l.owandcr Of Grccnport. !.
l.. was at one time the largest oyster
erowcr ln the world tie was rcportc'
As have made Ss.0oo. 600 in the ovsici
rrowms business.
Texas has some ~ tho finest oystei
reefs in the United states ana coul,
be made yer, productive f property
handled. To drop few oysters on ,
location and leave to grow, is time un'
money thrown away II Requires eN
pcrience and time 20 make succrs'
In growing oysters and must be- watch
ed II success rs expected
uyetcrs 10 Doe fattencd properly
should not hc allowed o. grow in larg'
clusters. An oyster will mature b