THE SHELLFISI—I“ INDUSTRY
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Belgium, andDenz‘nàrk, while in Norway they. are'grown
in special
“
oyster pools’
”
at.the'heàds of:many of the
fjords.
These pools', which are:natural, are" almost com—
'
pletely cut off from the Water in-the fj ords, and as a result,
they becOme extremely »W&IID in the summèr','the micro—
scopic plant life increases just—as it does in the. claires, and
_
the oysters, which are usually.kept in"oating cages near
the surface, grow at an unusual
Oysters have been
cultivated for several centuries in ‘Ï ]apan,…where spat is
collected, not on tiles, but on an ancient and- efcient
type of collector corisistingof short lengths :of bamboo
on which*th<ä branches are:left and which are stuck into
‘
the ground between the .tide marks.
The young, oysters
—
are left on the bamboos for from—‘ one to two years when they
,
are detached and spread on prepared beds which are seldom
u'ncovered except in spring tides; No articial tanks are
—
required and the process
of cultivation is simpler than that
adopted in Europe.
In= many regions along the
coasts
of the United States there are important oyster beds,tsome
_
'
of which are in deep water and.are
by r powerful
steamers, capable of dredging.immense numbers of oyst'ers—
up to 1,800 bushels per‘daÿ.
In Australiaàlso. oysters are
’
cultivated, especially: in: New SoüthaWales where spat is.
collected on stones, or. on mangroVe'sticks Which are Stuck
.
upright in the water.
The oysterma‘ÿ.
either laid
bedscompŒed of shell or gravel,“or— elseiu .
Wire netting'tray5.
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After the oyster, lthercommon mussel (Myiilus
is the most importantmôlluscaQnjshellsh
u'sed as_foodui
'
Europe.
It is so common
as:to _neèdïn0
‘
It
is verÿ’abundant in shéltered parts of the coast, oran
the
mouths of rivers along the coàsts of Britain.
The natural
.
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393
Belgium, andDenz‘nàrk, while in Norway they. are'grown
in special
“
oyster pools’
”
at.the'heàds of:many of the
fjords.
These pools', which are:natural, are" almost com—
'
pletely cut off from the Water in-the fj ords, and as a result,
they becOme extremely »W&IID in the summèr','the micro—
scopic plant life increases just—as it does in the. claires, and
_
the oysters, which are usually.kept in"oating cages near
the surface, grow at an unusual
Oysters have been
cultivated for several centuries in ‘Ï ]apan,…where spat is
collected, not on tiles, but on an ancient and- efcient
type of collector corisistingof short lengths :of bamboo
on which*th<ä branches are:left and which are stuck into
‘
the ground between the .tide marks.
The young, oysters
—
are left on the bamboos for from—‘ one to two years when they
,
are detached and spread on prepared beds which are seldom
u'ncovered except in spring tides; No articial tanks are
—
required and the process
of cultivation is simpler than that
adopted in Europe.
In= many regions along the
coasts
of the United States there are important oyster beds,tsome
_
'
of which are in deep water and.are
by r powerful
steamers, capable of dredging.immense numbers of oyst'ers—
up to 1,800 bushels per‘daÿ.
In Australiaàlso. oysters are
’
cultivated, especially: in: New SoüthaWales where spat is.
collected on stones, or. on mangroVe'sticks Which are Stuck
.
upright in the water.
The oysterma‘ÿ.
either laid
bedscompŒed of shell or gravel,“or— elseiu .
Wire netting'tray5.
,
-
«
‘
‘
—
'
'
«
_
_
_
0T1—ÎER. Morru_scs ÿ
_
After the oyster, lthercommon mussel (Myiilus
is the most importantmôlluscaQnjshellsh
u'sed as_foodui
'
Europe.
It is so common
as:to _neèdïn0
‘
It
is verÿ’abundant in shéltered parts of the coast, oran
the
mouths of rivers along the coàsts of Britain.
The natural