CHAPTER XXVII. 



OYSTER CULTURE IN GERA1ANY. 



GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGES FAVOURING FISHERY CULTIVATION 

 UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TOWARDS THE FRENCH METHOD 

 MCEBIUS ON THE CAUSE THEREOF HIS SUGGESTED REMEDY. 



THERE are many advantages in the geographical position 

 of the German Empire which considerably favour fishery 

 and its cultivation. The vast extent of the south coast 

 of the Baltic, with its multitude of useful fish, which 

 abound still more towards the south-west, wholly falls within 

 the limits of the German Empire ; while the coasts of 

 Schleswig-Holstein, Hanover, and Oldenburg, afford a 

 considerable seaboard on the German Ocean. 



Yet with all these advantages, and many more unneces- 

 sary to mention here, the oyster industry has hitherto been 

 unsuccessful. 



In his Prize Essay on " Oyster Culture," Dr. Hoek 

 tells us that " at the German coast (in the neighbourhood 

 of Nordeney, &c.), and at the Sleswick coast, it has 

 been repeatedly tried to introduce French oyster culture, 

 but without any success. Mrebius, a well-known authority 

 for all that regards the oyster and oyster-culture, believes 

 that it is the low temperature of the water in winter, and 



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