CHAPTER XXXII. 



OYSTER CULTURE IN AMERICA. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 

 COMMISSIONERS' REPORT, ITS OUTLINE AND OBJECT THE 

 POSSIBILITIES OF THE MARYLAND OYSTER INDUSTRY THE 



CAUSE OF THE EXHAUSTION OF THE BEDS DESTRUCTION OF 



OYSTERS PROTECTION OF YOUNG OYSTERS THE RETURN OF 

 SHELLS TO THE BEDS EXPORTATION OF OYSTERS FOR PLANT- 

 ING PROHIBITION OF DREDGING PROTECTION OF THE TONG- 



ING AND PLANTING INDUSTRIES THE CLOSED SEASON THE 

 'OYSTER FISHERIES OF TANGIER SOUND STATE REVENUE 

 FROM OYSTER FISHERY OPEN AND CLOSED DISTRICTS 

 OYSTER PLANTING OYSTER FARMING PRIVATE CULTURE AND 

 CULTURE BY THE STATE THE OYSTER FISHERY OF CONNEC- 

 TICUTPUBLIC BEDS PRIVATE BEDS DEEP-WATER CULTIVA- 

 TION EXPENSE OF AN OYSTER FARM OYSTER INDUSTRY OF 

 NEW YORK FORM OF APPLICATION FOR A GRANT THE NORTH 

 CAROLINA FISHERIES SUMMARY OF WORK INSTRUCTIONS 

 DELINEATION OF BEDS TIDES SPECIMENS SUBSTRATUM OF 

 BOTTOM CURRENTS NUMBER OF OYSTERS TO THE SQUARE 

 YARD JAMES' RIVER THE FISHERY AND ITS EFFECTS 

 DENSITIES DEPOSITS EFFECT OF GALES AND ICE CONCLU- 

 SIONS SPECIFIC GRAVITIES THE OYSTER INDUSTRY PRIOR TO 

 1887 OPERATION OF THE NEW LAW METHOD OF LOCATING 

 LOTS OYSTER FISHERY ACT, 1887 FORM OF APPLICATION 

 FOR PRIVATE OYSTER-GROUND CONCLUSION. 



" IN North America the oysters are so fine and cheap 

 that they are eaten daily by all classes. Hence they are 

 now, and have been for a long time, a real means of sub- 



