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1 BOB 0. BOWER 



2 We could never get vith the pulp mill running an oyster 



3 even the size of these '64 set. Now we are getting them 



4 this big (indicating). 



5 This (indicating) is an example of the set 

 g that we got this summer. Already it is bigger than the 



^ year-old stuff with the pulp mill running. As another 



g example, we couldn't get a ground set with the pulp mill 



9 running. We had to put out spot collectors such as this 



10 covered with sand and cement. This is an example of a 



11 late summer set caught this summer, caught on a clam shell, 



12 on a Pacific oyster shell and on an Olympia shell. 



13 CHAIRMAN STEIN: Would you let us see that? 



14 MR. BOWER: The Olympia oyster production 



15 from the Ellis Brothers beds prior to the pulp mill time 



16 ran around 800 bushels per year every year. When we took 



17 the beds over in 1945 we ran as high as 700 bushels, and 



18 it steadily declined as the pulp mill production increased, 



19 until in 1956 we went out of business. 



20 Since that time we have averaged around 



21 300, a little better than 300 bushels a year. This year 



22 it is over 400. We think we will go to 550 off the same 



23 beds . 



24 Now, in case Mr. Benson wants to take a look 



25 at this to convince himself I am not kidding him, Floyd 



