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'Jbrfiry 

 Oilman Drew. 



possible to form auy accurate estimate of the lat.- nf growth of 

 oysters iu this locality; but the meu enga«,'ed in the iudustiy 

 give three years as their estimate of the tiiii.- rcijuired for 

 oysters to reach a good marketable size. 



Aeeording to the best information obtainable tlie breeding 

 season begins in April, and from the writer's P^'i'^''''y|/t>b^erj^a-^ 

 lions, iiiuiiy of the oysters were forming - nee uP i iti ly /slate as / 

 Oetober 18. The unfavorable conditions of the past spring and 

 the early sunnner, when the water was too fresh for spawning 

 to take place, may aeeount in part for the altiMi(l;inee of s|)at 

 found later in the season. 



It is the intention to make, at a later date, .some experi- 

 mental plants in this region to demonstrate the utility as plant- 

 ing grouiuls of the areas reeonuiiended for tluit [.urpose in this 

 report. 



Camero.v. La.. January 22, 1906. 



