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Of tlie brush planted in three ditFerent localities in the Doboy 

 Island region, one planting (North River) failed completely to 

 catch oysters, the ])oboy Island brush caught oysters ojdy on one 

 piece, while (he brush in the Duplin River was very successful 

 and caught large numbers of oysters. 



The failure of the North River and Doboy Island brush to catch 

 oyster spat during the summer of 1928 can probably be attributed to 



FiGURK 19. — Piece of oak brush with 

 l-year-old oysters. Actual length 

 50.8 centimeters (20 inches). 

 Duplin River 



Figure 20.— Piece of oak 

 brush with l-year-old oys- 

 ters. Actual length 50.8 

 centimeters (20 inches). 

 Duplin River 



the fact that during the freshet that occurred in August, 1928, the 

 brush became covered with slime. Because of the adverse hydro- 

 graphic conditions in this region at the time of the setting of the 

 oyster larvae it can not be said that the failure of the brush in these 

 two places to catch oyster spat indicates that it is not a suitable 

 collector for this purpose. 



The Duplin River experiments, on the other hand, clearly indicate 

 that oak brush is a very successful collector for oyster spat. In 



