﻿OYSTER 
  INDUSTRY 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  CAROLINA. 
  305 
  

  

  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  this 
  area 
  and 
  area 
  No, 
  tt. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  seed 
  

   oysters 
  for 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  phmtings 
  were 
  brought 
  from 
  localities 
  where 
  

   the 
  conditions 
  surrounding- 
  them 
  were 
  very 
  nearly 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  bed 
  to 
  

   which 
  they 
  were 
  transplanted 
  should 
  also 
  not 
  escape 
  attention, 
  for 
  to 
  

   this 
  is 
  probably 
  due 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  success. 
  The 
  beds 
  in 
  

   Core 
  Creek, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  seed 
  for 
  area 
  No. 
  4 
  were 
  taken, 
  are 
  sur- 
  

   rounded 
  by 
  conditions 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  Newport 
  experimental 
  

   bed, 
  and 
  Turtle 
  Rock 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  yards 
  above 
  area 
  No. 
  22. 
  

   In 
  no 
  case 
  did 
  the 
  o3^sters 
  thrive 
  when 
  transplanted 
  from 
  beds 
  located 
  

   in 
  places 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  differed 
  considerably 
  irf 
  its 
  density 
  from 
  that 
  

   on 
  the 
  experimental 
  beds, 
  and 
  the 
  death 
  rate 
  among 
  the 
  plants 
  increased 
  

   directly 
  with 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  this 
  difference. 
  The 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  plants, 
  

   too, 
  probably 
  has 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  their 
  ability 
  to 
  adapt 
  themselves, 
  

   to 
  new 
  and 
  different 
  conditions, 
  3"oung 
  seed 
  adjusting 
  itself 
  more 
  

   readily 
  than 
  old. 
  

  

  Ar'ea 
  J^o. 
  IJ^. 
  — 
  This 
  area, 
  in 
  Newport 
  River, 
  should 
  receive 
  special 
  

   attention, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  on 
  which 
  no 
  seed 
  oysters 
  were 
  planted, 
  but 
  

   from 
  which 
  fine 
  marketable 
  oysters 
  were 
  taken 
  during 
  September, 
  

   1902. 
  It 
  contains 
  400 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  soft 
  mudd}- 
  bottom, 
  and 
  was 
  

   planted 
  with 
  70 
  bushels 
  of 
  shells 
  June 
  30, 
  1900. 
  If 
  evenly 
  distrib- 
  

   uted, 
  the 
  layer 
  covering 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  3i 
  shells 
  in 
  thickness. 
  At 
  the 
  

   last 
  examination, 
  made 
  September 
  12, 
  1902, 
  there 
  were 
  seventeen 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  more 
  than 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  each 
  hundred 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  

   shells. 
  If 
  the 
  spat 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  oysters 
  grew 
  became 
  attached 
  

   on 
  the 
  date 
  when 
  the 
  shells 
  were 
  planted, 
  their 
  age 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  

   2 
  years, 
  2 
  months, 
  and 
  12 
  da3's. 
  

  

  