﻿Oyster 
  industry 
  of 
  north 
  Carolina. 
  

  

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  June 
  and 
  July 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  months 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  plant 
  shells 
  intended 
  

   as 
  spat 
  collectors, 
  although 
  a 
  set 
  was 
  secured 
  upon 
  shells 
  planted 
  from 
  

   April 
  to 
  September. 
  Spat 
  also 
  attached 
  during- 
  the 
  summers 
  of 
  1001 
  

   and 
  1002 
  to 
  shells 
  planted 
  in 
  1000. 
  

  

  Shells 
  or 
  oysters 
  should 
  never 
  be 
  planted 
  on 
  a 
  sandy 
  bottom 
  in 
  New- 
  

   port 
  or 
  North 
  rivers. 
  This 
  conclusion 
  will 
  probably 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  

   sandy 
  bottoms 
  in 
  Pamlico 
  Sound, 
  where 
  the 
  sand 
  is 
  often 
  held 
  together 
  

   by 
  grass 
  roots 
  and 
  thus 
  prevented 
  from 
  shifting. 
  

  

  Steamed 
  oyster 
  shells 
  make 
  excellent 
  spat 
  collectors. 
  They 
  are 
  

   cheap 
  and 
  are 
  available 
  in 
  immense 
  quantities 
  at 
  various 
  accessible 
  

   points 
  on 
  the 
  North 
  Carolina 
  coast. 
  

  

  Oyster 
  planting 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  undertaken 
  by 
  any 
  but 
  experienced 
  

   oystermen. 
  So 
  much 
  depends 
  upon 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  and 
  upon 
  

   the 
  methods 
  of 
  planting 
  and 
  caring 
  for 
  the 
  beds 
  that 
  failure 
  must 
  be 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  the 
  probable 
  result 
  of 
  careless 
  work. 
  

  

  OYSTER 
  PLANTING 
  IN 
  PAMLICO 
  SOUND. 
  

  

  Numerous 
  attempts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  at 
  many 
  

   places 
  in 
  Pamlico 
  Sound 
  to 
  establish 
  private 
  oyster 
  grounds, 
  but 
  as 
  

   yet 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  proved 
  successful. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table, 
  compiled 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  H. 
  Stevenson, 
  shows 
  the 
  

   approximate 
  number 
  and 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  grants 
  in 
  Pamlico 
  Sound 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  oyster 
  culture 
  since 
  1872. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  

   that 
  this 
  enumeration 
  does 
  not 
  include 
  the 
  enormous 
  number 
  of 
  entries 
  

   made, 
  but 
  for 
  which 
  grants 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  asked. 
  Under 
  the 
  enact- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  1887 
  as 
  man}' 
  as 
  1,067 
  entries 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  Hj'de 
  County 
  

   alone: 
  

  

  Grauts 
  fur 
  oydcr 
  culture 
  in 
  Pamlico 
  Sound. 
  

  

  