﻿OYSTER 
  INDUSTRY 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  CAROLINA. 
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  under 
  which 
  they 
  huve 
  grown 
  , 
  are 
  iible 
  to 
  recover 
  and 
  assume 
  normal 
  

   shapes. 
  

  

  The 
  advantages 
  which 
  this 
  chiss 
  of 
  seed 
  offers 
  to 
  phmters 
  are 
  its 
  

   cheapness 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  oysters 
  are 
  older 
  and 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  

   ordinarily 
  used 
  for 
  planting. 
  The 
  most 
  promising 
  size 
  is 
  between 
  1 
  

   and 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  After 
  separation 
  the 
  oysters 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   left 
  where 
  they 
  ))ecame 
  crowded, 
  but 
  should 
  })e 
  transplanted 
  to 
  prop- 
  

   erly 
  located 
  natural 
  or 
  artificial 
  beds. 
  There 
  the}' 
  will 
  have 
  favorable 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  food, 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  will 
  be 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  danger 
  of 
  

   again 
  becoming 
  crowded, 
  as 
  the 
  numlier 
  of 
  spat 
  that 
  settles 
  on 
  shells 
  

   in 
  wisely 
  chosen 
  localities 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  settles 
  and 
  

   continues 
  to 
  exist 
  on 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  the 
  marshes 
  and 
  reefs. 
  

  

  