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  OYSTEE 
  BOTTOMS 
  OF 
  LAVACA 
  BAY, 
  TEX. 
  

  

  Details 
  op 
  Examination 
  of 
  Lumps 
  South 
  of 
  Old 
  Town 
  Bed. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  lump, 
  covering 
  about 
  13 
  acres, 
  lies 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  

   northwest 
  of 
  this 
  bed, 
  but 
  although 
  its 
  position 
  was 
  determined 
  no 
  

   examination 
  of 
  the 
  oysters 
  was 
  made. 
  

  

  BED 
  NORTH 
  OF 
  MIDDLE 
  GROUND 
  REEF. 
  

  

  This 
  bed, 
  which 
  has 
  no 
  local 
  name, 
  Hes 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  

   north 
  of 
  Middle 
  Ground 
  Reef 
  and 
  is 
  approximately 
  1 
  mile 
  in 
  length 
  

   by 
  one-fifth 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  wide. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  fished 
  much 
  for 
  the 
  market, 
  as 
  

   the 
  stock 
  is 
  poor 
  and 
  largely 
  of 
  the 
  sharp-edged 
  long 
  snapper 
  or 
  

   raccoon 
  type, 
  which 
  occurs 
  in 
  scattering 
  clusters 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  covered 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  sponge. 
  The 
  average 
  depth 
  of 
  water 
  is 
  about 
  6^ 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  bottom 
  varies 
  from 
  almost 
  an 
  ooze 
  to 
  rather 
  hard 
  mud 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  many 
  buried 
  shells. 
  During 
  the 
  last 
  tw^o 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  a 
  new 
  

   growth 
  has 
  developed 
  on 
  old, 
  partly 
  buried 
  shells 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  bed. 
  The 
  growth 
  is 
  all 
  rated 
  as 
  dense, 
  and 
  its 
  general 
  condition 
  

   is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables: 
  

  

  Oyster 
  Growth 
  on 
  Bed 
  North 
  op 
  Middle 
  Ground 
  Reef. 
  

  

  Details 
  op 
  Examination 
  op 
  Bed 
  North 
  op 
  Middle 
  Ground 
  Reef. 
  

  

  