﻿OYSTER 
  BOTTOMS 
  OF 
  LAVACA 
  BAY, 
  TEX. 
  

   Oyster 
  Growth 
  on 
  Rhodes 
  Point 
  Reef. 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  a 
  Including 
  a 
  9-acre 
  detached 
  patch. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  a 
  scattering 
  growth 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   northern 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  bed, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  very 
  scattering 
  

   oysters, 
  the 
  entire 
  bed 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  dense 
  growth 
  on 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  

   an 
  average 
  of 
  over 
  500 
  bushels 
  of 
  large 
  oysters 
  per 
  acre 
  and 
  a 
  maxi- 
  

   mmn 
  of 
  over 
  1,200 
  bushels. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  small 
  oysters, 
  

   but 
  both 
  large 
  and 
  small 
  are 
  in 
  commingled 
  clusters 
  and 
  of 
  poor 
  

   quality. 
  Mussels 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  reef 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  yellow 
  sponge. 
  

  

  The 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  this 
  reef 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

  

  table 
  : 
  

  

  Details 
  of 
  Examination 
  of 
  Rhodes 
  Point 
  Reef. 
  

  

  