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  OYSTER 
  BOTTOMS 
  OP 
  LAVACA 
  BAY, 
  TEX. 
  

  

  COX 
  BED. 
  

  

  Cox 
  Bed 
  lies 
  in 
  and 
  off 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  Cox 
  Bay, 
  and, 
  like 
  Rhodes 
  

   Point 
  Reef 
  and 
  Kellers 
  Bed, 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  continuous, 
  it 
  begins 
  at 
  

   Rhodes 
  Point, 
  extending 
  north 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   width 
  of 
  approximately 
  the 
  same 
  distance. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  at 
  Rhodes 
  Point 
  the 
  depth 
  is 
  from 
  

   1 
  foot 
  to 
  3 
  J 
  feet, 
  but 
  the 
  remainder, 
  with 
  few 
  exceptions, 
  has 
  a 
  uniform 
  

   depth 
  of 
  about 
  6 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  bottom 
  is 
  generally 
  hard 
  and 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  dense 
  growth 
  of 
  

   from 
  about 
  250 
  to 
  550 
  bushels 
  of 
  market 
  oysters 
  per 
  acre. 
  These 
  

   occur 
  in 
  scattered 
  clusters 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  poor 
  quality. 
  

  

  The 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  growth 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  summary 
  and 
  detail 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  tables: 
  

  

  Oyster 
  Growth 
  on 
  Cox 
  Bed. 
  

  

  Details 
  op 
  Examination 
  of 
  Cox 
  Bed 
  

  

  Several 
  small 
  lumps 
  east 
  of 
  this 
  bed 
  show 
  oyster 
  growths 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   Oyster 
  Growth 
  on 
  Lumps 
  East 
  of 
  Cox 
  Bed. 
  

  

  •> 
  Including 
  a 
  3-acre 
  patch 
  west 
  of 
  main 
  reef. 
  

  

  