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  OYSTER 
  BOTTOMS 
  OF 
  LAVACA 
  BAY, 
  TEX. 
  

  

  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  the 
  larger 
  ones 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  approximately 
  

   equal 
  them 
  in 
  bulk, 
  as 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Summarized 
  Content 
  of 
  Young 
  Oysters 
  on 
  Public 
  Beds. 
  

  

  NanK! 
  of 
  bod. 
  

  

  Sand 
  Point 
  Keof 
  

  

  Lumps 
  northeast 
  of 
  Sand 
  Point 
  Kcef 
  

  

  Middle 
  (iroiind 
  llcof 
  

  

  Old 
  Town 
  B(h1 
  

  

  Lumps 
  south 
  of 
  Old 
  Town 
  Bed 
  

  

  Bed 
  north 
  of 
  Middle 
  Ground 
  

  

  Kellers 
  Bod 
  

  

  Rhodes 
  Point 
  lleef 
  

  

  Cox 
  Bod 
  

  

  Lumps 
  oast 
  of 
  Cox 
  Bed 
  

  

  Gallinipf)er 
  lleef 
  

  

  Miteliell 
  I'oint 
  Reef 
  

  

  Point 
  Comfort 
  Beds 
  

  

  Lap 
  Roof 
  

  

  Chicken 
  Reef 
  

  

  Northwest 
  of 
  Lap 
  Reef 
  

  

  Chain 
  Beds 
  

  

  Hoppp 
  1 
  ,ump 
  

  

  Half 
  Moon 
  Ueof 
  

  

  Loni^ 
  Reef 
  

  

  Patches 
  near 
  C. 
  ar 
  Signal 
  

  

  Bonado 
  Creek 
  Reef 
  

  

  Between 
  IJenado 
  Creek 
  and 
  Lavaca 
  River 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Character 
  of 
  oyster 
  growth. 
  

  

  Dense 
  

  

  Bushels. 
  

  

  2C, 
  208 
  

  

  3,310 
  

  

  359, 
  19G 
  

  

  224,024 
  

  

  6, 
  986 
  

  

  70, 
  930 
  

  

  397, 
  800 
  

  

  400,038 
  

  

  428, 
  428 
  

  

  1,209 
  

  

  252, 
  014 
  

  

  520,950 
  

  

  41,528 
  

  

  111,744 
  

  

  2C, 
  840 
  

  

  25, 
  912 
  

  

  45, 
  402 
  

  

  3, 
  075 
  

  

  2, 
  574 
  

  

  21,700 
  

  

  5, 
  135 
  

  

  10, 
  023 
  

  

  9,740 
  

  

  Scatler- 
  

   ing. 
  

  

  Bushels. 
  

  

  21,308 
  

  

  12. 
  4(.3 
  

  

  8,277 
  

   7,392 
  

   3,270 
  

   3,020 
  

  

  10,080 
  

   '""783' 
  

  

  2,994,898 
  66,854 
  51,357 
  12,743 
  

  

  Very 
  

   scatter- 
  

   ing. 
  

  

  Bushelfi. 
  

   12,080 
  

   28, 
  542 
  

  

  De- 
  

   pleted. 
  

  

  Bushels. 
  

   8,432 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  3,895 
  

  

  5, 
  104 
  

   1,040 
  

  

  3,207 
  

   264 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Bushels. 
  

  

  40, 
  720 
  

  

  31,852 
  

  

  380, 
  ,504 
  

  

  224,024 
  

  

  6, 
  986 
  

  

  70,930 
  

  

  398, 
  580 
  

  

  412, 
  537 
  

  

  428, 
  428 
  

  

  9,546 
  

  

  259, 
  406 
  

  

  528, 
  127 
  

  

  44,548 
  

  

  120, 
  175 
  

  

  38, 
  824 
  

  

  25, 
  912 
  

  

  46, 
  185 
  

  

  3,075 
  

  

  2,574 
  

  

  2L760 
  

  

  5, 
  135 
  

  

  10, 
  278 
  

  

  9,746 
  

  

  3, 
  125, 
  852 
  

  

  Although 
  in 
  a 
  sense 
  the 
  young 
  oysters 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   elements 
  of 
  the 
  reef 
  contents, 
  they 
  have 
  no 
  immediate 
  commercial 
  

   value 
  except 
  as 
  seed. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  until 
  they 
  grow 
  to 
  market 
  size 
  that 
  

   they 
  can 
  be 
  used, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  grow 
  it 
  is 
  seK-evident 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  

   per 
  bushel 
  will 
  decrease. 
  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  their 
  quantity 
  with 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  market 
  oysters 
  is 
  therefore 
  less 
  important 
  as 
  an 
  index 
  of 
  the 
  

   probable 
  future 
  of 
  a 
  reef 
  than 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  their 
  relative 
  num- 
  

   bers, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  making 
  this 
  numerical 
  comparison 
  the 
  

   following 
  table 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  from 
  the 
  data 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  

   survey. 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  Oysters 
  Under 
  Three 
  Inches 
  Long 
  for 
  Each 
  One 
  Over 
  that 
  

   Length 
  on 
  the 
  Several 
  Beds. 
  

  

  