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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OE 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  in 
  like 
  manner 
  done 
  while 
  the 
  manipulator 
  stands 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  and 
  on 
  

   a 
  sure 
  footing, 
  such 
  as 
  he 
  sadly 
  feels 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  while 
  handling 
  the 
  

   heavy 
  old-fashioned 
  collectors 
  from 
  a 
  cranky 
  boat. 
  

  

  X. 
  — 
  Size, 
  form, 
  position, 
  and 
  method 
  of 
  handling 
  the 
  recep- 
  

   tacles 
  FOR 
  CULTCH. 
  

  

  The 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  suspended 
  receptacles 
  for 
  the 
  cultch 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   much 
  over 
  the 
  dimensions 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  given. 
  If 
  the 
  vertical 
  end 
  pieces 
  

   are 
  G 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  6 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  secured 
  together 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  and 
  parallel 
  by 
  broad 
  side 
  strips 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  top, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  

   the 
  figures, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  3 
  feet 
  apart, 
  with 
  the 
  wire 
  screen 
  inclosing 
  the 
  

   space 
  between 
  the 
  end 
  pieces 
  or 
  strips 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  parallel 
  horizontal 
  

   bars, 
  a 
  flat 
  basket 
  or 
  crate 
  is 
  formed. 
  This 
  basket 
  or 
  receptacle 
  is 
  

   filled 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  horizontal 
  strips 
  with 
  clean 
  oyster-shells. 
  

   The 
  contents 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  receptacles 
  would 
  then 
  be 
  equal 
  to 
  3 
  

   bushels 
  and 
  nearly 
  a 
  peck 
  of 
  shells, 
  or 
  a 
  quantity 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   to 
  be 
  about 
  as 
  heavy 
  as 
  two 
  men 
  can 
  readily 
  lift 
  about. 
  The 
  recepta- 
  

   cle 
  when 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  given 
  will 
  hold 
  G,93G 
  cubic 
  inches. 
  There 
  

   are 
  2,150 
  cubic 
  inches 
  in 
  a 
  bushel. 
  

  

  The 
  galvanized-wire 
  netting 
  should 
  be 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  edges 
  

   and 
  lower 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  vertical 
  strips 
  and 
  horizontal 
  cross-bars, 
  with 
  

   small 
  barbed 
  galvanized-iron 
  staples 
  used 
  as 
  nails. 
  If, 
  upon 
  filling 
  

   this 
  wire 
  basket 
  with 
  shells, 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  any 
  tendency 
  of 
  the 
  wire 
  

   netting 
  to 
  "bag" 
  or 
  bulge 
  outward 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  that 
  trouble 
  may 
  be 
  

   remedied 
  by 
  securing 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  one 
  side 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  other' 
  

   by 
  a 
  galvanized 
  wire 
  running 
  across 
  the 
  interval 
  between 
  them. 
  The 
  

   total 
  cost 
  of 
  each 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  baskets 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  over 
  50 
  to 
  70 
  

   cents 
  when 
  made 
  in 
  quantity. 
  In 
  ordinary 
  spatting 
  seasons 
  the 
  recep- 
  

   tacles 
  should 
  pay 
  for 
  themselves 
  within 
  fifteen 
  months 
  ; 
  that 
  is, 
  they 
  

   should 
  yield 
  a 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  of 
  spat 
  or 
  seed 
  oysters 
  at 
  a 
  fair 
  market 
  

   value, 
  in 
  that 
  space 
  of 
  time, 
  to 
  pay 
  for 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  rearing 
  apparatus. 
  

   The 
  galvanized 
  netting 
  will 
  last 
  for 
  fully 
  four 
  seasons. 
  The 
  wooden 
  ends 
  

   will 
  be 
  attacked 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  by 
  the 
  teredo 
  or 
  ship-worm, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  

   believed 
  that 
  under 
  ordinary 
  conditions 
  this 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  so 
  serious 
  an 
  

   enemy 
  to 
  the 
  durability 
  of 
  the 
  apparatus 
  as 
  might 
  at 
  first 
  be 
  supposed. 
  

   Copper 
  paint 
  might 
  be 
  applied 
  as 
  a 
  protection 
  against 
  this 
  enemy. 
  

   The 
  outside 
  dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  immersed 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  collectors 
  or 
  

   receptacles 
  will 
  therefore 
  be 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  by 
  3 
  feet, 
  with 
  a 
  thickness 
  of 
  

   G 
  inches. 
  This 
  will 
  make 
  it 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  ditch 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  

   inches 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  receptacles 
  below 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  horizontal 
  

   strips. 
  The 
  ledge 
  or 
  sill 
  on 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  piles, 
  along 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   canal, 
  would 
  make 
  the 
  latter 
  a 
  foot 
  wider 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  than 
  at 
  its 
  lower 
  

   portion 
  for 
  about 
  12 
  to 
  1G 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  top. 
  This 
  ledge 
  is 
  the 
  sim- 
  

   plest 
  arrangement 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  devised 
  to 
  support 
  the 
  receptacle. 
  

  

  The 
  receptacles 
  filled 
  with 
  cultch 
  are 
  then 
  placed 
  with 
  their 
  widest 
  

   dimensions 
  across 
  the 
  canal, 
  so 
  that 
  at 
  every 
  ebb 
  and 
  flood 
  tide 
  the 
  

  

  