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the Eastern oysters this year and we find many evidences that we 

 have now a set of young Eastern oysters on our beds from last 

 year's spawning. 



If we succeed in this propagation of the Eastern oysters in our 

 waters we feel that a great stride has been made in the industry. 

 We are making special efforts along the line of securing seed from 

 our Eastern oysters. The Huntoon Oyster Company was the first to 

 plant Eastern seed in the waters of this end of Puget Sound, and 

 they have done very well for us — have grown and fattened splen- 

 didly. 



I am mailing you some maps of the Puget Sound country which 

 will be of assistance to you in fixing locations of your Mount Baker 

 plant as well as points on the Sound, when you come to talk with 

 your fello .7 delegates at the meeting you are about to take part in. 

 We will be very glad to have you make us a call on your way back 

 to the Mount Baker Station, and if any of the Department's repre- 

 sentatives are out this way we will be very glad to show them what 

 we have and what we are doing. 



If there should be any tests that the Department would like 

 made we will be glad to have their suggestions, and if they send 

 any seed to us for making experiments we will follow directions 

 closely and report on the results. Yours truly, 



CYRUS GATES, 



Huntoon Oyster Co. 



Duplicate of this letter sent to Baker, Wliatcom County, Wash. 



