Report U.S.F.C.I888. 
Plate LXXXVI . 
C HART F 
Percentages of Nutritive Ingredients and Water 
IN LIQUIDS OF SHELL CONTENTS 
Of specimens of Oysters, Clams, and Mussels. 
■■ ■ izz] mm mm 
PROTEIN FATS CARBOHYDRATES ASH WATER 
Mineral Matters. 
PERCENTAGES 
,0 2 
0 30 4 
0 SO 60 7i 
0 90 
Clysters with maximum water- free substance. 
r 
- ratabnum 
1! 
a ■ average of 34 specimens 
11 
,, Story Creek in April 
1 
„ .1 „ .. November. 
I 
* March 
1 
„ Fair Haven in April. 
1 ' 
,, „ November. 
1 
„ « ,, March 
III 
., Blue Point in April 
111 
„ u November. 
1 
„ „ ‘ - „ February. 
1 
« Shrewsbury in April 
m 
„ „ ,, November.. 
1! 
* ,, „ February. 
T 
« Potomac,Iransplanted * 3 weeks 
„ „ „ ,< 6 months... 
Ti 
,, James .. „ 5 weeks 
1 
« „ „ .. 6 months... 
T 
Long dams maximum water-free substance.... 
II 
minimum * — 
| 
average „ «. 
1 
Round dams f veaus mercaiaria ) 
Mussels ( Mytihs eduJts ) 
* Transplanted, in April to New Hawn, Conn, and- then- taken 
after- lying in the New Haven beds ibr the time indicated. 
