6 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Report of Superintendent of Forests for 1906 .... 79 



Reforesting 79 



Nurseries 88 



Forest Fires 99 



Forest Product of New York 102 



Lumber 104 



Forest Resources of New York 108 



Trespasses 109 



Area of Forest Preserve no 



The John Brown Farm House m 



Report of Superintendent of Shellfisheries 113 



Shellfish Culture in New York State 113 



Unique Farming 113 



State Control 114 



Natural Growth 114 



Improved Vessels 115 



Who Are the Objectors 116 



Propagation of Oysters 119 



Cultivation of the Oysters 120 



Preparation of Beds 121 



The Oyster Set 121 



Perils of a Young Oyster 122 



Enemies of the Oyster 124 



A Set Upon a Set . 126 



Seed Oysters 127 



Marketing the Stock 127 



Statistics of the Industry 129 



Oysters Brought into Market 130 



Business by Localities 130 



Long Island Sound and Adjacent Bays , . . i?o 



Jamaica Bay j^i 



Princes and Raritan Bays 132 



Peconic Bay and Vicinity 133 



Great South Bay 134 



Long Island Oysters for California .... 135 



Newly-Leased Lands 136 



The New York Oyster 136 



Clams 137 



Oddities of Shellfish Culture 137 



The Escallop Fishery 138 



