OYSTER BEDS OF JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA. 
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Total Content op Oysters, Public Ground No 1 Warwick County, Above 
Deep Creek. 
Jail Island 
Wreck Shoal 
Dry Shoals 
Point of Shoals. .. 
Swash 
Mulberry Swash. . 
Marshy Island 
Long Shoal 
V Rock 
Moores 
Horsehead 
Deepwater Shoals 
Total 
Name of rock 
Dense. 
Scatter- 
ing. 
Very scat- 
tering. 
Depleted . 
Total. 
Bushels. 
Bushels. 
Bushels. 
Bushels. 
Bushels. 
32,461 
185, 176 
30, 766 
50,800 
42, 778 
127,444 
45,507 
79, 771 
54,480 
9,805 
7,359 
2,193 
21,582 
2,232 
14,415 
3,604 
41,538 
640 
1,008 
19,968 
392 
765 
10,038 
2,600 
19, 975 
5,040 
6, 132 
15,' 508 
1,097 
4,064 
420 
2, 130 
1,725 
1,247 
6,966 
1,264 
1,095 
2,892 
58,499 
185, 176 
34,183 
77,383 
44,503 
134,895 
113,986 
86, 715 
61,707 
10,813 
42,895 
6,182 
668,540 
104,987 
61, 607 
21,803 
856,937 
1 It will be seen that the great preponderance of oyster production 
is on the dense areas, which exceed the bottoms of other character 
not only in their average productiveness but in their total area. The 
bottoms with a scattering growth, which in extent exceed the next 
lower grade by about 12 per cent, excel them in their total content 
by about 70 per cent, and are considerably more important in total 
production than the combined areas of very scattering oysters and 
depletion. Summarizing, the dense areas bear 78 per cent of the 
total content of the rocks, the scattering areas about 12 per cent, the 
very scattering about 7 per cent, and the depleted bottom about 3 
per cent. Basing the computation on the basis previously defined 
and the data presented in the preceding two tables, we find the esti- 
mated maximum available product of the several rocks and their 
subdivisions to be as follows: gg 
Available Content of Oysters, Public Ground No. 1 Warwick County, 
Above Deep Creek. 
Name of rock. 
Dense. 
Scatter- 
ing. 
Very seat- 
ing. 
Total. 
Jail Island 
Bushels. 
25.000 
160,000 
26.000 
42.000 
38.000 
116,000 
35.000 
68.000 
44,000 
7,500 
6,000 
1,600 
Bushels. 
12,000 
Bushels. 
100 
Bushels. 
37, 100 
160,000 
27,300 
51,500 
Wreck Shoal 
Dry Shoals 
1,300 
8,500 
Point of Shoals 
1,000 
Swash 
38,000 
118,800 
67,500 
69,800 
Mulberry Swash 
1,800 
25.000 
1,000 
Marshy Island 
7.500 
1.500 
2.500 
500 
Long Shoal . . 
300 
VRock 
46,500 
8,000 
24, 000 
Moores 
Horsehead 
11,000 
7,000 
Deepwater Shoal 
400 
2,000 
Total 
569,100 
59,900 
21,500 
1 - • 
650, 500 
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