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Title: A manual of fish-culture, based on the methods of the United States commission of fish and fisheries
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Fisheries Brice, John J. (from old catalog) Moore, H. F. (Henry Frank), 1867-1948 Chamberlain, F. M. (Frederick M.)
Subjects: Fish culture Oyster culture Frogs
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Plate III. Section on Line B-B.
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5P#S^^ GROUND PLAN AND SECTIONS OF PONDS FOR SPAT-CULTURE.Adapted from John A. Ryder. cflSI OYSTEES AND METHODS OF OYSTER-CULTURE. 323 more successful years, and the irregularity of his crop may cost theplanter his market. It is obvious that in order to obtain more certain results the con-ditions upon which the spatting depends should be subject to somecontrol. It is useless to expect such control in any adaptation of theordinary method of planting shells, and the only direction which prom-ises success in such an attempt is some modification or form of pondculture. The culturists of Europe have shown that a very considerablecontrol can be exercised over the conditions in parks used for growingoysters from seed, and with proper modifications the same successcould doubtless be attained with breeding ponds for raising seed.To actually come into competition with the system of shell sowing indeep water we must proceed to abandon all old methods, condense ourcultch so as to have tbe greates

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