THE AMERICAN OY STER TRADE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 264, 6 November 1874, Page 4

THE AMERICAN OYSTER TRADE.

The N.Z. Times which has been collecting some information with regard to th____nd____ry in America says:—-' erfptoya <x thonsands and thousands of *' I!^'»Bift§l^J»1 !^'»Bift§l^J»d J fih»ldren, all carping "a livelihood by the production, tending 44 and transport ing of the fish that u m**rm6vM." Tho process is thus Yormhraldi-g " Ym&k&i*? '• r .': 6»keu from their B^AftUbedSr that is they are caught at TairAtui pisces s» other fish are caught. Bg^^ply; gained in 'this way womdro lnadequate to meet, the extrabrdinifj Remand were it not that ibe oystenn^B have/j-ecouree to the plantstionat^OEhe>*planting is done by select-' log several acr e_rpf~water -at favorable spots near the shore, into which the «WtW« wo thrown t r d spawn, and where CoAetj&ntFy'.be wop is { r aised the egg of tbe oyster ib -»6rae£hing like that of the fish, ; it spattersout and rises to th£J|arface, but soon, settles down; oaf^^gduppn ,%e first substance it w EnetabeTow- The egg will grow upon v WftiiPof di»ood, or a stone, ot almost anr^l ic^Wncei OystermeD, how*™ko iNSfnoji'ily,' tfirow 10 tp thitj pl^OtMion .t^oußands of shells, well dried audi and split by the action of the^eun, anct this method is cop^e/ed T uie : » most favorable to the growth of the oyster. In about two or, three weeks the egg has become about the sise of a tbree-cent-p jece. It ceases tofri^ in cold w. ather,-aiid sbmeiimes' 1 th«M»Wer isray become too cold for it to^^jatall;' In the spring it grows n fiU__.* j*7PJh snS experienced wholeBaKqysier dealers say that the oyster is .fit-oibr market after three years' gf^£&a*V'rkci that the oysters y«8ly presented for s ,c are rarely OTer that age. Others, however, ssy tb#|_i_|«Lpyeter haa. not reached its foil maturity until i^ is seveo years old." The same authority "estimates the consumption. o.f oysters io New York, ifi*o)raeereoloonß aloae, not to speak of ihtiP <MMia tnb t t_h_t in hotels, or ordinary' W^VaWranil "brfvate families,' at 1,076,000 dishes daily. To give a' more COiMtebeasive idea bf the oyster trade ortt^Unitid States, we make a further tztWffi :— ' » n "'""° 4 " ' " - '-'- ' ■ «_._.___•. Jlo5 ,_jjj . ....... -YAnong rilw East River, in the Bakhhorhood of Broome-s treat, therp __re eighlild large wWesale estabjisht . mmtimii**. the North River there are thirty-three similar ones. These ean«»M do |h£ great bnlk) of the Tirjc; la M busy season the river in front of the oflets of these .wbalesale.dealers swarm witbr«cfaooßen and 'boats laden with <tf___£&'* Oil the East River sixty boats may be seen in a single day waitingitftive unloaded, while 00 the North Btfcw^wbere tbe larger part cf the tridtf is carried on, as many as 180 boats, including some schooners, have be«j ftftOAted. Besithis. tbeae a large aiatoßtti oil business is done with inde . ; pendent blats, %bbi» ctrt'gtws Ire not* eojyygiied'o any of t&e large, wholesale bogsftj^ , ABerald reporter endeavored.. to 1 find some wholesale dealer who woald venture to give an estimate of . thorflfsteribnsjmess .done ai this city, btfrTfctla* find one who would say mon ,U_fcith»>i:4ha tr^e %a 9 m\\y «W™»9BSv Hfj. M lO n ? m^r 9,f itnen altogether employed outside and in the/ city, in thei business of bo pply, was altogetbe*flky6ri<_ his counting V 6: anything like a reasorftiae estimate. It hood ont of tbe oyster trade, but the btnawaa .s.nQtcoufioed to: New Y.ik •loawn Tbe erpon to tbe West is about i equal to the <$ti&'ibjitiotf in j this city. Cbiaagodoeaa greiiif Oyster business, aßrp%a^Wittt!ihe- West is increasS^To'^dM^o 1 V» J the population iocreasea there. From Baltimore, also, largo supplies era iseot 40 -the West. The orator tratfe f?o_j Virginia is iumm ifi 3 ihe"wiiJf.r ''months, fully riteft foe .ibe. _oya^r vmaiket. The ' gi^Ho^ proportionar of the* business £^&Wf^ actur-tely meAyVed, but that 'i*lShW_Jly e*fead»flg »• olait_)td by air itttHfe trada.%. ;