Shell-fish industries . posite each windlass, three or four feet of the rail areremoved, and level with the deck there is placed a baror, more commonly, a roller, over which the dredge ropeplays. When the oyster beds are reached, dredges arethrown over and dragged until it is supposed that theyhave been filled. Each windlass has two long handles and is operatedby four men. The dredge, with its load, is hauled uponthe deck and emptied. From natural beds a greatamount of waste material is brought up with the dredging is done in the daytime, the dredge loadis at once culled, the oyst
Shell-fish industries . posite each windlass, three or four feet of the rail areremoved, and level with the deck there is placed a baror, more commonly, a roller, over which the dredge ropeplays. When the oyster beds are reached, dredges arethrown over and dragged until it is supposed that theyhave been filled. Each windlass has two long handles and is operatedby four men. The dredge, with its load, is hauled uponthe deck and emptied. From natural beds a greatamount of waste material is brought up with the dredging is done in the daytime, the dredge loadis at once culled, the oysters being stowed below the deck,and the waste thrown overboard. At night, culling isdispensed with until daylight. When the bed has been crossed, the boat tacks, haul-ing the dredges across once more. In this way the work ij /// VI t 1 1 ? r> ^Ji?K 1^1 - *.*u IJ -?.•?• ^ ^^^??JJW11* Fig. 31. A North Carolina dredging schooner, showingdredge and hand-windlass. From Dr. Caswell Grave inU. S. F. C. Fig. 32. Drawing a more modern dredge by steam power oithe Xew York oyster grounds. From a Report of the X. YForest, Fish and Game Commission. Implements and Their Uses 135 in the Chesapeake is continued day after day until aload has been secured. This usually means two or threeweeks of dredging. The boat then puts in to market. While the dredges used by the oystermen of LongIsland Sound are of usual pattern, their operation hasbeen greatly perfected. On many of the modern steamvessels as many as four of them are handled simultane-ously, and the winches, instead of being operated labor-iously by hand, are controlled by steam power. By thismeans dredges are drawn in very rapidy. They are usu-ally much larger than those drawn by hand, and thenumber of the boats crew is greatly decreased. Reference has been made to the tonging boat, whichis of much the same pattern everywhere. Every one isfamiliar with the common schooner and sloop are found on the oyster grounds
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