. Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the Methods of Oyster Culture in the United Kingdom and France, with a view to the Introduction of Improved Methods of Cultivation of Oysters into Ireland : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty . s gravel is cast in the better for its clean-liness. Hurdles and fascines however have been found to answerwell in such places, and as a large number of collectors isrequired, they will be found much cheaper. Engravings ofhurdles, fascines, &c, are appended, and the method of fixingthem is shown also (see plate 6). They a
. Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the Methods of Oyster Culture in the United Kingdom and France, with a view to the Introduction of Improved Methods of Cultivation of Oysters into Ireland : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty . s gravel is cast in the better for its clean-liness. Hurdles and fascines however have been found to answerwell in such places, and as a large number of collectors isrequired, they will be found much cheaper. Engravings ofhurdles, fascines, &c, are appended, and the method of fixingthem is shown also (see plate 6). They are fixed in rows bymeans of pegs, about two or three feet above the oysters,which are scattered on the soil under them, as shown in theengraving, though of course much more plentifully than theyare therein depicted. Furze bushes are also found to answerfairly, and are cheap ; but fascines and bushes are scarcely so suit-able in a tideway in consequence of the liability of the twigs tocatch weed, break, and float away, when the spat is carried withthem. In all cases when wood is employed for collectors, it shouldbe dry, hard, and sapless, and cut at least in the preceding season. Oysters are more easily detached from wood collectors; the 42 REPORT ON OYSTER CULTURE. Fig. 26 Specimen of old oyster shell covered with young oysters.
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