. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . ndefatigable in every effort until his businesswas established upon a firm basis. As related in the foregoing pages, the first efforts at oyster culturein the Gulf pond were failures, on account of the shallow waters andthe impeded flow of sediment, which smothered the young plant. Abed of oysters placed in the outer waters of the bay in 1875 by and others, was also an expensive and disastrous severe storm, which washed the sand into the sound, almost whollydestroyed it. After three years efforts of that nature, he began plant
. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . ndefatigable in every effort until his businesswas established upon a firm basis. As related in the foregoing pages, the first efforts at oyster culturein the Gulf pond were failures, on account of the shallow waters andthe impeded flow of sediment, which smothered the young plant. Abed of oysters placed in the outer waters of the bay in 1875 by and others, was also an expensive and disastrous severe storm, which washed the sand into the sound, almost whollydestroyed it. After three years efforts of that nature, he began plant-ing for himself in deeper water, farther in the sound, in order to securebetter protection from these external elements. His neighbors pre-dicted failure, but he risked the venture and succeeded in cultivatinga very fine crop of superior oysters. His sons, Uumond P. and Mer-ritt W., now joined him, the firm becoming William M. Merwin &Sons, which has since been continued. * About this time they buoyed off 200 acres, near Pond Point, in.
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