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Show Oysters Have Many Enemies. Between tho planting nnd the har vest, an Interval of from two to flvo years, the oyster culturlst assumes many hazards. On the Now England coast, after all his material Is down, thu fickle "set" may not appear, pos-elbly pos-elbly because at tho critical time sorao weather disturbance may linvo killed tho baby oysters while they were yet swimming near tho surface. In tho Gulf of Mexico tho "set may bo so heavy that thero Is scant room for the oysters to grow, nnd many die, whllo those tlist are left are hnlf starved and misshapen from crowding. Even when tho little oysters or "spnt," have attached themselves In fnvorablo numbers, num-bers, thlr perils have Just begun They nro never safe from other ene roles until they fall into me hnnds ol their arch foes. |