Show About Oysters 1 From a work by Dr J R Philpots it appears that of English oysters 1600 are required to make a bushel and of tho American only 300 The largest edible oysters in the world however are those of Port Lincoln South Australia specimens of which sometimes measure a foot across the shell It was estimated thirtyfive or forty years ago that 1000000000 oysters a year were consumed in London and for 1S4 the number was placed at 700000000 The English supply is rapidly failing through recklessness of the dredgers In France a single bank was supposed to contain over 70000000 oysters in 1847 but only 20000000 in 1851 and 10000000 in I860 i But oyster cultivation began in that country coun-try in 1859 and soon gave an increased supply Xew York is said to consume 900000000 oysters a year and the entire United States 0600000000 The oyster oy-ster is computed to deposit 1012925 ova and the American oyster 9000000000 so that a little care is all that is necessary to keep up the supply of this mollusk Arkansaw I i Traveler |