Show Japanese Pearl-Oyster Pearl Farm Japan has a pearl-oyster pearl farm Ii In Inthe the Bay of Ago there has been established a n plantation from which a rich harvest Is obtained In May Mayor or June stones weighing from six to eight pounds are sunk In la shallow water and In August the tiny shells begin to appear on them The stones remain in ii for two months but bu since the young oysters cannot endur cold In November all rocks in lesi than five feet of water are moved father fa far fa- fa ther then out where the temperature U 11 more even At the nd nd of three years year when the shells are about two inches across they are taken from the water nuclei for tor pearls inserted In th them m aD and replaced In the water 30 of them to every six square feet teet of bottom There they are left for four years Then being seven and a n half halt years old they are removed and searched ft fo fat pearls |