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Show Replenishing Oystc Beds. Tho big pile of oyster shells which accumulated at the oyster wharf during dur-ing the past season Is rapidly disappearing, disap-pearing, and In a few ysara will bo again on this market with dozens of fine oysters attached to each. The old shells are being loaded upon vessels ves-sels to be taken to depleted oyster beds In tho mouth of the river, and over on the eastern shore of Maryland Mary-land and Virginia, whre they will be scattered over the oyter bottoms. To these old shells the oyster spat floating about In the vrr will attach at-tach them""-p, and fli oyatermen say that Ir. ."out threo years these now barren beds will be covered with productive oysters. |