Show oyster cultivation oysters are now planted and cultivated like so much corn or turnips tur herbert F of the united states bureau of fisheries tells us that the oyster industry of the united states now constitutes its most valuable fishery yielding annually about tons of food employing over persons and producing each year a crop valued nt at over as it Is taken from the water it Is conducted he be says in every seacoast state stale from cape cod to the klo ido grande and from puget sound to san fran cisco |