The oyster : a popular summary of a scientific study. |
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EXPLANATION OF TABLE NO. 1. |
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 | CHAPTER V. The oyster : |  |
EXPLANATION OF TABLE NO. 1.
The first column gives the name of the bed; the
second the number of dredgings which were made
upon it by us; the third the number of square yards
dredged; the fourth the number of oysters taken; the
fifth the number found by us in 1882; the sixth the
number found by us in 1883; the seventh the amount
of deviation from Winslow's average for 1879, of .419
oysters to the square yard, and the eighth the percentage
of gain or loss since the last examination.
Thus the first line shows that eight dredgings were
made upon the Bodkin; that 1732 square yards were
examined; that 894 oysters were obtained; that the
bed had lost 50/100 oysters to each square yard since
1882, and that it has lost 62 per cent of its value in
that time.
| Name of Bed. | Number of Dredgings. |
Area examined. Square Yards. |
Total number of Oysters. |
Oysters to Square Yard. |
Deviat'n from Winslow's average for 1879. |
Percent'ge of gain or loss since last examination, or since 1879. |
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| 1882. | 1883. | Gain | Loss. | |||||
| Bodkin | 8 | 1732 | 894 | .81 | .305 | -.114 | 62 | |
| Sandy Point | 9 | 2318 | 1164 | 1.21 | .19 | -.229 | 84 | |
| Hackett's Point | 12 | 2978 | 3158 | 3.728 | .234 | -.185 | 93 | |
| Swan Point | 8 | 1954 | 2333 | 5.22 | .057 | -.362 | 99 | |
| South Side Chester River | 10 | 5280 | 189 | .0358 | -.3732 | 89 | ||
| Cornfield Creek | 5 | 1217 | 463 | .371 | -.08 | 13 | ||
| Thomas' Point | 4 | 1173 | 102 | .089 | -.33 | 79 | ||
| Round Point Reef | 5 | 3666 | 495 | .135 | -.284 | 67 | ||
| Thomas' Bar | 6 | 2200 | 205 | .0931 | -.3259 | 78 | ||
| Tally's Point | 7 | 2493 | 571 | .23 | -.189 | 45 | ||
| Scull Hall | 3 | 1037 | 231 | .222 | -.197 | 47 | ||
| Chink Point | 6 | 2200 | 777 | .353 | -.066 | 16 | ||
| Choptank River— | ||||||||
| Cook's Point | 5 | 3777 | 123 | .02 | -.387 | 92 | ||
| Benoni's Point | 2 | 1173 | 430 | 6 | -.059 | 14 | ||
| Chlora's Point | 1 | 293 | 40 | .115 | -.04 | 74 | ||
| Todd's Point | 1 | 73 | 8 | .01 | -.409 | 97 | ||
| Castlehaven | 1 | 2 | 6 | .02 | -.99 | 95 | ||
| Horn Point | 1 | 293 | 150 | .51 | +.91 | 21 | ||
| Total in Choptank | 11 | 6562 | 757 | .117 | -.302 | 72 | ||
| First Kent Point | 6 | 2064 | 69 | .33 | -.3856 | 92 | ||
| South Kent Point | 6 | 2138 | 119 | .056 | -.363 | 86 | ||
| Eastern Bay | 2 | 587 | 24 | .041 | -.378 | 90 | ||
| Cox's Creek | 3 | 487 | 575 | 1.18 | +.761 | 181 | ||
| Tilghman's Point to Wade's Point | 5 | 3666 | 186 | .05 | -.369 | 88 | ||
| South River | 1 | 23 | 225 | .76 | +.341 | 81 | ||
| Shackel's Point | 1 | 220 | 190 | .868 | +.444 | 106 | ||
| Duvall's Bar | 1 | 183 | 200 | .109 | +.67 | 16 | ||
| Brewer's Point | 2 | 513 | 340 | .66 | +.211 | 57 | ||
| Purdy's Point | 1 | 293 | 165 | .56 | +.141 | 33 | ||
| Three Sisters | 22 | 7313 | 1676 | 1.9 | .959 | +.54 | 50 | |
| Poplar Island | 8 | 2364 | 727 | .69 | .084 | -.335 | 87 | |
| Sharp's Island | 12 | 1494 | 289 | 1.33 | .0981 | -.3209 | 90 | |
| Little Choptank No. 1 | 6 | 2200 | 28 | .012 | -.407 | 97 | ||
| Ragged Point | 6 | 2200 | 78 | .05 | -.384 | 91 | ||
| Hill's Point | 5 | 1833 | 80 | .043 | -.376 | 89 | ||
| Nigger Head | 3 | 1089 | 37 | .034 | -.385 | 91 | ||
| Holland Point | 12 | 6233 | 375 | .065 | -.3545 | 84 | ||
| Plum Point | 6 | 4033 | 23 | .0057 | -.4133 | 98 | ||
| Daddy Dare | 3 | 1173 | 22 | .019 | -.4 | 95 | ||
| Little Corn Point | 4 | 1466 | 308 | .21 | -.209 | 49 | ||
| Hog Island | 6 | 2200 | 158 | .071 | -.348 | 83 | ||
| Hawk's Nest | 6 | 2200 | 569 | .27 | -.149 | 35 | ||
| Broom's Island | 6 | 2200 | 872 | .39 | -.029 | 06 | ||
| Middle Ground | 4 | 1467 | 39 | .231 | -.188 | 44 | ||
| Kent Island | 3 | 488 | 340 | .7 | +.281 | 67 | ||
| Kent Island | 9 | 5463 | 185 | .0765 | -.325 | 81 | ||
| Potomac River No. 1 | 4 | 2787 | 151 | .058 | -.361 | 86 | ||
| Cornfield Point to Pitt's Point | 7 | 513 | 513 | .1 | -.319 | 76 | ||
| St. Mary's River | 4 | 2787 | 226 | .08 | -.9 | 80 | ||
| St. George's Island | 4 | 1687 | 705 | .4176 | -.0014 | 3-01 | ||
| Pincy Point to Blackstone's Island | 20 | 7333 | 686 | .073 | -.326 | 79 | ||
| Total in Potomac | 39 | 19627 | 2281 | .1497 | -.2693 | 63 | ||
| Piney Island Bar | 6 | 976 | 1025 | 1.05 | +.631 | 116 | ||
| Fishing Bay Dredging Ground | 3 | 488 | 439 | .9 | +.481 | 114 | ||
| Fishing Bay Tonging Ground | 1 | 163 | 84 | .517 | +.098 | 23 | ||
| Hooper's Strait | 6 | 488 | 4000 | 8.2 | +7.781 | 1857 | ||
| James' Point | 2 | 39 | 181 | .47 | +.051 | 12 | ||
| No Point Bar | 3 | 813 | 427 | .52 | +.102 | 24 | ||
| Great Rock | 20 | 5708 | 1555 | .272 | -.147 | 34 | ||
| Turtle Egg Rock | 3 | 1626 | 355 | .218 | -.201 | 48 | ||
| Total | 326 | 1298 | 32405 | |||||
| Total number of beds examined 59 | ||||||||
| Total number of dredgings 326 | ||||||||
| Total number of square yards examined 120,958 | ||||||||
| Total number of Oysters found 32,405 | ||||||||
| Number of Oysters to the square yard .267 | ||||||||
| Number of Oysters to the square yard, exclusive of Hooper's Strait .235 | ||||||||
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