﻿CXII 
  

  

  OYSTER 
  WORK 
  IN 
  MARYLAND 
  1879—80. 
  

  

  I 
  1 
  1 
  No. 
  

  

  I 
  Value 
  of 
  No. 
  People 
  

  

  Kind 
  of 
  BoatIN 
  u 
  m 
  - 
  Boat 
  Men 
  Wages 
  of 
  Suppor- 
  

  

  Employed. 
  P.ER. 
  and 
  Em- 
  Same. 
  ted 
  by 
  

  

  i 
  Equipment, 
  ployed. 
  Oyster 
  

  

  Catch'g. 
  

  

  Dredgers 
  j 
  700 
  11, 
  050. 
  000 
  5,600,$ 
  916,300 
  

  

  oiitfitof 
  same 
  70,(»00 
  

  

  Scrapers 
  550 
  440,000 
  2,20o! 
  297,000 
  

  

  Canoes 
  1,825 
  182,500 
  5,148 
  1,158,300 
  

  

  Runners 
  200' 
  300,000 
  800 
  166,400 
  

  

  3,275 
  $2,042,500 
  13,748 
  ??^2, 
  538, 
  000 
  54,992 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  Oysters 
  Taken 
  1879 
  — 
  80, 
  Bushels. 
  

  

  No. 
  packed 
  in 
  State 
  — 
  of 
  Md. 
  oysters 
  0,653,492 
  

  

  " 
  shipped 
  out 
  of 
  State 
  2,021,840 
  

  

  Local 
  consumption 
  in 
  Baltimore 
  818,680 
  

  

  " 
  " 
  other 
  cities 
  of 
  the 
  State... 
  200,000 
  

   " 
  " 
  counties 
  875,000 
  

  

  10,569,012 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1879 
  to 
  1880, 
  there 
  were 
  

   13,748 
  of 
  our 
  citizens 
  employed 
  in 
  catching 
  and 
  bringing 
  

   to 
  market 
  the 
  ten 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  million 
  of 
  bushels 
  produced; 
  

   and 
  when 
  we 
  take 
  this 
  into 
  consideration 
  and 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  capital 
  consumed 
  in 
  preserving 
  and 
  exporting 
  the 
  

   oyster, 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  providing 
  for 
  a 
  continued 
  sup- 
  

   ply 
  is 
  most 
  evident. 
  

  

  The 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  situated, 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  between 
  the 
  

   colder 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  the 
  warmer 
  southern 
  zone, 
  

   is 
  unexceptionally 
  suited 
  for 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  oyster, 
  

   its 
  reproduction, 
  growth 
  and 
  fattening, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  ex- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  those 
  vicissitudes 
  of 
  temperature 
  which 
  so 
  

   frequently 
  prove 
  fatal 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  limited 
  average 
  in 
  the 
  

   rise 
  aiid 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  tide 
  renders 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  

   in 
  shoal 
  waters 
  less 
  precarious 
  and 
  their 
  protection 
  far 
  

   less 
  expensive 
  than 
  it 
  has 
  proved 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  France, 
  

   where 
  the 
  oyster-growing 
  industry 
  has 
  added 
  new 
  life 
  

  

  