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  i88o, 
  22,195,370 
  bushels, 
  worth 
  to 
  the 
  producer 
  §9,034,861. 
  

   There 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  an 
  enhancement 
  on 
  13,047,922 
  

   bushels, 
  in 
  passing 
  from 
  producers 
  to 
  market. 
  This 
  

   enhancement, 
  which 
  amounts 
  to 
  $4,368,991, 
  results 
  either 
  

   from 
  replanting 
  or 
  from 
  packing 
  in 
  tin 
  cans, 
  and 
  increases 
  

   the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  to 
  $13,438,852. 
  This 
  fishery 
  

   employs 
  4155 
  vessels, 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,528,700, 
  and 
  11,930 
  

   boats. 
  The 
  actual 
  fishermen 
  number 
  38,249, 
  the 
  shores- 
  

   men 
  14,556. 
  About 
  80 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  yield 
  is 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay. 
  A 
  speedy 
  

   extermination 
  of 
  this 
  most 
  valuable 
  mollusk 
  will 
  doubtless 
  

   result 
  unless 
  some 
  effective 
  means 
  of 
  protection 
  and 
  

   artificial 
  culture 
  are 
  soon 
  employed. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statistical 
  summary 
  shows 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  

   the 
  oyster 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  country 
  : 
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