Shell-fish industries . ts were full, the wag-ons were full, and many had secured what they calledtheir winters stock before the day was done, andthousands of bushels of oysters were packed away underblankets of sea-weed, in scores of cellars. The first daywas the great day. By the next day the rustic crowd haddeparted, but the oysters continued to be sought. Aweek of this sort of attack, however, usually sufficed toclean the bottom so thoroughly that subsequent rakingwas of small account. To-day natural sources of supply in the northern fieldamount to little except for seed that they produce.
Shell-fish industries . ts were full, the wag-ons were full, and many had secured what they calledtheir winters stock before the day was done, andthousands of bushels of oysters were packed away underblankets of sea-weed, in scores of cellars. The first daywas the great day. By the next day the rustic crowd haddeparted, but the oysters continued to be sought. Aweek of this sort of attack, however, usually sufficed toclean the bottom so thoroughly that subsequent rakingwas of small account. To-day natural sources of supply in the northern fieldamount to little except for seed that they produce. Thesame has long been true in Europe. There are still enor-mous natural oyster reefs in the south Atlantic and Gulf The Northern Oyster Field 185 fields, but they cannot last. Where there is such greatabundance, it seems to be difficult to believe that it isnot inexhaustible. Though it must disappear, its placewill undoubtedly be taken before that event by a betterand much larger supply such as now exists in the
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