| Number
of planters, wholesale dealers and shippers |
5
00 |
|
| Extent of
ground cultivated |
about
2,250 |
acres |
| Number of
vessels and sail-boats engaged |
about
400 |
|
| Value of
same, with equipment |
$200,000 |
|
| Number men
hired by planters or dealers |
125 |
|
| Annual earnings
of same |
$62,500 |
|
| Total number
of families supported |
635 |
|
| Annuals sales
of Native oysters |
$255,000
|
|
| Bushels Value
of same |
$250,000 |
|
| Chesapeake
"Plants" |
175,000 |
bushels |
| Value of
same |
$125,000 |
|
| Total value
of oysters sold annually |
$375,000 |
|
|
| The
Extent of the oyster trade in new York in 1880: |
|
| Southern,
in shell Virginia; Chesapeake |
1,065,000 |
bushels |
| Northern
(natives) in shell |
1,634,000 |
bushels |
| Opened
from the south |
600,000 |
gallons |
| By count,
in shell at 250 to the bushel |
765,000,000 |
oysters |
|
| Selling
value: |
|
|
| of
southern |
$800,000 |
|
| of
northern |
$1,500,000 |
|
| of
opened |
$458,700 |
|
| Total |
$2,758,700 |
|
|
| Employment: |
|
|
Oyster
carriers - from vessels to barges
(25-40
on each river) |
10 cents |
a thousand
oysters |
| Opening
oysters |
100-150 |
men |
| Longshoremen |
10
cents |
a thousand |
| Pickling
and packing |
"not
much" |
|
| 5000 families
at least, support or prepare oysters |
|
|
| Total
exported to Europe |
189,900 |
bushels |
|
