Items About Oysters.
New York i 3 tho largest oyster consiim- ' ing community in tho world. Botwcon Sept. 1 and May 1, according to v dealer's estimate, aro consumed in tho city alone on an average of 10,000,000 a clay. Besides what aro eaten from 10,000 to 20,000 bushels a day aro shipped west. Besides, 'this are shipped 6,000 barrels a week to Europe. To handle and get to the consumer the millions of oysters are employed about 25,---000 men. Besides being tho biggest consumers of oysters New Yorkers aro tho /Consumers of all tho best oysters. Nearly I 'all the oysters that are shipped west from | New York are opened in New York. In opening for the western trado several hundred men are employed. They got $1 a thousand. The record for oyster opening Is 8,500 in ten hours.
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Manawatu Herald, 19 February 1898, Page 4
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140Items About Oysters. Manawatu Herald, 19 February 1898, Page 4
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