Word: oysterdom
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...oysterdom is divided into two parts: freebaiters (independent fishermen), who work the public oyster beds, and farmers (private companies), who own or lease and cultivate their own beds. Stronghold of the freebaiters is the Chesapeake-Delaware Bay area, 'which produces 60% of U. S. oysters. Stronghold of the private company is Long Island, which produces 25%. Cultivated oysters bring the higher prices. The inlets of Long Island shelter them from the high wind and rough weather which often smother them with sand, feed them enough fresh water to supply the copper and other minerals that tasty oysters need...
...bourgeoise such as the East River family, or the "sidey" Chesapeakes, the task appears wholly ridiculous. Oysters are very snobbish and clannish. A Cape Cod never by any chance received an equally aristocratic Blue Point, and vice versa. Nevertheless, the State Conservation Commission is determined to democratize oysterdom...
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