| Show February Has l-Jus Two Tir lis li's lisI Picture Parade I I j I v A February brings Lint Lent 1111 Lent brings the oyster into his element once more boosting sales over all other seasons oj of the I year yur Oyster farming is ti n million dollar dollar business especially along the Atlantic coast Single firms control urge large areas planting their shills shells above and anil ii j I 1 front from l place to place nee during n fir ird year period J. J S I L n Ml r a afat s 's sit fat but Above it a n dredge holding about 12 bushels is is pulled k up on deck P P i I Ir r t gal M fit MS 4 S I w 1 cy f tl s 6 A crop of grown full oysters fresh from the beds off o the it Connecticut shore is being unloaded by these them men The con con- conveyor conveyor carries them into the building where they are shocked fed culled and packed for the trade During the jive five years year it takes to raise an oyster the farmer must tend lend his 1 beds more carefully than a dirt farmer cultivates his crops u |
