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Ships and all the shipyard industries; the farm, on which fish was used not only as a medium of exchange, but also as a valuable fertilizer; the home, where the many operations of curing and salting were carried on  all of those were developed directly by the growth of this particular trade. SHIPS AND ALL THE SHIPYARD INDUSTRIES THE FARM ON WHICH FISH WAS USED NOT ONLY AS A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE BUT ALSO AS A VALUABLE FERTILIZER THE HOME WHERE THE MANY OPERATIONS OF CURING AND SALTING WERE CARRIED ON ALL OF THOSE WERE DEVELOPED DIRECTLY BY THE GROWTH OF THIS PARTICULAR TRADE
ander who did not scorn the humble cod because it was cheap and plentiful (you remember how these same cod "pestered" the ships of Gosnold in 1602), but set to work with the quiet initiative which has distinguished New Englanders ever since, first to catch, then to barter, and finally to sell his wares to all the world. For cheap as all fish was--twopence for a twelve-pound cod, salmon less than a penny a pound, and shad, when it was finally considered fit to eat at all, at two fish for a penny--yet, when all the world is ready to buy and the supply is inexhaustible, tremendous profits are possible. The many fast days of the Roman Catholic Church abroad opened an immense demand, and in a short time quantities of various kinds of fish (Josselyn in 1672 enumerates over two hundred caught in New England waters) were dried and salted and sent to England. This constant and steadily increasing trade radically affected the whole economic structure and history of New England for two centuries. NDER WHO DID NOT SCORN THE HUMBLE COD BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAP AND PLENTIFUL YOU REMEMBER HOW THESE SAME COD PESTERED THE SHIPS OF GOSNOLD IN SIXTEEN O TWO BUT SET TO WORK WITH THE QUIET INITIATIVE WHICH HAS DISTINGUISHED NEW ENGLANDERS EVER SINCE FIRST TO CATCH THEN TO BARTER AND FINALLY TO SELL HIS WARES TO ALL THE WORLD FOR CHEAP AS ALL FISH WAS TWOPENCE FOR A TWELVE POUND COD SALMON LESS THAN A PENNY A POUND AND SHAD WHEN IT WAS FINALLY CONSIDERED FIT TO EAT IT ALL AT TWO FISH FOR A PENNY YET WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS READY TO BUY AND THE SUPPLY IS INEXHAUSTIBLE TREMENDOUS PROFITS ARE POSSIBLE THE MANY FAST DAYS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ABROAD OPENED AN IMMENSE DEMAND AND IN A SHORT TIME QUANTITIES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF FISH JOSCELYN IN SIXTEEN SEVENTY TWO ENUMERATES OVER TWO HUNDRED CAUGHT IN NEW ENGLAND WATERS WERE DRIED AND SALTED AND SENT TO ENGLAND THIS CONSTANT AND STEADILY INCREASING TRADE RADICALLY AFFECTED THE WHOLE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND FOR TWO CENTURIES
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