DISTRIBUTION OF THE CLAM SET. 



The clam set and clam planting in the late summer of 1909 revealed an almost 

 entire absence of sets on both shores from Field's Point southward to the Bonnet. 

 Only a very few small areas even had what might be called a fairly good set, and 

 only one place had a very abundant set and that was on the southerly shore of 

 Field's Point. Here on September 29th a parcel of shore about the area of an 

 acre contained in an average bit of soil (one foot square and 4 inches deep) 289 

 clams measuring about one-half inch in length, and the entire mess of clams 

 measuring a pint and a half. From this parcel of shore the following places were 

 planted: Kickemuit River, 16 bushels, on about one acre; Dyer's Island, 8 

 bushels on about one-quarter acre; Cornelius Island, 24 bushels on one and one- 

 half acres; Point Judith Pond, one-half bushel, scattered. 



E. W. BARNES. 



