28 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



VII. A Continued Investigation of the Life-History of the 

 Clam. Methods of Artificial Propagation and Cultiva- 

 tion. 



These investigations, which have been continued since 1898, 

 have each year become more interesting- and promising - of practi- 

 cal results. The commission in 1891 felt warranted in asking that 

 a reservation be allotted them upon which experiments could be 

 made on a larger scale than before, and under normal conditions. 

 Your honorable body granted to the commission such a reserva- 

 tion, not to exceed three acres of land between high and low tide. 

 The commission selected such land with a view to furnishing 

 various conditions of soil, etc., and planted upon it a large number 

 of clams. The results of these experiments have been most satis- 

 factory. 



In this investigation the commission have appreciated the co- 

 operation of the citizens owning land bordering the shore, who 

 have taken an interest in the experiments. The following paper 

 gives the results of investigations which have been carried on dur- 

 ing the past season. 



