36 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



surely than the larger ones, and are therefore more .easily trans- 

 planted. In the summer of 1901 these experiments were extended, 

 and between two and three acres of shore were sown with these 

 small clams (see figure 6) taken from Green's Island, where, as 

 before mentioned, they were exceedingly thick. They were sown 

 on several plots, on different kinds of soil, and under various other 

 conditions. The plots were, for the most part, staked out, adver- 

 tised, and posted in accordance with the requirements of the law 

 (see page 46). Certain strips of shore were sown and not staked 

 out, in order to ascertain what the effect would be of soAving and 

 not protecting. The record of the plots sown is given in tabula- 

 ted form below. 



