68 KEPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



from it The bed is about % of an acre in extent. This estimate is 

 low as compared with the proportionate jdeld of the sample areas 

 already referred to. 



In some parts of the bed there were evidences that the clams were 

 killed at an early age. perhaps by the decaying seaweed which 

 was very abundant, and some dead specimens also were found near 

 the entrance of a small fresh water stream. 



A large set of young clams was found in this bed, and, in some 

 sample areas, the}' numbered three hundred to the square yard. 

 They were of different sizes and had, of course, set since the bed was 

 sown in the summer of 1901. 



This experiment affords the final proof of two fundamental pro- 

 ositions, viz., 1st, that it is feasible, practicable, and profitable to 

 transplant clams, and that a good crop can be reared in two years; 

 2nd, that it is not necessar}' or profitable to dig up the shore and 

 loosen the soil in order that clams ma}^ grow and thrive well, or in 

 order that the}^ may set thickly. 



