114 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



a. Lobsters can be as successfully reared on beef as on clam. 



b. Beef is much cheaper. 



c. There is more inedible waste material in clam than in an 

 equal weight of beef. 



d. This waste material is especially undesirable because it favors 

 the growth of algae and sessile diatoms, injurious to the lobster fry. 



e. In practical work there is greater regularity and certainty in 

 securing a constant supply of beef than there is in the case of clam. 



5. It may be added that, as the result of these experiments, it 

 has been decided, in next season's work at the lobster hatchery, to 

 give beef a thorough trial as a food for rearing lobster fry. 



