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SUMMARY OF INDUSTRY. 



Number of men, 10 



Capital invested, $100 



Production, 1907 : 



Bushels, 1,000 



Value, $1,000 



Total area (acres) : 



Sand, 100 



Mud, 150 



Gravel, 



Mussels and eel grass, ........ 



Total, 250 



Productive area (acres) : 



Good clamming, .......... 10 



Scattering clams, . 40 



Barren area possibly productive (acres), 100 



Waste barren area (acres), ........ 100 



Possible normal production, $22,000 



Ndhant. 



Although Nahant has a large area of tidal flats, it is not on the whole 

 favorably located, and much that would otherwise be available is neces- 

 sarily waste. The territory which borders the western coast is not 

 barren, but most of it is not productive enough to be profitable. 



A few scattered sections repay the clammer for his labor, and from 

 these sections perhaps 300 bushels a year- are dug for home con- 

 sumption. Four or five men are employed at intervals in the summer 

 months, but no one of them depends upon this source of income for 

 more than transient employment, as the entire value of the yearly 

 harvest does not exceed $300. As there are nearly 250 acres of flats 

 in Nahant, this would be a revenue of $1.60 per acre, on an average. 

 However, this is not a fair comparison, for much of the territory 

 apparently available is, as has been stated, properly waste. Never- 

 theless, an industry of far greater proportions than at present could 

 be attained if wise legislation were directed to that end. 



SUMMARY OP INDUSTRY. 



Number of men, 



Capital invested, .......... 



Production, 1907 : 



Bushels, . . >. . . . . . . . 300 



Value, .... . . . .. . . . . $300 



Total area (acres) : 



Sand, . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 



Mud, .'.100 



Gravel, ,.'.,.- . . 100 



Mussels and eel grass, . . . . . .... 



Total, 250 



