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small operators, who team them into the city, though the diggers sometimes 

 bring them to the city and sell them to the dealers direct from their boats 

 at the wharves. 



SUMMABY OF INDUSTRY. 



Number of licenses, .......... 350 



Capital invested, $2,250 



Production, 1907 : 



Bushels, . . . . . 7,000 



Value, . . . . . . ' $5,500 



Total area (acres) : 



Sand, 500 



Mud, . . . . . . \ ... 2,500 



Gravel, . . . . . . . .' . . . 1,000 



Mussels and eel grass, . . 1,000 



Total, ." . . . . 5,000 



Productive area (acres) : 



Good clamming, .......... 100 



Scattering clams, . 1,000 



Barren area possibly productive (acres), 900 



Waste barren area (acres), . 3,000 



Possible normal production, . . $330,000 



Wei/mouth. 



Weymouth, with its two rivers, possesses an area of flats aggregating 

 250 acres. The shores of Fore River are stony, but in spite of the hard 

 digging clams are found in fair numbers. The shores of Back River 

 are similar, except for the mud flats on the channel, which are either 

 barren or but sparsely productive. A few clams are dug for bait and 

 home consumption. 



SUMMARY OP INDUSTRY. 



Number of men, . . ... 



Capital invested, . . . . . . . 



Production, 1907 : 



Bushels, . . . . . . . . . '.- . 150 



Value, . . . . . . ...'-.. .... $150 



Total area (acres) : 



Sand, . . . . ...... . . . . . 



Mud, .... . . . . . . . . i 150 



Gravel, . . . . . . . . . . . 80 



Mussels and eel grass, . . , . . . . 20 



Total, 250 



Productive area (acres) : 



Good clamming, 



Scattering clams, 30 



Barren area possibly productive (acres), ..... 50 



Waste barren area (acres), 170 



Possible normal production. ........ $11,000 



