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  prolific 
  clamming 
  grounds, 
  the 
  principal 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  

   fishery 
  being 
  shipped 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  south 
  shore 
  of 
  

   the 
  island, 
  especially 
  Rockaway 
  Bay, 
  also 
  sends 
  its 
  quota 
  

   to 
  supply 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  market. 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Newark 
  

   Bays 
  formerly 
  supplied 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  soft 
  Clams, 
  but 
  of 
  

   late 
  years 
  those 
  areas 
  have 
  ceased 
  to 
  yield 
  anything 
  of 
  

   consequence. 
  Along 
  the 
  Jersey 
  coast 
  the 
  annual 
  yield 
  is 
  

   about 
  70,000 
  bushels, 
  valued 
  at 
  about 
  §29,500. 
  

  

  "There 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  in 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  taking 
  this 
  

   species 
  that 
  calls 
  for 
  peculiar 
  apparatus 
  or 
  appliances. 
  A 
  

   spade 
  and 
  bucket 
  are 
  the 
  usual 
  implements 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  

   day, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  plow 
  having 
  been 
  but 
  local, 
  and 
  

   abandoned 
  when 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  decreased. 
  

   It 
  is 
  still 
  used 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hawley, 
  but 
  only 
  in 
  cultivating 
  ; 
  he 
  

   having 
  instituted 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  cultivation 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  magnitude. 
  His 
  method 
  is, 
  briefly, 
  to 
  plow 
  

   long 
  furrows 
  in 
  the 
  flats, 
  and 
  lay 
  his 
  Clams 
  in 
  them, 
  some 
  

   6 
  or 
  12 
  inches 
  apart. 
  Some 
  five 
  years 
  or 
  more 
  are 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  before 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  realised, 
  but 
  it 
  then 
  pays 
  exceed- 
  

   ingly 
  well. 
  

  

  "While 
  extensively 
  eaten, 
  the 
  larger 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   annual 
  crop 
  is 
  utilised 
  as 
  bait 
  by 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  mackerel 
  

   fishermen. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  product 
  of 
  

   the 
  fishery, 
  and 
  its 
  value 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  Clams 
  {My 
  a 
  arcnwia) 
  . 
  164,195,200 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  bushels 
  835,974 
  

  

  Value 
  per 
  bushel 
  (average) 
  $o'395 
  

  

  Total 
  value 
  annual 
  product 
  $33°j5 
  2 
  3"24 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  ' 
  Ouahaug,' 
  or 
  ' 
  Round 
  Clam,' 
  Venus 
  mercenaria, 
  

   Linne, 
  is 
  found 
  from 
  Florida 
  to 
  Massachusetts 
  Bay, 
  and 
  

   thence 
  northward, 
  though 
  rare 
  and 
  local, 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  

  

  