Provincetown
For the last five years the flats of Provincetown have produced only a small amount of clams. Wherever clams have set in abundance they have been quickly dug by fishermen for bait, thus checking their natural propagation.
Clams are found in the drains among the thatch beds on the southwest side of the harbor and in Race Run, while a considerable set is scattered between the wharves of the town. All the extensive flats at the southwest end of the harbor are entirely barren of clams, owing chiefly to the shifting nature of the sand, although on certain parts of these, especially near the thatch, clams would grow if planted. As it is, the shifting sand makes it impossible for the young clams to set on this area.
Summary of Industry.
| Number of men, | 5 |
| Capital invested, | $15 |
| Production, 1907:— | |
| Bushels, | 400 |
| Value, | $320 |
| Total area (acres):— | |
| Sand, | 400 |
| Mud, | — |
| Gravel, | — |
| Mussels and eel grass, | — |
| Total, | 400 |
| Productive area (acres):— | |
| Good clamming, | 3 |
| Scattering clams, | 3 |
| Barren area possibly productive (acres), | 200 |
| Waste barren area (acres), | 194 |
| Possible normal production, | $21,000 |