Dighton
Dighton has a very limited area of clam flat, comprising only about 10 acres. Clams extend but little beyond the southern boundary of the town on the Taunton River and about ¾ mile up the Segregansett River on the west. Practically no business is made of clamming by the citizens of the town except for local consumption. About 40 bushels were “churned” last year by outsiders. No permits are issued.
Summary of Industry.
| Number of men, | — |
| Capital invested, | — |
| Production, 1907:— | |
| Bushels, | 40 |
| Value, | $40 |
| Total area (acres):— | |
| Sand, | — |
| Mud, | 5 |
| Gravel, | 5 |
| Mussels and eel grass, | — |
| Total, | 10 |
| Productive area (acres):— | |
| Good clamming, | — |
| Scattering clams, | 2 |
| Barren area possibly productive (acres), | 8 |
| Waste barren area (acres), | — |
| Possible normal production, | $1,200 |