========+============+==========+====== YEAR. | Production | Value. | Men. | (Bushels). | | --------+------------+----------+------ 1879, | 1,125 | $400 | 15 1907, | 100 | 100 | - ========+============+==========+====== SUMMARY OF INDUSTRY. Number of men, - Capital invested, - Production, 1907:-- Bushels, 100 Value, $80 Total area (acres):-- Sand, 10 Mud, 10 Gravel, 10 Mussels and eel grass, - Total, 30 Productive area (acres):-- Good clamming, 1 Scattering clams, 5 Barren area possibly productive (acres), 10 Waste barren area (acres), 14 Possible normal production, $2,400 _Dennis._ As the town of Dennis has mutual fishery rights with the town of Yarmouth, the clam flats of Bass River, which lie between the towns, are free to any inhabitant of Dennis. A few clams are also dug in Swan Pond River. SUMMARY OF INDUSTRY. Number of men, - Capital invested, - Production, 1907:-- Bushels, 50 Value, $45 Total area (acres):-- Sand, 25 Mud, 15 Gravel, 10 Mussels and eel grass, - Total, 50 Productive area (acres):-- Good clamming, 1 Scattering clams, 4 Barren area possibly productive (acres), 30 Waste barren area (acres), 15 Possible normal production, $4,200 _Mashpee._ The clam fishery at Mashpee is of hardly sufficient proportions to rank as an industry. The shores of the Popponesset River furnish perhaps favorable conditions for the growth of this shellfish, but the available territory is small, not exceeding 50 acres, and of this only a small percentage, comprising scattered patches of gravel-mud, produces clams in any abundance. No effort is made at exportation for market, and under the present circumstances it is doubtful if a greater yield than that required to supply home consumption could be expected. No effort is made on the part of local legislation to control the industry or foster it in any way. SUMMARY OF INDUSTRY.