The Republican journal., 1869-06-10
SEA FERTILIZERS.

.la Time Sc. all 50 necessary to both vegetable
.nd animal : crumhling TO pieces by the action
t the elements. find their way. through brooks and
rt.rl, into the ocean,-there to be worked up into
ma, forms ia various marine plants and animals.
Aul the importance Of these sea plants and animals
.puu those If the land may be- seen in this all the
.u,r ia lht world some Of Which forms the solid
parts o III huce. and without which there can BE
uu animals of thc higher orler-s the result. nc
eo1iine 90 most scientists, OF these marine plants
lu, animals which -ccrrte it from the trihing lime
r,meuJ that exists in sea water; all the vast beds
uf call,, corai reefs, ana masses of marble and
limestone. tay in. been formed in that way. Hence
huH orca source of lcrtilizin& agents is the ocean
hoth a. IL those things which it primarily produces
.ud those washed down into it a~ Just stated. Those
gent, are chiefly sumo fish, yca-wced and mari.
Gt-A ANu. rhs j. considered by many 10 have It
Iind origin; to b. simply the accunulatons forum
tod ages Of bird eN"lencht> This, no doubt TO
mute an extent enter, INTO and helps form the GU
.no deposits; hut much more largely do they come
ltnn The ocoan,-a> organic remains in those depoS-
H. -hoW.-in the digcetcd bones and other frag-
uld- Of Inc myriad fish on which the binds feed,
.ud m tile countless ee- which climb >her, To die,
,t'h with his body helping TO raise general mon
uli,ut. pile. :is ancient cairns raised bN each
urr-on laying stone upon them rs he passed. Sub
1.mttdy guano deposit is nothing but 4 vast heap
Of "poay chuni" digeStcd ana meowed by time;
ulidned hv pressure and the heat created by its
fermentation.
Fiet II. H. stated, sliano is only di@cstcd fish,
GY rich j. every fish region in trrtilizmg material,
ll hat treasures are annually lost in not proper
. uuhzing fish otlal, sc. All along our Penob,rot
l5le- stream of wealth is running TO waStc,~in
any single town far greater than all the fabulous
rol~nc, the pirate Kidd is supposed to have buried
here. everywhere. Here and there some attempts
have been made, ana with good success we learn,
ui this business. by Mr.. Alden, of Camden, and j. ii.
hHI,r, Esq, of this city; and Me,srs. [. S. Treat Il
-1n. Of EaStport. who were natives of this region--
~rorlton--,o well known for their enterprise and
uerc~~ in he artificial propagation OF fish, and who.
W. trust, will furnish our readers with an article ON
6.h urr,-haNc done 4 large business for some
wears in making fish @uano which Prof johnson.
If ale College Chemist 10 the Conn, State Ag So,
ldes j. the best fertilizer sold iii that state. Most
Of The processes by which this is done are patents,
nl NOT available 10 the public; but should ocr
r3oitr~ desire information as 10 the how Of the mat
Ter. we control sources OF information ON the sub
.c,t which viii be valuable to them.
SEt-WEEp. To many, how loathsome { thing il
-ccne: how often have We seen it, it lay bleeding
and Torn from parental arms, kicked and stamped
dpon as a worthless thing. But, remember, yuu
kick IN The very face sweetheart and dearest friend.
jur it j, 10 h, de,pi,ed weed the world AL it,
iodine. without which all your Daguerrean and
hiudrvd licturcs would he but btnl, paper and TIM
-el aud " ithout which many a disease now cured
l2 it, would carry YOU TO e premature grave. And
nearly All the soda, common in cooking and the
tt1-, and large part of the potash comes from sea-
weed through the burning of il upon the coasts of
scotland nnd Ireland alone, last year. England was
4upPied ith 1000 tons Of potash and 1000 Of soda
Besides containing these minerals in such ann-
llurr, era-We"d is found on aualyzn@ TO WELD about
lthe materials, and IN nearly the same proportions.
firm yard manureS, and as these latter de
rived from land plants, it follows that seHWeedS are
althlc Of supplying HE soil With proper llan1-food
How absurd is the common idea that the salt Of ma
zine plants is their only value, may be seen in this
he only manuriA property Of salt is lis soda, while
analysis of these plants shows them to contain, as
elole stated, all the cons titu,t5 of both land plants
aud farm yard manurc4.
How 70 BE tSEDt Three modes seem TO he in
u-c about here; spread broad cast ON grass land,
planted upon and composcd with other materials
Some Nho have USED ii in The first named mode, say
1t is valuable, bulk tor bulk, aS a top dressing for
or14e stable manure, its good effects being seen
for several years. As TO the second mode, several
intelligent tarmer7 and gardeners authorize us TO
that put into drills with light covering of old
manure nothing is equal to it for turnips besides
being a fine fertilizer, the salt part destroying the
vrrntu which otherwise prey upon and treuqentlv
t' troy the crop This AMY W here within ten miles
of the Sea->h0re is well worth knowing and trying
Ia the Report Of the Nec'y. Of the Maine Board of
Agriculture for 1861 + GO, is statement of some
surprising effects OF rock weed used in drills upon
potato crops. And the benefit of it seems to in
crease a. You 90 inland; probably owing 10 the ict
tha the sprays and vapors, far as they reach,
.icpostc ON the soil many of the elements of sea
weed, But its greatest utility is no doubt seen
When ii is properly composted with animal manure,
earth, muck, &c.
MARI. We are often asked-what is mall and
what its fe ltlizing value: 1t is a word from the
Saxon language sgnitying marrow, or fat because
ibis marine weed has that appearance. 1t is com
tuins some sulpher and phosphorus, in The shape of
-uphate and phosphate of lime, well as some re-
mains Of plants and animals Many soils, especial
ly the sandy ones of New Jersey, and other places.
have been greatly benefited by it. But owing to the
cost Of carrying so heavy article, its use. except
near It's native bed, doesn't pay.