The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-03-12

Buibrandsdalfe. Osterdalfe. Halling.
dalte, ROrOste and Maalselvdalfe. each
Kind differing more or less in size,
color and individuality.
In the hog line. exhibits. the large
white chester Uredominated; the hog
is frequently kept till four or five
years old in Norway and. of course.
grows to enormous size: many of the
individual exhibits would weigh from
500 to 500 pounds.
The poultry exhibit was large and
Included all ordinary varieties of do
mes, 2 birds.
The exhibits of agricultural products
n the way Of grain and grasses were,
also, extensive and the machine line
was we'll represented by foreign and
domestic exhibits. The live stock and
poultry exhibits according to the print
ed catalogue numbered 1923 alone.
so take the Fair as a whole. it made
a very creditable show; particularly
taking into account the smallness of
the agricultural resources of Norway.
One OF the most interesting exhibits
Of the Fair was probably the exhibit
of the new fertilizer product. a pro-
cess discovered by scientists in Nor
way. (Burkland and Eyde) manufac-
tured II Of air by cleaving the air
with electric sparks in a shaft or
tower divided into small chambers by
perforated limestone slabs through
which water is run and in which air
spaces. by lean of strong electric
sparks, cleaVing the air. the product
Of calcium nitrate is made to precipi-
tate and c~ryStaliZe: the product in
them put into wooden barrels and sold
at kr. 20.OO or 500 per 100 pounds
and is distributed ON the fields by
near OF a broadcast or drill Seeuer
at the rate OF 20 to 40 pounds per
acre. according TO the requirements
of the soil. This fertilization. is said,
will last several years and promises to
give the old WORKOUT farm lands o..
the world new life and value. The
commercial name OF this new product
is lime-Saltpeter. which in looks aud
quality is similar to Chile Saltpeter.
which is the staple fertilizer of Eu-
rope today and Chile saltpeter is
brought from the natural deposits
found in Chile. which beds have been
operated for the past 90 years and of
which the world is now using one
and one-half million tons for f~ertiliz-
ing purposes annually and of which
France and Great Britain together
use n million tons q year Chile
saltpeter has steadily increased in
prices since it vas first discovered
in Chile in 1860 and is now selling at
retail in Europe for $3.50 per cwt
The saltpeter beds of Chile are said
TO be nearing exhaustion and that in
% years it will be a thing of the past.
If this new artificially produced
lime saltpeter will do what is claimed
for ii. the fertilizering proposition is
solved and the new product, being
cheaper, will supplant Chile s~altpeter
and its supply Will be inexhaustable
as long as the world has an atmos-
phere.
A large corporation with $4,000.
600 tFrench and Norwegian capital
has now a large factory, for manufac-
ture OF the new product in full opera
ton in Notodden. where is located
one of the largest ate falls in Nor
way and where the largest electric
generator in the world is now in
stalled and operated by the power of
the falls.
The fisheries of Norway, generally
thought of as the largest industry OF
the country. only amounts to about 30
million Kroner per year, or equal to
about s million dollars in our money.
Most of the fish, is sold and shipped
in sailed OF dried state to the Catho-
lie countries of Europe and America.
The Forestry OF Norway yields near
~ ten million dollars in D per
annum: while the income from ship
ping amounts TO a great deal more.
Manufacturing industries generally
are developing rapidly and Norway's
future III that respect is bright. Eng
lands early superiority in manufac-
turing is largely accounted for by her
coal deposits, hence cheap motive
power, and good water ways. Nor
ways fjords are, also open the rear
round and are deep and roomy and
by converting the power of the thou
sands of waterfalls now going to
waste along the coast, into electric
power at deep water sites, where fac
tories can be built. the raw material
brought to the factory door by water.
the cheapest transportation known,
manufactured by the cheapest motive
power known. reloaded and shipped bv
water to the markets OF the world,
Norway may yet become a formidable
manufacturing nation.
Large electrical works are ALREADY
established at some Of the waterfalls.
and electricity Is distributed as far as