Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-26

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trates. These three substances are the
life Of vegetation. and for this reason
the ashes of seaweed are an ideal food
for crops. ~. ..#I5A s$ESF
Some years ago a French sea cap
tain attempted to organize a company
to send ships to the Sargasso sea,
where they could easily collect big
cargoes OF. drift weed and bring It to
France to be burned for the fe-tiliz'
ing ashes. Capitalists told him. how.
ever, that they did not think It would
pay to carry the weed so far, and the
money was not raised. .a3a; :,
It is asserted by some authorities
that the great deposits Of nitFate OF
soda which are sent from Chile to all
parts of Europe and the United States
to be spread over the farm lands were
formed by the decay Of huge masses
Of seaweed when the land was sunk
under the sea- Undecompo parts of
seaweed. 1t is said. are still found
there. ~ "a S,ss,- !. ILL., y, -
The attention Of the Cape Colony
government was recently called to the
fact that very large quantities Of sea-
weed are constantly being washed
ashore along the northwest coast, and
at last accounts the government had
sent for samples Of the weed to deter
mine its value as fertilizer. 4
Sir Humphry Davy was one of the
first to recommend seaweed as a. fer
tilizer about century ago. For: gen.
erations the Inhabitants Of the Chan
mel islands have gained fair living
by collecting and burning the weed
, and selling the ashes as manure,
These ashes are also largely used In
, the British isles and along the Nor
wegian and French coasts. ~
The publications Of the United
States agricultural department & say
that the use Of seaweed as a fertilizer
Is Increasing In this country. that for
! long stretches of the New England
coast the weed is utilized by the farm
d, ers for fifteen to twenty miles inland
and that it is especially favored for
! the stimulation Of clover fields: Rye
beach is almost always strewn with
the weed. and few lands ever show so
luxuriant growth Of. red clover as
I; those in the neighborhood OF this
beach. s..55 j, I, ! s-yta l6 553 I.
The seaweed thrown up on the
shores in the neighborhood Of Cape
Town has long been regarded asian
expensive nuisance. The city govern
ment has for years been paying team
| sters to collect the stuff. haul 1t away
and bury It.. The amount of weed thus
Fdisposed Of has been about 1900 tons
a year. Fsa% s;s /, III. .5f:*gsS
! The city authorities have now seen
i q new light and are spreading the
news among the farmers that. The
weed is % very valuable fertilizer. 5:s: sS
N II %3% He Caught II. 4: & t$S5ssS Il.
III The ferry dock was crowded witt
II weary home goers when through III
4 crowd rushed a man. hot, excited, lad
q en- to. the chin with bundles OF ever:
a shape and size. He sprinted down iii
4 pier, his eyes fixed OH a ferryboat on;
two or three feet out from the piel
4 HE paused but an instant On the string
piece. and then, eheered on ttfh
q amused crowd, be made "a flying lea
lScross the Intervening stretch Of waite
s and landed $safel z on the deck. "a YEA
man happened Ito. be standing on th
Siexact spot On which he struck ail
they both went down with resount
r ing crash Nv hen the arriving man sha
s somewhat recovered his breat h be apo
3 ogized to the fat man. hope 4 dian
! hurt you q he said Ss SS.sI am sorry Bll
3 anyway II eangh the boat! lSS2
Z aBut, Won 4 said the fat maj
! 1.-the boa was coming a.
4 His Hands Full.
& sVo Irishme 4 eel brated ST,
IL lrtck's day and 81 Fted home togethe
8 hut became separat tee. FINALLY tae
4 discovered themseIV ives hugging lam
81 posts On posite Hides III the street
Is ow are yer, Pat called Mike
Fair ON are yyez s'.s
dunno says AAlike Come ON
and
~ cam u come, e says
y Thy cam rex q says Mike
4 got me hands full shtayi
4 where I'M + saSs Fat.