Show production OF FULLERS FULLER EARTH j the production of fullers e earth ar th in the united states state 1925 was short tons va valued aued at 3 it itt 11 ort rep bounced by the bureau of mines which is preparing a on the subject this is an increase of 16 per at in therein The sein I 1 ty and 11 with 1924 these ia J per cent in value compare compared d M creases were due in part to the reappearance of california and nevada as producers of fullers earth though every state that reported production po in both 1924 and 1925 showed an in increase crease the output was reported by fourteen operators in seven s tates states in 1925 namely california florida Geor georgia gial Illi illinois noisy massachusetts nevada and texas in 1924 production was reported by thirteen operators california and nevada reported no production in 1924 and alabama which was a producer in 1924 reported none in 1925 georgia was the leading state in production in 1925 with florida second and texas third as in 1924 these three states produced 85 per cent of the total output the average value per ton of fullers earth was 1415 in 1925 compared with 1479 in 1924 fullers earth is a term used to include a variety of natural substances that possess the property of absorbing grease crease or clarifying bleaching or filtering oil they ar are 2 mostly clay like substances though recently discovered material in the west which is of different character is said to be superior to the eastern fullers earth the original use of fullers earth was in the fulling of cloth but little of it is now used for this purpose it is used almost exclusively in the bl bleaching eachin or filtering of vegetable and mineral oils until 1895 when fullers earth was successfully produced produce d commercially in florida the united states was entirely dependent on foreign supplies the imports have bave on the whole been decreasing in recent years in 1925 however they were short tons valued at an increase crease of 10 per cent in quantity and 20 per cent in value notwithstanding this increase the quantity of fullers earth imported in 1925 was the smallest except in 1924 since 1897 |