Show GATHERED FROM THE SEA annual seaweed harvest of much value to channel islanders danders la in the channel islands the annual seaweed harvest Is a a very important Impo ilant tant affair ahe some tons ot of it Is plowed into the fields as a fertilizer fertiliser liser it ft la Is also dried and used as fuel in tho the cottages the ash soiling selling readily as a dro dressing saing for cornfields mien the time regulated by lav la arrives for cutting the long weed from the rocks all the people men women and children out armed gathering the seaweed with short sickles knives rakes forkes aej an so forth carts carls with sides formed 0 of hurdles are used for bring ing in the weed the sea water thus draining away as aa the ho vehicles bump along at the ebbing of the tide men go out in boats and cut the weed from the more distant rocks any aeed cut that cannot be gathered becote the tide rises to Is anchored with large stones as aa this annual seaweed gathering la is termed Is real hard bard work but the return of the long line of carts each heaped high la Is hald ballod by tle tile aa a a veri taVa 0 o burat bur vt home |