Show MUSSEL MUD AS FERTILIZER Organic Remains of Shellfish Secure Fertility to Poorest and Most Exhausted Soil Soli Consul Frank Deedmeyer writes from Charlottetown P. P E. E I. I Canada In most of the bays indenting the shores of Prince Ed Edward ward island are s found extensive extensive d posits deposits of mussel mud called so-called locally being organic remains of countless countless' generations 01 of oysters oyster mussels clams and other bivalves bi hi- val valves vals s of pf the ocean al and d. d of cr erous animals generally general The shells usually more or less intact are found imbedded in n dense deposits of mud mud- like substance and this combination combination is isa isa isa a fertilizer of or high value and potency It supplies small quantities of phosphates phosphates phosphates and An ordinary dressing of it secures fe fertility in a striking manner to the poorest or most exhausted soil The he shells decay slowly slowly slowly slow slow- ly year ear by year ear throwing off a film of fertilizing stuffs The deposits around Prince Ed Edward ward island vary from five to twenty five feet in depth They are taken up by dredging machines machines ma ma- chines worked from rafts in hi summer Bummer or from the ice in winter |