Box Elder News Journal | 1913-12-25 | Page 7 | When Sea Feeds Land

V when hen sea feeds land seaweed at cne time thought valueless Is a wonderful wonder lul ul fertilizer tona of icare it are cosseted coss eted lu jr carts carta at low tide by the cormish fa farmers mers and around the coast of 0 Engla englard ald after being di adne ie 3 in heaps it ta Is spread on the latia land there its nutritive properties ol of hydrogen and potash in which it Is very rich are absorbed into the soil and produce wonderful crops new potatoes from jersey and spring cabbages from cornwall are rats rals d with seaweed fertilizer the se also furnishes food for the land in other ways the despised starfish stir fish in many places known as five fingers are eagerly sought and carted alzy in tons from the coast to fertilize the fields further inland small fish too I 1 useless for human food are sold by the tha million as manure rich pich lc phosphates a primary element in lard land fertilizers they argood tor for almost any isa inid ot of root arps cn ps