Show HARVEST FROM UNDER OCEAN Kelp Has Been Proved of Such Value In 10 Industry That It Is la Now Ca Carefully Care Cara fully Gathered A good deal has been lIeen written about the use of ot the seaweed kelp for tor the production of or potash HU and 1 a good deal of dreaming has been lIeen Indulged In In- Bulged cd In However fr the kelp lu Industry has hus put Jul Itself on un n a solid soUd and nud plo prosperous prosper prosper- per perou ou ous footing and gol gold 1 In the shape of ot the Indispensable potash Is being harn harvested harvested har har- n vested sted from the waters of ot the tae Pacific The cutters or 01 harvesters esters are oceangoing ocean ocean- going boats and stay out at sea all the tints time while the barges carry the macerated macerated mac mue- kelp back to the wharf where itIs It Ith itis Is h pumped from the holds Into fermenting fermenting fer ter- tanks Foreign matter such as bolts boltl nuts nut etc brought In with the kelp lell arc are removed by electromagnets before the pumps are reached Harvesting lIun-esting consists in cutting the plant about six feet teet below the surface of ot the water It has actually been found that this treatment Improves the growth and stand of ot the beds to such suchun an un extent that they may be cut over oyer about every 90 30 days The area cut at present extends from Point Conception south to tb the Mexican line Une The rhe potash Is all used for tor chemical purposes owing to its unique purity and there is not enough of ot It to supply supply sup sup- ply lly this demand The total quantity of ot the pure product is not great enough to he be considered seriously for tor fertilizer purposes There Then are ale however n a anum- anum number aura num ber jer tr of ot residues produced containing potash which amount to quite a ton ton- nage nuge |