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Sulphuric Acid Plant, Armour Fertilizer Works, Matanzas. 





Acidulating or :Mixin!^: liuildinr, Ariimur I-'ertilizcr AVcu'ks, Matanzas, 



materials have been practically withdrawn from sale and many of those which are still in the 

 market are held at such high prices as to be out of consideration. Under these circumstances the 

 question arises as to whether there is a method of farming yet to be found that will tend to 

 make the lack of fertilizer least felt. 



Since the war, potash fields of Ciermany which supply the world have been entirely cut 

 off and the United States Government has made strenuous efforts to discover potash deposits, 

 or some source of supply that would relieve the anxieties of the farmer. A number of fac- 

 tories have been established for the purpose of extracting potash from the large supplies of 

 kelp found on the western coast. While partial success has accompanied some of these efforts, 



