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ing liquors. The Japanese name for this product is kanten, 
meaning “cold weather,” in allusion to the fact that it can only 
be prepared during winter, as a low temperature is necessary for 
the solidification of the jelly. Five hundred establishments are 
devoted to its manufacture, and the output in 1902 was 3,000,- 
000 pounds, valued at $750,000. The identical alga from which 


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PLANTING BRUSH ON WHICH THE LAVER IS TO GROW. 
the Japanese make their kanten abounds on our coasts, but not 
a piece of it is now utilized. I cannot believe that our coastwise 
inhabitants will much longer neglect this valuable resource, 
which yields a high-priced, easily-made product whose gelatiniz- 
ing properties exceed those of any other known substance. 
