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bulletin* on oe subject. It would appear from this that 
1885 the value of the seaweeds used for ee ae in 
Rhode Teland was $65,044, as compared with $164,133 paid for 
commercial fertilizers. At Rye Beach co Hampshire, the 
colony.t 
e possibilities of an pues and general use of certain 
seaweeds or their p or the soil in the United 
tates have recently been emphasized by the as ele of two 
t atter. The 
n 
and to the ie it is nee wae obvious from the cover or 
title-page that t! to do with plants that 
live in the sea, or, in fact, with any plants cies than those or- 
dinarily ere by the farmer. But, as a matter of fact, this 
report, or series of reports, embracing nearly 300 pages and 
laska, and reports progress in n the mechanical problems con- 
The beneficial effects of seaweeds when desi to the soil were 
* Silaiceny H. J., & Hartwell, B. L. aes hie agricultural ies and 
th ical iti yf i i . Exp. Sta. Bull. 1-3 
f.q-1r, 1893. 
{ Turrentine, J. wv The agen of the seaweed see In: Fertilizer 
Senate Document, No. 
