Ml 
Several one) Have already Deo organiard | in nea for 
of ie companies are ne chemical Prose for exacting oe 
d iodine 
P 
rel Ae Taf 7+ fF, Inert 
ing the 
the soil. In the ice case, 
the: aigoEena as well as the potaesnint content is saved and used. 
It is said that a pain unhappy demand for explosives has 
led an important company engaged in their manufacture to 
resort to the ahaa kelps as a source of a part at least of 
its supply of pet assium. 
4 tial] f food in diff t 
parts of the world, but it is only in Japan, China, and Hawaii 
in New land amounted to 740,000 pounds, with a 
ie of $33 
e ae or ilk (Rhodymenia palmata), another of the red 
seaweeds, may often be found in a rough-dried state in the water- 
of New Yo 
of the United States. Those who like it uaa eat it raw 
* Smith, Hugh M. 
of Fisheries, Bull. 24: 169-181. 1904. 
