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fact that after the first year a material reduction can be made in the 

 cost for fertihzers if the distilled herb after being well decomposed 

 is retm^ned to the soil, since, as has been previoiisly stated, this will 

 restore much of the nutrient materials removed by the crop. The 

 estimated retmiis shoAV that a profit of about S16 per acre may be 

 expected as an average for a o-year period. 



It has been shown that horsemint can be gro\ni on the fighter types 

 of soil at comparativel}' fit tie expense, and as the cost of transporta- 

 tion for the finished product, thymol, is very low, it would seem that 

 the production of this crop might be profitable when grow^i in con- 

 nection %vith other oil-yielding plants for which a distilling apparatus 

 is required. 



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