HAZARDOUS FARMING
Among the Japanese there are sea farmers, men wlTose strange occupation ! it is to cultivate the -bottom of the sea ' in order to obtain a harvest pf sargasso a sea-weed which is found at great depths and is used in pliarmaey and also in bacteriolpgy for the preparation of cultuies. It requires all the patience and tenacity of a Japanese tp under'take this kind of farming. A pubmarine ffald eeeds four or Jlve years of preparation |H gst rid oi tho sto.nes2
and parasites which eneumber it before it can be sown. All the work has, of course. to be done by divers. Considering the difficulties of such an enterprise, and the dangers to which the "farmers" are continually exposed from attacks by sharks, octopi, montarays and devil-fish, it is not surprising that the price of sargasso is very high and that a good sea farmer can make from £20 to £70 a day gathcring the preciou's pl&at, s.„
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 83, 31 December 1937, Page 13
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