USES OF SEAWEED.
I Prom San Francisco there is annu- ' ally exported to China nearly 1 i£20,000 worth of seaweed, while on the Atlantic coast about £6,000 worth has been shipped from the Rimouski district of Canada to American cities. The following repot t from Condul, Frank Deedmeyer at Charlottetown also indicates a development of the export trade in seaweed from Prince Edward Island: —Seaweed (Fucus visiculosus) has been shipped during the month of October of this year from Charlottetown to Boston. As the demand for this article is getting more active, large quantities are being gathered by farmers and fishermen along the shores of Prince Edward island, dried, and prepared fur shipment to the United States. When dry the weed is pressed into a bale like hay- > and shipped in that shape. It brings 28s aton f.o.b. Charlottetown, and the freight to Boston by water is 12s per ton and rail 28s per ton. Owing to the formation of the coast, seaweed is present in great quantities along the shores of Prince Edward Island. The high tide leaves a long stretch of terrritory between high and low water mark, where it grows. This is the first time that seaweed has entered into the export trade of this province. It has been used heretofore locally as bedding for cattle, its contents of soda resulting thus in a valuable manure. As a fodder it i 3 eaten by oxen, sheep and dear in winter, and when boiled with a small quantity of meal added it makes a desirable food for hogs. From seaweed, when reduced to ashes, are gained some of the most beneficient preparations in use today. Some of these are iodin, bromin, hydriodic acid, iodides of sodium, mercury, potassium, magnesium and cachum. From it are extracted colouring matters, volatile oil, and its ingredients are used in photography. It is further employed as coverings for flasks, in the packing of glass, china and other brittle wares, for packing furniture, stuffing pillows, and mattresses and in upholstering. The claim is made that furniture stuffed with seaweed is kept free ot meths and other insects, owing to its salty flavour. This weed is one of the best non-conductors of heat and finds use in thermotics, especially the insulation of rierators and in refrigerating plants. It is also used between walla and floors to prevent the transmission of sound.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 988, 7 March 1910, Page 4
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396USES OF SEAWEED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 988, 7 March 1910, Page 4
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