Halifax —Canadian kelp-meal was included in an assorted shipment of Canadian goods which was dispatched from this port recently to New Zealand. The kelp-meal was to be used for medicinal purposes. Seaweed or kelp contains a heavy percentage of mineral salts, notably iodine. The raw kelp is cut up, dried and then pulversicd, approximately 500 pounds being necessary to produce 100 pounds of meal.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1938, Page 7
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