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t LBANY DAILY DEMOCRAT. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22. 1915. PAOB THREE 4 - W This Space Reserved for GREAT QUANTITIES OF KELP FOUND ON PACIFIC COAST Washington. I). C. Jan. 22 All along the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Alaska there ia a vast quantity of frrl ilixitia material in the form of giant sea-weed known a "kelp" 'Til it material." says an investigator in the Iciariineni of Agriculture's new bulletin (No. I5), "if treated by a process limilar to that used to con vert the wane from fiih canneries into fertilizers, will yield" a commer cial fertiliser of particular value be cause of ita relatively lame content of potaih. Any iclieine for using kelp on a larite scale ai a fertiliier muat be baaed on aome method of concentrat ing ita valuable constituenla because green kelp containa to much water. Inveatiftationa teem to show that at present, considering the economic conditions on the Pacific Coast, kelp may be best prepared for the trade merely by drying and grinding. Even wet kelp, which containa 85 per cent moisture, containa 2 1-2 per cent of potash, where stable manure. alfalfa, and cowpeaa all contain lean than one per cent. Drying, however, increases the percentage of potash to 15.8 per cent. This commercial product also baa 1.6 per cr.it of nitro gen and aome phosphorous. On the retail market of the Pacific Coast the total value of a ton of kelp should he, according to estimates, $2294. In the eastern wholesale market it should bring $16.45. The main fertilizcra termed "pot ash carriers" today used in thia coun try are the German potakh salts. La boiatury testa have shown that kelp ia quite aa eifective aa the potash salts, and dry kelp would enter the trade as a "potash carrier" to com pete with the imported products. Kelp has been used as fertilizer for centuries in the British Isles, and has been so valued there that lands car rying kelp-harvesting privileges brought special prices. In New Eng land also kelp has been found valu able. The kelp on the Pacific Coast differs from the sea-weeds of the At lantic because of their much greater size. Already this product of the sea gardens of the west has been used in Alaska, particularly in ferti lizing potatoes and on truck gardens. Near San Pedro, Cal . kelp has been harvested mechanically and shipped in the crude, undried conditioin to the ranches and orchards of that part of the state. How Kelp Muat Be Prepared. The new bulletin of the department goes into considerable detail in de scribing how kelp should be harvest ed, dried, and ground into coarse pow der for bagging and mixing. Since the ingredienta of kelp are either neutral or bciiificial in their in fluence on plant growth, to prepare kelp for use aa a fertilizer it is neces sary only to convert it into a form in which it can be preserved and ship ped. To accomplish this it ia suffi cient to harvest, drive off the water j which it contains, and grind it to a ' coarse powder for bagging and mix 1 ing. Kelp is harvested by a machine which embodies the principles of the mowing machine or reaper ued in 1 harvesting agricultural products. The harvester actually in operation con j sins essentially of a barge over the i end of which projects an adjustable ; frame, supporting and endless belt, tilted to form an inclined plane Across the lower end of the belt ex pends a horizontal cutting bar about I 10 feet in length, of the type used in the construction of reapers, which is supplemented at each end by two per pendicular knives. By this arrange ment a swath may be cttt through the kelp 10 feet in width and of a depth determined by the adjustment of the supporting frame. Back of the knives the belt, constducted of chains and netting, is operated in such a way as to catch the severed kelp and lift it up into the barge. Beneath the up per end of the belt is a chopper into which the kelp drops and by which it ia cut into short lengths. From this it passes on Into a short conveyor which loads it into a large scow made fast alongside. The small barge car tying the cutter ia moved along the aide of the large scow so that the load of cut kelp ia distributed evenly. To operate the moving parla of the ma chine a gasoline engine is provided. The barge and scow are pushed through the kelp groves by a launch, which serves also to tow them to the dock for unloading. The cost of cutting will be deter mined by the conditions obtaining at the place of cutting. The results ob tained so far indicate that this will be not more than 50 cents per raw ton, and easily may be reduced to 25 centa or less, inclusive of unloading at the dock. It cannot be expected that the cut ter now in operation embodies all the perfections to which auch a machine is susceptible, or that improvements in the machine will not reduce the cost of cutting. Certain features of the present method of operation are objectionable. But these almost cer tainly will disappear when a fuller ex perience shall have pointed them out and the meana of circumventing them. Cutters of other forms and modifi calioins of the present cutter have been designed and patented. In spite of its imperfections, the kelp cutter now in operation must be re garded as an unqualified solution of the problem of the economical har vesting of kelp. The chopped kelp may be unloaded at the dock by an elevator such as may be used in unloading cannery waste. Since, under Atlantic Coast condi tions, fish pomace containing 55 to 60 per cent water may be dried in the direct-heat rotary drier at a cost or ahout 50 cents per ton, it seems rea sonable to believe that it should be possible to dry kelp, containing 85 to 90 per cent water, at a coat of $1 per dry ton. After drying it may be found desirable to grind -the kelp for mixing. Dry kelp, especially when hot, is quite brittle and grinds easily. earns nothing and is not as safely guarded as it is in this strong bank where it will be absolutely safe over any period of years and easily available when you want it. This bank, doing business only in accordance with the sound principles of legitimate bank ing, is a safe depository for your money. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK 43 TEARS OF SUCCESSFUL SERVICE Saving Department Maintained by THE FIRST SAVINGS BANK "Where Savings Are Safe" OFTEN TO MUCH CARE GIVEN APPLE TREES Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Jan. 22. It frequently happens that tree apparently healthy and vig orous refuse to blossom or bear fruit. This, according to Professor Lewis, chief of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege division of horticulture, is gen erally owing to the vitality of the trees. "If your trees are on rich soil," says Professor Lewis, "or if there is too much m-nure or irriga tion water used you may force them entirely into wood. This condition would be apt to be true with many of our apple, in Thich case it may be years before they will bear. Yellow Newton, Korthern Spy, King of Tompkins County, and in fact many of the apple varieties grown in and near Portland, ii taken too good care and over-pruned, will not bear, at least not until they are quite old. "The remedy is to let up on the pruning; to prune twice a year dis tributing the pruning between the early spring and the middle of June to the middle of July. Do not water them too much, and go sparingly on manure. Sometimes these trees are in chicken yards, where the ground haa been kept quite moist and is pret ty heavily fertilized. Tree under those conditions often do not succeed. "With the cherry trees that bloom and fail to set, I am almost certain that the trouble ia pollination. The Black Republican can be grafted into thoti tries ;r.d A! he!? th- : or you can use a special strain of Waterhouse, which can be secured from Eugeae, which, will help these trees to srt a crop." ITEMS OP INTEREST IK PEORIA VICINITY . 5 Peoria, Or., Jan. 20. (Special to Democrat) Mrs. Fred Frady return ed last week from California, where she had been"-pending the past three months for the benefit of her health. W. E. Githens ia putting the fin ishing touches to his now house and as soon aa it is finished it will be oc cupied by Frank Strong; and family, formerly of Corvallis. Mrs. Amos Taylor who has been very ill for the past two weeks, is rapidly recovering under the care of Dr. Johnson of Corvallis. There are but two new cases of mumps this week, and it is hoped the disease haa about run ita course. Percy Taylor and Will Mutter are the latest "victims." Peoria's high school boys met de feat at the bands of the Philomath basketball team Saturday night by the score of II to 21 Next Saturday night the Peoria Pirates will play the Halsey Roughnecks on the home floor. Thia game should be one of the best of the season as these teams are pretty evenly matched in size and in skill. I. B. Rhodes left this morning for his home in Portland. He will stop off in Salem on the way. Small close in tract with new 6 room bungalow, barn, etc., will take auto as part payment. See Bain. j19-21 The Real Power Money POTENTATES AND PEASANTS, MILLIONAIRES AND MECHANICS, YOU, WE AND ALL OF US BOW BEFORE THE ALMIGHTY DOLLARS. WE HAVE A KEEN RESPECT FOR YOUR MONEY. WE RECOGNIZE OUR OBLIGATION TO GIVE YOU 100 CENTS WORTH OF SATISFACTORY MERCHANDISE FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOU SPEND IN OUR STORE. COME TO US WITH A KNOWLEDGE THAT DEPENDABLE, SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE, NEW CLEAN AND CRISP-IS MARKED AT PRICES SO LOW YOU'LL REALLY WANT TO BUY. WE'RE GOING TO STRETCH YOUR DOLLAR FURTHER THAN ITS PURCHASING POWER HAS EVER GONE BEFORE. FROM SUITS TO SHIRTS, FROM HATS TO HOSE, WE HAVE MADE AN EMPHATIC REDUCTION. Men's Dress Hats 1st Lot assorted sizes and colors, values as high as $3.00, sale 65c 2nd Lot soft hats all sizes and styles, large assortment, values $1.50 to $3.50, sale $1.15 3rd Lot, high grade dress hats, values $2.50 to $4. Won derful bargains, sale .$1.85 Men's Suits $10.00 to $13.50 values, sale $7.85 $12.50 to $16.50 values, sale . . . . .$9.85 $15.00 to $17.50 values, sale : $11.85 $17.00 to $20.00 values, sale $13.85 $20.00 to $30.00 values, cream of the stock, for this spe cial sale $16.85 to $18.85 Boys' Suits 3 Suits, sizes 9, 11, 12, sale $1-48 Worsted and cassimeres, Norfolks and sack suits, $1.95 $4.00 values S2-35 $4.00 Values, 2 pair pants $3.00 $5.00 to $7.00 values, nice patterns, all wool-lined trous ers, sale $3.45 to $4.95 Men's 2-picce cotton underwear, 50c val, Sale, . . .37c Men's 50c work shirts, our regular stock, sale 39c $1.00 unionsuits slightly fleece lined, sale , 83c $1.00 Unionsuits ribbed, Bale. ,73c rjiiiwjMtiimr p Vi3srnfoRjr fr SHV 'J8E' 3sY' I Children's 50c blouses .39c Children's 65c sleepers V .', 39c Men's dress shirts, sale .48c and 79c Boys' 50c overalls, sale 35c 50c Neckties,' sale . : : 39c 25c Neckties, sale 19c rauaswtt giaaaaa i 4