. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. ^ at the timeand its freedom from impurities. During the last thirtj^ years it hasvaried in price from $5 to $40 per ounce. At the present time it isquoted at $8 to $30 per ounce. In 1880 crude ambergris brought homeby the whalers was sold at 110 an ounce and the dried article at $20an ounce. In 187(3 the value, dried, was $25 an ounce. In the LondonPrice Current of Colonial Produce in 1807 ambergris is quoted at 45s. per ounce for gray, fine. Considering the respective pur-chasing powers of money two centuries ago and jit
. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. ^ at the timeand its freedom from impurities. During the last thirtj^ years it hasvaried in price from $5 to $40 per ounce. At the present time it isquoted at $8 to $30 per ounce. In 1880 crude ambergris brought homeby the whalers was sold at 110 an ounce and the dried article at $20an ounce. In 187(3 the value, dried, was $25 an ounce. In the LondonPrice Current of Colonial Produce in 1807 ambergris is quoted at 45s. per ounce for gray, fine. Considering the respective pur-chasing powers of money two centuries ago and jit the present time,that price is quite equal to the average value in recent years. Report U. S. F. C. 1902. Plate AOUATIC PRODUCTS AS FERTILIZERS. GENERAL REVIEW. A fertilizer is any substance added to the soil for the purpose ofproducing a better growth of crops. The food required by plants issupplied in part from the atmosj^here, but i)rincipall3^ from the the supply of any one of the necessary ingredients be deficient, asmall crop is the result; and the purpose of fertilizers is to supply theplant-foods lacking in the soil. Tlie general use of fertilizers is of comparatively recent origin, yetthe preparation of these substances supports an extensive industr}^employing a large amount of capital and many thousands of with the immense quantities of barnyard materials, phos-phate rocks, etc., the use of aquatic products for fertilizer is relativelysmall, yet it is by no means unimportant in the fishery industries. Fish, seaweeds, shells of mollusks and crustaceans, and variousother aquatic products have long been known to possess rich fertiliz-ing properties. All kinds of fish
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