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nourished by the inor uue constituents the air and soil and thai if is the j ush and lime and phosphorus and in, mio

nitrogen of the soil which are vitally essential to their rowth, On this simple foundation has grown up our gival modern fertilizer industry, which brin a to our farmers the phosphates from the s nth, thpotash sails from Germany, and the nitrates from South America. The supply of the last is limited in consideration of the present demand, and there has been a od deal oC speculation as to what our farmers will do when (lie beds of nitrates are exhausted. There is plenty of nitr< o all about ns in the air, however, and several methods have already been developed for utili/.in this Inexhaustible supply,

I might speak further of the part that

ehemistry plays, to day, in the ma kin of 1 paper, in the tanning of leather, in th boaliii of soap, in the manufacture of

lass, in makin paints and varnishes and

India rubber, in the making of cement and in the reiinin f petroleum, but I * ill not take your time w ith further details, In

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