eee July 25, 1962.

ere. Finds.

; Industry with a 1 British: ancestry
ne has’ céme. to Saanich Peninsula.
- Harvestin g kelp from local shores,
the new. ‘oper ation offers fertilizers: :
of various. kinds, ‘special -prepar.

fighting material and a.compost
activator. ..

-- Martin: Woodford,’ proprietor of
Sidney Seaweed Products, has been
staggered at .the response ‘to_ his
product here. Manufacturing’
under license, he is selling fertil-
“izet to almost every pe of user
in: the west.

: Since ‘enter ing: the manufacturing

Sidney Seaweed Products, situated
immediately. “east “of.
Hotel is not! the first local busi.
‘ness
and saie “of seaweed,
- company was ‘formed.in Sidney,
to sell. seaweed fertilizer. In iis
prime, that company . collected
. and packed some 30° to: 40° tons
“- of raw kelp daily. The earlier
- operation dried..the ‘weed and
soid. it

. Where

. dried

field, hey Woodford has -experi-

\ enced. many, reactions to - his:

-produeci. With. a ‘steadily, and
rapiddy increasing: list. of cus...
tomers: he vis ‘finding’ an: equally .
Wain aeceptance camong: farm.

ers ar? rowers, - :

Sidney .

‘iG engage in’the: collection © . woe — ae .
In 1915 a Jis-acceptance by growers: throtgh-

vast)
needed for good plant growth to»

10 be used in the garden. ‘There

‘New | Sidney Plant Is Opened

Seaweed Processing Factory Established _
- Market For Product

Increasing -

or on the field, Nature was then

“relied on to:break up the seaweed
it.to.-the condition *.
‘its organic, components...
_ could -be-assimilated-by: the soil;’
ations fér internal use as well as BROKEN DOWN

the potential supply of forest fire The new

and: bring:.

operation takes the pro-
cess of . decomposition. in: its
stride.. The seaweed is collected,
and: broken down by
electrolysis.. It is then ‘pack:
aged either asa liquid or a solid

“potentialities. of © this

versatile
“product. -Marketed

under = the

and soil conditioner .is effective

for breaking down clay soils.and*

for binding loose soils..-It. feeds

the’ plant:and also. offers: a de...
gree of resistance. against ‘many.

‘common plant diseases,

AGES OLD DISCOVERY
Sidney
entering -a newly, discovered in. -

Seaweed. Products is not

~ MODERN PROCESSING YIELDS MANY.
NEW COMMODITIES. FOR USE IN
- ALMOST EVERY. PHASE OF INDUSTRY

and sold. to. the growe re Fn ‘thts

state itvis ‘ready: for immediate.
use by the plant and requires no.

per iod of:
tion. *

delay for. deconrpesi-

out the province and elsewhere
in’ Canada. is attributed to the
range of those chemicals

be. found in the seaweed. from
which it is derived. ;
is almost ono

limit to’ the

Sidney.
processing. : -com
pany, Martin
Woodford: is: seen
here’ with: a. niem.
ber g
of: “Mitchell.
Anderson’ :
~ber Co., Ltd.
sidney, ‘The. him

 dugtty.

Founder of. the Pe
Seaw eed :

of ‘the! staff, ,
zi SALTY
-"'This

“medicine has: been current since

the. Chinese | Shen  Nung.. wrote
.. of it. 8,000 years: before Christ.

Tt has been. used as‘a food in: the.
Orient for mote than 2,500 vears. |

While ‘the Japanese and. ‘the

also’ been: discovered and in: Ire-
dund.. was ‘established “a. business
of collecting and using seaweed

‘which spread to the Atlantic.
Goast. of Porrn saucer “A cen-.
tury ago. °.

While’ used as a fodder and “a: fer: i
since the 12th°:

“flilizer in’ Norway,
* ceatury, seaweed has historical.
ly beens used” by man. and his
domesticated, aninials “mainly. in!
war-or famine.”

*=terye
: its”
‘burned. ‘in’ many, places to-.pro-
duce: do ‘soda: wn Lil, science dis-"

‘od: of” taking: Ibe “Afte
‘kelp: ‘burning, gained. popularity:
again when sit. \
‘source of iodine:
“DET
~ latter. cha
mown” to. the,

act. eris Cc. Wa

rs Sago.”
‘ a less. fastidi-

: again
othe

name: of Alginure, the: fertilizer:

sings
_and- inthe manufacture of heer,
WIDE APPLIC ATION:
‘There are few plants: which offer ;
as -wideran application as~ sea. i
“weeds
“ of “these: ‘components “may. -also
_ be: used for fire-fighting.
There “is

‘The use of. seaweed as: acs

_¥ATe the gay oa permanently happy Englishman
Chinese were using seaweed for |

food in Europe its qualities had-

Cc AMOUF LAGE |

In lateb
sckelp ‘became ‘popular. }
soda™ content. and.” was:

ea Tapse’| ,

ot — ae

‘During the ages,. ‘seaweed has: been

world, “but ‘particularly in’ “the

- Orient, where’ it’ is ‘a basic -par

of. the “housewife’s” kitchen “and

:.iscused in soups and other foods
for stiffening.

Today, seaweed is being sed here
“to produce a fertilizer which is

Claimed to offer benefits found
in ‘no other form of plant food.
It also offers ‘products for sta-
bilizing: and

stiffening ‘almost

.. every form of prepared desser ts,
: pene

“preparations and: -ice

cam. It is contained in insect
sprays. paints .and inks: it is
used in’.textiles and paper, print.
cosinelics”

and”

x

4

recognized and used all over ;
i

shampoos |

..

The by: produc ts of many |

v
}
‘no :more enthusiastic |
spaloonitn for seaweed |

zer (han Martin Woodford. .
who “has © tr

aveHed — in many

Fertil. | ef the new Sidney product,
~ finto his irrigation pond:
the new cspaniaee.

~ PIONEER USER OF

Saanich farmer; P. RR. Thomas, of

parts of the world, Martin Wood. | Hitherto. Mr. Woodford has oper: |

ford. is in the odd position of |
having. convinced: himself” before |
trying to. convineée. anyone. else.
Not only -is he:convinced of the
value.of the produce he manu.
factures, . but.-he: spends
long «hours experimenting with |

e new’ ‘methods and new: uses;

sernestcsatemmeeremememstemmencran ie

anu facturer. :

able ci

if for the preparation » ‘of th ‘lui en
i 2007 in the

pie

ee

ae 6

Faas on en sn tl imeted

‘many | ;

“Boaneson!
par Soil» ‘conditioner. is”-imported: “froni faculty,
North: “American | Britain. and’ reprocessed: in’the.new | London

‘The ‘company’s Plant to: “produc é the: folior
| SPray. 9 ot ;

4 he:

ated his plant’ in Sidney. and an |

office
moving

in Victoria. He’ is now |
“his office out to Sidney |

where he Will carry ‘on a news
: venture: in the community. and

one which bids to become known |
“Across: the Doniinion::

LIQUEFIED SEAWEED

Oldfield Road, is pioneering the. Lise

Here he is scén pouring ‘the Aiquefied seaweed |
“The ‘Saanich: farmer is. now a firm advocate of i

suodwed, was the laininated algin. |
ate skin which was used for cover:

ing some Mosquito and’ Lancaster +
aircraft at the time. The same pro.

cess was ‘used for® the production

of-an_ alginate. netting forcamou- |}
~The -search: for |

flags: purposes. :

this’ application ‘of. the chemical

was born of: the:.desire “to reduce 1
oy shipping “of = jute-as-wellvas:. the |}.

A TTR Uf

pn a gear nnn paneer neo rhe as LE

—-

“ptory. forme. of his: discovery: at-a
His success -has. ‘seen. “
the establishment ‘ofthe — parents":

already: ‘inter nationally fectpled:.

PAGE NINE

fact that-alginate. fabrics were dif:
ficult ‘to recognize under: ‘infra. red
photography. ;

This application ‘of the product
“was never more’ than -mildly ‘suc- |
cessful: The alginate, preparation ©

was vallergic to. itsown. ‘maternal |
clement .and rotted quickly when -
in. contact ‘with the sea: val

“While. further. usés ‘of sodium
alginate were “at: this ‘time’ purely,
speculative there ‘remained® a ‘con: :
siderable. barrier: to its “develop: 7
ment.* Pure sodium alginate costs
more.-than $3,000 ‘per: ton.” A:num.
ber of: firms‘ in’ various. “parts ‘of
the. world experimented vith a
cheaper form but they .were not
notably “successft. -In° most: -in-
stances the’ cost: of ‘the cheaper *
form. pro oved to. equal, that. of. the
pure form:

Prof. _Bonniksen had qntered re-:
lirement’ after. the: -Second* World: “
War, but continued. to: “experiment. a
with’ the production of a ‘satiate. aoe

company. tathe: Sidney operation o
hand. the produeétion of-acrfertilizer.

NOTW O COUNTS « :
Fhe stiecess pajoved: ‘by alg iiate.

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i fevtilizer ds..two-fold. The chemi: .

:

Jeals sin its “prepared, form “are
i, Spread over the: w ide “ange of

plant. needs: and vite is: the proud reer

chunm.-of the: manufacturers “that: a

610 pounds ofthe: preparation: is.
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