Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1916 — Clam Shells for Fertilizer. [ARTICLE]

Clam Shells for Fertilizer.

A firm situated in a small town in New Brunswick, Canada, is grinding refuse clam shells and mixing them with other materials for use as commercial fertilizers. In the past many towns on shores where the clam Industry abounds have utilized these shells, if at all, for improving city roads. At one point on the Maine shore It Is reported that about 50,000 bushels of clam shells are left following the winter clam-canning season. The cost of utilizing the product prior to grinding at the factory is the expense of transportation by vessels.