The Potash Industry (1912 book with illustrations, charts, photos)

Chicago: German Kali Works, Ca. 1912. Wraps. 7.25 x 5.25 inches, softcover with color cover, very good. 67 (4) pp, with photos, charts, and maps (some of which are in color). With a historical sketch, the origin of the salt and potash deposits, mining the salts, with many photos of mining, manufacturing the concentrated salts, the composition of potash, some commercial statistics from 1861 to 1911 regarding the production, double page map showing potash consumption in the United States in 1910, other charts and analyses of the consumption of potash salts in America up to 1911, the importance of potash and agriculture, how to use potash salts for fertilizing and how it can increase the yield of a crop. Uncommon in the trade. Very good. Item #H39954

Price: $30.00