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Swatow, Aug. 22, Fertilizer figures largely in the list of imports into Swatow, and in recent months there has been a very brisk movement in this article, It is fully expected that by the of this year the total importation will have reached 300,000 piculs whereas last year's figure was just trifle above 200,000 piculs, To one accustomed to the conservatism. of Chinese farmers in the north, this demand for fertilizer in the south is most remarkable, to say the least. Hongkong is the distributing centre for South China. British, American, and German goods dominate the market, there Eeing a poor demanib for Japanese fertilizer. Prices range from $8 to $10 per picul,
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