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26142	Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)	Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel			.txt	text/plain	51158	3242	76	b. Condensation of Fibrous Peat--Weber's Method; Hot-drying 135 In 1858 I took a weighed quantity of air-dry peat from the New Haven the soluble organic matters of the soil and of peat, especially the Peat and swamp-muck, when properly prepared, furnish carbonic acid in matters, while peat contains usually 5 to 10 _per cent._, and often effect of several air-dry peats--the heating power of an equal bulk of The quantity of water retained by air-dried peat appears to be the same of the peat for use as fuel, the canals that carry off the water from or even needful to drain and air-dry the peat, preliminary to working. 50 _per cent._ of water, and the best hot-made machine peat contains 15 Good air-dry peat, containing 20 to 30 _per cent._ of water, in some The exclusive use of air-dry peat as fuel in the	./cache/26142.txt	./txt/26142.txt