Show recognizes VALUE OF PEAT its lt use f for or commercial cr it I 1 becoming more understood throughout the world peat ls Is extensively used ns as fuel in northern europe and us as fertilizer in the th united states in europe KUI gus charcoal coke and a number of valuable products byproducts by are produced front from it owing to scarcity of raw materials in europe peat anil and petit pent row are employed also as substitutes for absorbent cotton in the preparation of surgical dressings for or wool and for cotton and woolf rl cloth in the tha united states pen pent t Is utilized chiefly as fertilizer filler ns as stable litter rind anil na its art an at absorbent for the lie residues of heet beet and cane sugar refineries in the manufacture of stock feed teed peat tins has long heen been used in fertilizing the tie soil having beert been either applied pit as a direct fertilizer or used as a a filler for commercial fertilizer analysis of the peats of the united states show n nn average ern g n nitrogen 0 g e i i e content 0 n te n t 0 of sali orv ne about t 2 per r cent e a u p proportion r ol 01 0 rt 1 0 n r somewhat 0 m fr higher than that found in some commercial fertilizers the value of peat in soil eoll tion la Is found in its nitrogen content and in the beneficial mechanical effect i produces upon certain lands black thoroughly decompo decomposed ed livatt 1 ats fire f re roost most satisfactory fiat Is factory for fertilizer nw ils such bents are gc heavier find more compact and contain more nitrogen and le lc ss fibrous material thala the brown types |