Show RECOGNIZES VALUE OF OF PEAT Kits Its Ita Use for Commercial Purposes la Is b Becoming More Understood Throughout the World Peat Is 18 extensively used as fuel tu l In northern I Europe and as fertilizer In In the United States In Europe gas charcoal coke and a number of ot valuable valuable valuable able products by-products y are produced from It Owing to the scarcity of ot raw materials materials mate mate- rials In Europe peat and peat moss are employed ed also as substitutes for 1 absorbent cotton In the preparation of ot surgical dressings for tor wool and for cotton and woolen cloth In the United States peat is utilized chiefly as fertilizer fertilizer lizer filler as stable litter and as an ana a absorbent for tor the residues real resi dues duE's of ot beet and cane sugar refineries In the manufacture of ot stock feed Peat has long been used In fer fertilizing fertilizing l- l the soil having been either applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied pUM as a direct fertilizer or used as asa asa a II filler for commercial fertilizer Analysis Analysis Anal Anol- AnolI I ysis of at the peats of the United States show an average nitrogen content of ot about 2 per cent a proportion somewhat some- some what higher than that found In some commer commercial lal t fertilizers The value of peat in soil fertilization fertilization tion is found In Its nitrogen content and In the beneficial mechanical effect effect effect ef ef- It produces upon certain lands Black thoroughly decomposed peats f are most satisfactory for fertilizer as such peats pests are generally Heavier and nd more compact and contain more ni nitrogen nitrogen nl ni- trogen and less fibrous material than thane the e brown types s. |