Box Elder News Journal | 1911-02-23 | Page 4 | Wealth in Irish Bogs

wealth in irish bogs one seventh of the entire area aria of ireland consist of 0 bog lands one bog alone the DO bog g 0 of r A alien I 1 I 1 C n has an area ot of square miles this immense area is at present a sterile waste but it will become a source of great wealth as soon as a method has been found tor for converting peat into an economical and desirable commercial fuel eri bri ot of compressed peat are all right as long as kept absolutely dry but the least moisture causes them thein to I 1 crumble to pieces