Show handling peat soils the first step in reclamation of or muck soils Is thorough drainage deep fall plowing to hasten becom position and rolling are beneficial n the deeper peats seeding down to timothy and pasturing for seve al at jears ears Is advisable with raw peat the second step in making peat land pay Is fertilizing peat contains from ten to fifteen times as much nitrogen as the common soils and Is badly out of plant food balance if the peat Is fair ly well decomposed applications of phosphate usually are profitable about pounds of potash plus pound pounds of 20 per cent supplied to test plots show the most economical treatment wallace v I 1 armor armer |