Show peat litter for barns Is very satisfactory peat has fins proved very satisfactory ns as tin an absorbent and deodorizer in i the dairy ham barn at the north central experiment station at grand minn where it has been used for several years it lias bas been found very effective in conserving bedding and the liquid manure which alch contains about 50 per cent of the nitrogen and 70 per cent of the potash excreted from the animal body now pent peat la Is being tried out in the stations swine and poultry depart ments several inches of dry pent peat being placed to lu the quarters for the swine and the poultry pens and then covered with straw thus far the results have been fully as ag satisfactory as in the dairy barn the pens and slee sleeping plug quarters are exceptionally free from moisture roo lature and cold floor drafts the reports |