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Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel

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Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel

Samuel William Johnson

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The humble bog holds both fuel and fertility, if you know how to use it. Johnson, a Yale agricultural chemist, examines peat from every angle: what it is, how it enriches soil, and how it burns for fuel. A practical nineteenth-century guide to turning marshland into value on the farm. Learn what earlier generations saw in a resource we now walk past.

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  1. 1PEAT AND ITS USES,
  2. 2AS
  3. 3FERTILIZER AND FUEL.
  4. 4SAMUEL W. JOHNSON, A. M.,
  5. 5PROFESSOR OF ANALYTICAL AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, YALE COLLEGE.
  6. 6FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
  7. 7NEW-YORK: ORANGE JUDD COMPANY. 245 BROADWAY.
  8. 8Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by
  9. 9ORANGE JUDD CO.,
  10. 10At the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York.
  11. 11TO MY FATHER, MY EARLIEST AND BEST INSTRUCTOR IN RURAL AFFAIRS, THIS VOLUME IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.
  12. 12S. W. J.
  13. 13CONTENTS.
  14. 14INTRODUCTION.
  15. 15FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16PART I. THE ORIGIN, VARIETIES, AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERS OF PEAT.
  17. 17PART II. ON THE AGRICULTURAL USES OF PEAT AND SWAMP MUCK.
  18. 18FOOTNOTES:

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