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  PEAT AND ITS USES,

  AS

  FERTILIZER AND FUEL.



  BY

  SAMUEL W. JOHNSON, A. M.,

  PROFESSOR OF ANALYTICAL AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, YALE COLLEGE.



  FULLY ILLUSTRATED.



  NEW-YORK:
  ORANGE JUDD & COMPANY.
  245 BROADWAY.




  Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

  ORANGE JUDD & CO.,

  At the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States
  for the Southern District of New-York.



  LOVEJOY & SON,
  ELECTROTYPERS AND STEREOTYPERS
  15 Vandewater street N. Y.




  TO MY FATHER,

  MY EARLIEST AND BEST

  INSTRUCTOR IN RURAL AFFAIRS,

  THIS VOLUME

  IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.

  S. W. J.




  CONTENTS.

  Introduction                                                         vii

  PART I.--ORIGIN, VARIETIES, AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERS OF PEAT.

                                                                    PAGE
  1. What is Peat?                                                       9
  2. Conditions of its Formation                                         9
  3. Different Kinds of Peat                                            14
        Swamp Muck                                                      17
        Salt Mud                                                        18
  4. Chemical Characters and Composition of Peat                        18
     a. Organic or combustible part                                     19
        Ulmic and Humic Ac