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Judiced against it, by not knowing how to treat it, that they have 

 unhesitatingly set it aside, as one of the quite useless humbugs 

 of book farming." 



I inspected numerous other deposits of peat, but can only refer 

 to the very extensive one, upon the premises of the Hon. A. C. 

 Hand, in Elizabeth town, which spread over several acres. It 

 exhibits all the characteristics of the specimen from Schroon, 

 distinguished in the analysis of Professor Salisbury. A pole was 

 thrust 18 feet below the surface through the peat, without reach- 

 ing the subsoil beneath. 



A material designated '^ black clay," in the arrangement of 

 earths, was examined by Professor Salisbury, with the following 

 results :. 



** No. 23, principally peat, from the premises of Mr. Fowler, 

 Schroon, contains, 



Organic matter, .* 49 . 70 



Silica, 38.82 



Iron and alumina, 9.60 



Lime, 0.28 



Magnesia, . 20 



Potassa, 0. 34 



Soda, 0.36 



Chlorine, 0.26 



Sulphuric acid, . 32 



Phosphoric acid, . 08 



C^9.96 



JWo. 23, marked " black clay,'' is an alimiinous and silicioms 

 peat. It will make when mixed with ashes or lime, an e^Kcellent 

 manure for sandy soils." 



MINERAL SPRINGS. — ANALYSIS. 



NuuKrous ^'prings of mineral waters exist in this county, but 

 no one that exliibits very peculiar or high medicinal pn^pertieg. 

 It should be remarked, however, tliat all the springs from which 



