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from their high cost, binders in fuel of this type have tailed Cor two 

 reasons. The organic hinders (as starch) burn more rapidly than the 

 fuel proper, and as a result much unburned matter falls through the grate 

 bars. On the other hand inorganic hinders add so materially to the 

 resulting ash as to render their use impractical. 



The most successful process of briquetting peat will he found to be 

 the one which is the least complicated, for simplicity will tend not only 

 to economical production but to practical operation as well. 



In conclusion it is not too much to predict that the peat fuel in- 

 dustry in America will rival in magnitude the coal industry of today. It 

 is difficult to conceive of the importance which this industry must have in 

 the development of our great Northwest, hut it is there, in a region 

 destitute of coal, though rich in every other respect, thai we must expect 

 to find the first and most extensive use of peat fuel. 



