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drying under favorable conditions. The advantage in using oven dried 

 peat in the calorimetric test is that all samples may be accurately compared 

 as to heating effect. The amount of moisture remaining after air drying 

 is dependent upon local conditions. 



TABLE SHOWING THE FUEL VALUE OF TWENTY-NINE SAMPLES OF PEAT FROM NORTHERN 



INDIANA. 



Detain Sec. 9 (33 N., 12 E.) 



Steuoen, Sec. 34 (37 N., 12 E.) 



LaGrange, Sections 2, 11 and 12 (36 N, 8 E.). . 



LaG'snge, Sections 4 and 9 (37 N., 9 E.) 



Noble, Sections 28 and 29 (33 N., 9 E.) 



Noble, Sec, 18 (33 N., 11 E.) 



Whitlev, Sec. 30 (31 N, 10 E ) 



Kosciusko, Sections 11, 12 and 13 (31 N., 6 E.). 

 Kosciusko, Sections 32 and 33 (33 N., 6 E.). . . . 



Elkhart, Sec. 4 (36 N., 5 E.) 



Elkhart, Sections 10 and 11 (36 N., 6 E.) 



Elkhart, Sections 26 and 27 (35 N., 5 E.) 



Elkhart, Sec. 18 (38 N., 6 E.) 



St. Joseph, Sections 28, 33 and 34 (36 N., 2 E.) 



St. Joseph, Sec. 3 (36 N., 1 E.) 



St. Joseph, Sections 11 and 12 (37 N., 1 £.■).... 



St. Joseph, Sec. 16 (37 N., 2 E.) 



St. Joseph, Sec. 20 (37 N, 2 E.) 



Marshall, Sections 10 and 11 (33 N., 1 E.) 



Marshall, Sec. 1 (34 N., 2 E.) 



Marshall, Sec. 10 (34 N, 1 E.) 



Starke, Sec. 10 (32 N., 3 E.) 



Pulaski, Sec. 9(31 N.,1 W) 



Pulaski, Sections 7, 8 and 9 (31 N., 3 W.) 



Pulaski, Sections 3, 9, 10 and 11 (31 N, 4 W.). 



Porter, Sections 1, 2 and 3 (37 N, 5 W.) 



Jasper, Sections 12, 13 and 14 (30 N , 6 W.). . . 



Newton, Sections 32 and 33 (31 N, 8 W.") 



Lake, Sections 34, 35 and 36 (35 N.. 9 W.) 



Evapora- 

 tive Effect 



Pounds 



Water per 



Pound of 



Oven Dried 



Peat. 



10.6 

 9.7 

 8.8 

 9.2 



10.7 

 9.5 

 4.7 



10.0 

 6.3 

 8.9 

 7.4 

 7.8 

 9.9 



10.1 

 9.3 

 8.8 

 8.5 

 8.8 



10.3 

 8.8 



10.8 



10.2 



10.2 

 9.3 

 8.7 

 5.8 

 8.0 

 9.3 

 9.0 



The results of the tests show the moss peats to have a much higher 

 heat value than the peats of the grass and sedge variety. This fact is cor- 

 roborated by numerous other tests on j^eats from other regions. 



Five typical specimens of peat w^ere subjected to a more complete 

 chemical analysis, including the determination of the percentage of mois- 

 tui'e, volatile combustible matter, fixed carbon, coke, ash, sulphur and 

 nitrogen. 



