RECLAIMING THE MOSSES 



But that is by no means all the uses to which peat can be 

 put. It is interesting to mention a few of them. 



1. Peat is used as fuel. 



2. Growing Orchids, etc. 



3. Litter for poultry, cattle, and horses. 



4. Food for cattle, etc., is made by rubbing the peat into 

 small pieces and saturating with molasses. 



5. Paper and a kind of felt can be made of peat. 



6. Rugs and carpets can be made of peat-fibre. 



7. String and twine. 



8. Rough sacks and mats can be made of peat-fibre. 



Unfortunately, though all these things can be produced 

 out of peat-fibre, it has never paid to manufacture them, 

 and there are very few of the British peat-mosses nowa- 

 days where peat is even cut for fuel. 



It seems much more likely that the end of these peat- 

 mosses will be to become either agricultural land or forest. 



Near Glasgow a large area of a useless peat-moss has been 

 reclaimed and made to yield excellent crops, by using the 

 refuse of the city. The disposal of such refuse used to be a 

 most troublesome and expensive process, but now it is turned 

 to good effect. 



It was suggested a few years ago that peat, which is not 

 worth conveyance, should be burnt on the spot, and the 

 energy transmitted by wires. 



That would be quite impossible, in at least four years out 

 of five, over most of Scotland. 



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