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1 | Large muskeg-drained, stripped | | 
cleared of moss and stumps.. | 92.25 | 2.91] 26.65 | 6.00) .76] .41] .12] .11] .22) 5 
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2 | Same as No. 1, 2 feet 6 in. deep. | 93.78 | 2.36; 27.35 | 5.69) .31) .22| .08) .07] .02| .19: 
3 | Large muskeg, natural state..... 94.04 12.45! 23.42] 4.11] .79] 471 17] .12] .19] .32 
4 | Same as No. 3, 3-feet deep........ 95.13 | 1.50) 22.78) 3.23} .341-.25) 13] .08)] .09) .26 
5 | Large muskeg, drained but not | 
COWet Wikev0 le consodsaenccoscosadccaecuoson- 91.69 | 2.49) 25.13) 5.84 | 96) .40) .19) .20) .24; .41 
6 | Portion south of ditch, cleared | 
of moss 1899, plowed and 
ATAINE Cece eee asses devas ececes £0.14 | 2.43 30.40 | ELON) 270i 29) OS SLO) lise eee 

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OWS /cosecaqaccndhsodsncooaqeeodanc000Ne 85.31 ) 1.98] 31 42) 12.81) .99) .18] 06) 17) .03] .32 
8 | Same as No. 7 10-in. deep......... | 86.40 | 2.76) 48.01 | 12.45 | .61) .29) .10) .20| .(3) .23 
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¥)| Same as No.8) 20ir. deep........- | 46.16 | 1.36] 27.29 | 52.55 | .84] .26) .04) 07) .05] .27 


pocdudecd 8.59 | .19) 4.39 | 88.01) 15] .37) .04) .01) .02) .28 








HARRY SNYDER. 
Itis to be noted that on the spot where sample No. 7 
was taken, blue joint grass grew vigorously. This had been 
drained since ’96 and cleared of moss since 1899, and 1902 
was the first year that the grass grew on thespot. Special 
attention is called to the fact that at this place the mineral 
subsoil was only about 2 feet below the surface and blended 
with the muskeg fenn below. 
Sample 2, taken at 2% feet, shows no mineral soil, and 
while this spot has been drained and cleaned an equal length 
of time, it is non-productive. It may therefore be inferred 
that where the peat is less than a foot in thickness it will be 
more easily subjugated than where it is from two to three 
feet deep. The depth ean easily be ascertained with a post 
augur. 
Weeds.—A new farm theoretically should have no weeds. 
But they cannot be kept out very long. There is very little 
grass seed that does not contain some few weed seeds. Oats 
