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ami suiierheatecl steam. Extended experiments with this modified jirocess 

 in the Moiid worlds at Stockton show that it is possible to treat directly 

 wet peat, containing 50% to 55% water, with a simultaneous increa.se of 

 amraoninm sulphate. The chief result in the success of this undertaking 

 is to render available the use of wet non-briquetted peat in gas producers, 

 while the ammonium suljihate obtained as a by-product will assure in 

 itself a fair interest on the capital invested. 



Data concerning producer gas made from Indiana peat is not avail- 

 able at the present time. There is. however, no apparent reason why it 

 should not be as satisfactorily used. 



In the opinion of the writer, the greatest development of the peat 

 fuel industry in Indiana will doubtless be as a source of producer gas. 



