HAEVESTIXG THE PEAT. 



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turves, each a foot long can be cut from each side of the 

 vessel, and in favourable weather they dry rapidly with a con- 

 siderable shrinkage. This turf can be used not only as ordinary 

 fuel, but also in the manufacture of glass and porcelain, it 

 must then be dried in kilns. Geysser has invented hand- 

 machines of a similar description to the above, as represented in 

 figs. 324 and 325, and capable of turning out 2,500 to 3,000 

 turves in a day. These hand-machines have the advantage over 



Fig. 326. 



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that of Schlickeysen, of saving the transport of the wet peat, 

 besides saving fuel, and can be worked on the bog ; at the 

 same time they are not applicable in the case of very fibrous 

 peat, or where there are many roots. Geysser dried the peat 

 in an excellent manner in portable drying sheds, consisting 

 of frames like hurdles placed one above the other, and covered 

 with a roof. 



(ii.) Method of Grotjahn- Pilau. — Figs. 326 and 327 show the 

 machinery constructed by G. Krauss & Co. of Munich. 



