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DIGGING AND PREPARATION OF PEAT. 



Machines have been constructed for subdividing peat, the 

 commonest of which are represented in figs. 328, 329, the latter 



Fio. 32^. 



Fio. 329. 



being termed the peat-mill. The subdivided peat falls from the 

 machines on to a wire sieve, which separates the powdery from 

 the fibrous peat. The latter is used in dry-earth closets. In 

 order to preserve the bales during transport, pieces of undivided 

 peat and laths are placed along their edges. About 70 or 80 

 bales can be carried by an ordinary railway truck. 



From fibrous peat excellent antiseptic dressing for wounds is 

 prepared ; the future will show whether it can be used as fill- 

 ing material for walls, roofs, cV'c. 



