CHAPTER II 



WHERE IS MUCK FOUND? 



Muck soil is found in every section of the 

 world, but most abundantly in the cool, tem- 

 perate region of which the northern tier of 

 states in the United States, Canada, and the 

 northern half of Europe and Asia are repre- 

 sentative. It seldom occurs in as large 

 bodies as other soil types do, and is inclined 

 in many cases to occur in small, isolated 

 patches. 



Europe is said to contain 212,700 square 

 miles of swamp. These bogs are common in 

 Norway, Sweden and Ireland, on the North 

 German plain and in large parts of Scotland 

 and Holland. Russia also has extensive de- 

 posits, there being about 70,000 square miles 

 in European and Asiatic Russia. Asia has 

 a great abundance of muck and peat in 

 China, Korea, Japan, and other parts. In the 

 southern part of Africa, in South America, 

 in Brazil, in Terra del Fuego, the Falkland 

 Island and elsewhere, it is also found. 



15 



