16 MUCK CROPS 



It is estimated that Canada has over 

 30,000,000 acres of bog land, a large portion 

 of which could be drained and used for agri- 

 cultural purposes. There are about 

 20,000,000 acres in the United States, the 

 amount workable being practically un- 

 known. The peat and muck formation 

 reaches its greatest development in Florida, 

 on the Mississippi flood plain, in North Caro- 

 lina, Virginia and New York. Surveys have 

 been made in New York, Michigan, Iowa, 

 Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Con- 

 necticut, Maine and Wisconsin, resulting in 

 the finding of large quantities of swamp 

 lands. 



There are 65,558 acres of muck and peat 

 in Florida and Louisiana, about 24,640 acres 

 in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Nebraska, and 

 in New York and Ohio there are at least 

 532,842 acres. All of these soils when 

 drained are highly valuable for vegetable 

 raising. 



It is clearly apparent that in the peat and 

 muck deposits of the United States there lies 

 a vast amount of raw material which, for the 

 greater part, has been left practically unde- 

 veloped. Much of this material might be 



