MUCK CROPS 



CHAPTER I 



WHAT IS MUCK? 



In many states are found low bodies of 

 land which are generally swampy and often 

 spoken of as being "peaty or mucky," a name 

 commonly given to the soft, woody, black 

 soil found in these places. 



How it is Formed. These soils result 

 from centuries of accumulation of discarded 

 and dead plants which have been subjected 

 to excessive moisture and thereby hindered 

 in their natural decay. Many of these muck 

 deposits were formerly lakes, ponds, or even 

 abandoned channels of rivers or smaller 

 streams. Commonly, in many cases, these 

 lakes or ponds were created by the great 

 masses of ice which once covered the region. 

 The ice frequently left the surface of the land 

 pitted, a common situation of muck de- 

 posits in the States of New York, Michigan, 

 Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, in 

 Canada and other places. 



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